Cotton-seed-separating machine (open access)

Cotton-seed-separating machine

Patent for a cotton-seed-separating machine for separating cotton seeds from the bolls.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Jones, Joel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of making tire-fillers (open access)

Process of making tire-fillers

Patent for the process of making tire fillers that relates to the fillers for tire casings and the process of producing the same.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Aycock, Edward F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Mouthpiece (open access)

Sanitary Mouthpiece

Patent for a telephone mouthpiece that distributes disinfectant when used.
Date: September 29, 1914
Creator: Jenkins, Ed Monroe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Resilient Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a resilient vehicle wheel that is made with a rigid frame and springier spokes.
Date: September 26, 1911
Creator: Watts, Robert L. & Onstead, Augustus G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending Apparatus (open access)

Vending Apparatus

Patent for a vending machine for postage supplies. Illustrations included.
Date: September 6, 1910
Creator: Harris, Irvin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Jet for Conveyers (open access)

Pneumatic Jet for Conveyers

Patent for a pneumatic jet that uses steam jets to provide power for various tasks such as distributing seed cotton or elevating coal. Illustrations included.
Date: September 21, 1909
Creator: Rice, Earley W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Killing Boll-Weevils (open access)

Device for Killing Boll-Weevils

Patent for a "means for destroying weevils, vermin, and the like that thrive in cotton fields" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date: September 1, 1908
Creator: Rosson, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for "an invention for tilting gates to materially simplify the erection of a gate for farm and other users and also render the gate sensitive and reliable in opening and closing movement by employing minimized operating mechanism." (lines 7-11).
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Connolly, Peter H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel. (open access)

Hydraulic Swivel.

Patent for "a simple, compact, and efficient water-swivel for well-drilling machines, to reduce friction between the water-swivel and the drill-rod, and to provide certain novel and improved details of construction and arrangement." (lines 8-13).
Date: September 12, 1905
Creator: Embry, Leonard B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harvester (open access)

Harvester

Patent for a harvester. Illustrations included.
Date: September 20, 1904
Creator: Claunch, Jeremiah Cyrus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Muzzle for Stock. (open access)

Muzzle for Stock.

Patent for "weaning and grazing muzzles for stock, the object in view being to provide a muzzle adapted when the head of the animal is elevated to remain closed and when the head of the animal is lowered to open, and thereby permit grazing." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 21, 1897
Creator: Wingrove, Franklin R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Stand. (open access)

Switch-Stand.

Patent for a switch-stand for railroads with a vertically movable crank bar that is easily locked into position and a cam lever. The invention is operated more easily than other switch-stands.
Date: September 4, 1894
Creator: Driever, Benjiman F. & Mixon, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn that quickly makes butter and has an easily detachable churn body. The churn body sits sideways in a frame, and gears and a hand-operated crank that is built into the removable part of the frame churns the cream.
Date: September 12, 1893
Creator: Moon, Richard D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Gatherer. (open access)

Fruit Gatherer.

Patent for a new and improved fruit gatherer. This design consists "[i]n a fruit-gatherer, the combination of the pole, the jaws attached to its upper end, the sliding collar, the links connecting the collar and the sleeve, the rods, the jaws, the ring, the tube attached thereto and encircling the pole below said jaws, and the sleeve which supports the ring and is adjustable on the pole longitudinally for the purpose of adjusting the mouth of said tube in the desired proximity to the said jaws" (lines 13-22).
Date: September 25, 1888
Creator: Hall, Francis Asbury
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pruning Implement. (open access)

Pruning Implement.

Patent for a new and improved pruning implement. This design consists in "the combination, with a staff, of the jaw-arms pivoted to the staff and provided with the upwardly-projecting and curved jaws, the collars fitted loosely on the staff, the rods connecting the said collars, and the link-arms pivoted to the collar and to the jaw-arms" (lines 11-17).
Date: September 25, 1888
Creator: Hall, Francis Asbury
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame Tug. (open access)

Hame Tug.

Patent for a new and improved hame-tug. This design "relates to a hame and trace attachment, having for its object to provide a simple, strong, and durable device to connect the front end of the trace chain or strap to the hame, whereby the movement of the said chain or strap is prevented from wearing the parts, and thus necessitating frequent repair or replacement" (lines 9-16).
Date: September 18, 1888
Creator: Anderson, Charley N. & McPhaill, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulky Plow. (open access)

Sulky Plow.

Patent for a new and improved sulky-plow. This design "has for its objects to provide simple and efficient means whereby the plow may be caused to run level when breaking upon uneven ground, or, when after breaking, when one wheel is run in a furrow previously formed. These objects [the design] attain[s] by . . . the mechanism for lowering or elevating the [plow] for the purpose of leveling it" (lines 10-20).
Date: September 28, 1886
Creator: Brown, Peter C. & Bragg, Thomas P.
System: The Portal to Texas History