Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper that attaches to a cultivator.
Date: November 26, 1912
Creator: Parsley, Samuel E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Railroad-Brace. (open access)

Design for a Railroad-Brace.

Design patent for a railroad brace that has an essential feature of possessing peculiar shape and configuration.
Date: October 4, 1898
Creator: Cater, Daniel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Cutter and Juice-Extractor. (open access)

Fruit-Cutter and Juice-Extractor.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements Fruit-Cutters and Juice-Extractors" (Lines 6-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 19, 1913
Creator: Cooper, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper, Scraper, and Cultivator (open access)

Cotton Chopper, Scraper, and Cultivator

Patent for improvements so that the "choppers may be raised, in order to leave standing such of the growth of the cotton as is necessary, or while turning corners; third, in means hereinafter to be described, by which the depth at which the scrapers and choppers run into the ground maybe adjusted" (lines 16-22).
Date: May 6, 1890
Creator: Ellis, David P,
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the rotary chopping-shaft, provided with the sliding gear-collar, the inner face of which is beveled round to form a shoulder, of a cross-piece, having a downwardly-extending perpendicular stop-piece" (lines 88-93).
Date: August 8, 1882
Creator: Rains, William O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane. (open access)

Aeroplane.

Patent for aeroplane construction to include improvements to air motor protection to minimize resistance and the use of air cups to direct the full force of air to the motor shaft, including illustrations.
Date: November 15, 1921
Creator: Smith, Joseph A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Broom. (open access)

Broom.

Patent for a broom that has replaceable straw sections.
Date: June 7, 1921
Creator: Blasingame, Frank P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Motor. (open access)

Churn Motor.

Patent for a new and improved churn motor. This design "consists in [a] novel construction and arrangement of parts . . . The machine . . . is so constructed that it gives to the dasher a perpendicular long or short stroke, and that it may be sunk deep or shallow in the milk; and the machine may be run at the greatest speed with but little friction, and without the danger of its parts becoming loosened, and by means of its apron and attachment . . . it holds the churn in place" (lines 16-26).
Date: February 26, 1884
Creator: Nevel, William A. & Fisher, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ointment. (open access)

Ointment.

Patent for a general external application ointment made of chloride of zinc, powdered metallic cobalt, blood root, and glycerine.
Date: April 4, 1922
Creator: Mullins, Ervin L. & Collier, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Fire Screen and Fender. (open access)

Combined Fire Screen and Fender.

Patent for a combined fire screen and fender. This design "works in the mantle-piece by means of weights, and is secured in position by by means of a spring-latch that catches in notches in the jamb. This screen thus arranged can be made to answer for three purposes: By letting it down nearly to the hearth it acts as a blower; by letting it entirely down accidents from fire are prevented, and when let down in the summer time it makes a handsome summer screen" (lines 21-30).
Date: July 19, 1881
Creator: Matthews, James Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Clod Crusher and Sod and Stalk Cutter. (open access)

Combined Clod Crusher and Sod and Stalk Cutter.

Patent for a new and improved combined crusher of clods and cutter of sod and stalks. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the slotted beam, of the stalk-gathering device consisting of the bent wires or rods forming eyes, and diverging at their lower ends, and held in place by the plate or washers below the beam, and wedge above the beam . . . [and] of the frame, the slotted cross-bar, and the rollers having cutting-blades" (lines 74-83).
Date: February 27, 1883
Creator: Miller, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Andirons and Grate (open access)

Combined Andirons and Grate

Patent for a combined andiron and grate that can be used with or without the grate attachment. The grate is adjustable to maintain variable fire depths and has "a swinging bracket for heating and cooking."
Date: February 2, 1915
Creator: Wilderspin, Alfred K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bee-Hive. (open access)

Bee-Hive.

Patent for a "new and useful improvement in bee-hives" (lines 5-6), with instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1886
Creator: McCullar, John Jackson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Attachment. (open access)

Boiler Attachment.

Patent for a boiler attachment to regulate the boiler feed pump.
Date: May 31, 1910
Creator: Morris, Gid M. & Watkins, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Building Construction (open access)

Building Construction

Patent for metal beams used in building construction that have perforated plates to allow the passage of concrete through the plate when the metal piece is embedded in concrete thus strengthening the attachment of the metal and the concrete.
Date: May 14, 1907
Creator: Keyser, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bagging Strecher. (open access)

Bagging Strecher.

Patent for a bagging stretcher that provides a device to be "associated with the baling press for drawing taut the bagging which is used to cover a bale".
Date: July 7, 1914
Creator: Davis, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hen's Nest. (open access)

Hen's Nest.

Patent for an automatic gate or door for a hen's nest enclosure that will swing shut to keep out intruders when a hen enters and open when the hen leaves.
Date: January 18, 1916
Creator: Buie, Daniel C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History