Cartridge-Loading Machine (open access)

Cartridge-Loading Machine

Patent for improvements for loading cartridge, included detailed drawings.
Date: September 11, 1888
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Corn Planters. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton and Corn Planters.

Patent for improvement to cotton and corn planters, including a hinged or pivoted frame to carry the plows which can be adjusted by foot levers. Illustration included.
Date: November 11, 1873
Creator: Penington, Asa, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Blacking Kit. (open access)

Portable Blacking Kit.

Patent for a small affordable and portable space that "travelers, soldiers, or other parties" can carry a shoe shining kit in. The box can carry "blacking brushes, cloth and the usual articles carried in a kit of this kind".
Date: February 11, 1919
Creator: Reid, Chauncey S.
System: The Portal to Texas History