Resource Type

Bailing-Press (open access)

Bailing-Press

Patent for improvements in bailing presses, for baling cotton and other materials and substances. Baling press have strong and durable organization devices and mechanisms for feeding and pressing cotton.
Date: October 7, 1913
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow and Cultivator. (open access)

Combined Plow and Cultivator.

Patent for combined plow and cultivator "to provide a manually operated mechanism by which the front and rear plows may be simultaneously adjusted up or down, and held in any position of such adjustment" (lines 11-15).
Date: October 7, 1913
Creator: Womble, Corneilous E. & Martin, Henry G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Street-Indicator for Electric Cars. (open access)

Street-Indicator for Electric Cars.

Patent for improvements in street indicating device for electric cars by informing the driver which street is, as the car approaches the streets. The device can be mount within a car and once it is installed, it is completely automatic. Illustration is included.
Date: October 7, 1913
Creator: Morton, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History