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Condenser for Cotton-Gins. (open access)

Condenser for Cotton-Gins.

Patent for a new means of separating air from cotton, expelling the air while the cotton is condensed and released for baling.
Date: September 17, 1901
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck (open access)

Truck

Patent for a conventional truck designed to lift heavy freight above the ground.
Date: September 17, 1901
Creator: Haltom, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Harvesting And Cleaning Machine. (open access)

Cotton Harvesting And Cleaning Machine.

Patent for cotton harvesting and cleaning machine. The invention allows for seed cotton, hulls, husk, pods or other foreign matter to be gathered and separated from the cotton. The invention also allows bulls of cotton to be picked at the same time as other is being separated.
Date: September 17, 1917
Creator: Meier, John & Wallace, James F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal Apparatus for Motor-Vehicles (open access)

Signal Apparatus for Motor-Vehicles

Patent for automobile signaling apparatus. The apparatus is designed to signal the operator's direction to other drivers.
Date: September 17, 1918
Creator: Riggs, Fletcher S.
System: The Portal to Texas History