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Wind and Water Motor. (open access)

Wind and Water Motor.

Patent for improvements in wind and water motors in which it will not only increase its efficiency and durability but also, be capable of operating in tidal rivers, streams and other currents. This is an improvement of patent no. 588572 of the same inventor. Illustration is included.
Date: January 9, 1900
Creator: Hardaway, Robert Early
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Elevator. (open access)

Cotton-Elevator.

Patent for improvement in cotton-elevators by providing means for the air-conduit and the cotton-conduit to communicate with the body of the elevator; and means for the air-conduit to communicate directly to the cotton conduit in order to effectively and uniformly distribute the cotton when fed to the gins. Thus preventing the cotton from being fed unevenly, which would clog and otherwise retard the action of the gins. (Lines 11-15) Illustration is included.
Date: January 9, 1900
Creator: Williams, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bonnet. (open access)

Bonnet.

Patent for new and useful improvement sin bonnets, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 9, 1900
Creator: Thornton, Frances E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Destroying Cotton-Boll Weevil, &c. (open access)

Machine For Destroying Cotton-Boll Weevil, &c.

Patent for a new and useful machine for the destruction of the Mexican cotton boll weevil and other insects, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 9, 1900
Creator: Strobach, Francis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer. (open access)

Insect-Destroyer.

Patent for machine "designed to be carried by a cultivator or mounted upon wheels and adapted to discharge the fumes of sulfur and other insecticides upon cotton and other plants to destroy the cotton-weevil, caterpillar, worms, and various other forms of insect life [and to] provide a construction which will insure a steady feed of the sulfur or other insecticide employed and thereby render the discharge of the fumes regular and of uniform strength" (lines 12-23).
Date: April 10, 1899
Creator: Passmore, Benjamin H. & May, Robert B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail pouch (open access)

Mail pouch

Patent for new and improved mail pouch, with particular emphasis on the top locking mechanism.
Date: June 9, 1900
Creator: Tabler, Jasper Newton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Filer. (open access)

Gin-Saw Filer.

Patent for improvement in gin-saw filer in “which the saws may be sharpened without removing them or any other operative part from the gin and wherein the files in sharpening one tooth automatically operate to impart a partial rotation to the saw to bring the next saw-tooth in position to be filed.” (Lines 11-17) Illustration is included.
Date: January 9, 1900
Creator: Reynolds, Richard J.
System: The Portal to Texas History