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Cotton Press (open access)

Cotton Press

Patent for steam-powered screw-press for pressing cotton.
Date: April 6, 1884
Creator: O'Daniel, Josiah Dial
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator or Plow Standard. (open access)

Cultivator or Plow Standard.

Patent for a cultivator or plow standard that improves "the standard which connects the shoe or landslide of a sweep-shovel or bull-tongue plow with the beam, so as to render ti fixed and secure at any point of adjustment" (lines 16-19).
Date: August 6, 1895
Creator: McLain, Jackson H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin (open access)

Cotton-Gin

Patent for improved cotton gin, in particular the mote plate and wind guard. The new design allows for the mote plate to easily be adjusted, and for cotton-laden air currents to be cleared regularly.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Planter. (open access)

Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the rear of beam, the notched cleat, the handle cross-bar, and the hooks, whereby the hopper may be conveniently attached and detached . . . [and] [t]he pivoted gates, having extensions with a series of holes, with the hopper-bottom plate having holes besides the regular seed-outlet, and the pins" (lines 64-72).
Date: November 6, 1883
Creator: Lindsey, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning Machine (open access)

Cotton Cleaning Machine

Patent for an improved cotton cleaning machine.
Date: May 6, 1919
Creator: Brune, A. & Stone, C. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator, Cleaner, and Distributer. (open access)

Cotton Elevator, Cleaner, and Distributer.

Patent for a cotton elevator, cleaner, and distributor that takes cotton from a wagon or storage area and blasts it with air before depositing it into a gin. It is a cage inside a case.
Date: August 6, 1895
Creator: Ginn, Moses M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a "cotton chopper attachments for cultivators and seeks to simplify the construction, reduce the cost of manufacture, and increase the efficiency os such attachments" (lines 9-13) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Jones, Martin A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator

Patent for a more durable and simple in construction, efficient in operation, and can also double as a planter.
Date: March 6, 1888
Creator: Heller, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History