Clothes Pin or Retainer. (open access)

Clothes Pin or Retainer.

Patent for a clothes pin, "preferably" made from non-corrosive wire, that can be moved along a clothesline while remaining clamped to laundry. It has the ability to hold clothing of varying thicknesses.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Price, Thomas M. & Tillman, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Puller and Cutter. (open access)

Cotton Stalk Puller and Cutter.

Patent for a cotton stalk puller and cutter machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: Hubert, John E. & Hubert, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Hanger. (open access)

Door Hanger.

Patent for a car door hanger that will take the weight of the door off the supporting rollers and the track and apply a braking action to the track that will prevent the door from unnecessarily shifting. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: Kinard, Chester E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Puller (open access)

Cotton Stalk Puller

Patent for a cotton stalk puller. It is designed "to operate upon the stalks, a pulling-cylinder agaisnt which the stalks are forced by the action of the reel and which operate in conjunction with the latter to pull or lift stalks from the ground" (lines 19-23). Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1903
Creator: Hardin, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Table. (open access)

Adjustable Table.

Patent for a new and useful adjustable table, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 12, 1899
Creator: Congour, Presley Alpheus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hen's Nest. (open access)

Hen's Nest.

Patent for a new and improved hen's nest. This design "relates to that type of hen-nest wherein a tilting platform is employed to protect the setting hen from intrusion while permitting her to freely pass to and from the nest. The objects of [the] invention are to improve the prior construction and to provide novel means whereby the hen setting or hatching chamber is separated from the passage containing the tilting platform by a division-wall having a rear doorway, in such manner that the eggs are isolated and in a measure hid and protected while the hen is seeking food" (lines 8-20).
Date: September 9, 1890
Creator: Manlove, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History