Check-Row Attachment for Corn-Planters (open access)

Check-Row Attachment for Corn-Planters

Patent for "an improved check-row attachment for corn-planting machines, the object of my invention being to provide an efficient mechanism for actuating the seed-dropping mechanism of the corn-planter and which my be operated by the feet of the driver or by a check-wire in such manner as to cause the seeds to be planted in check-rows." (lines 8-15) including illustrations.
Date: June 9, 1903
Creator: Agee, George S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper with an attachment for a guided chopper. This cotton chopper allows for the chopping device to engage the soil when the device is driven over various types of soil.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Tedder, Morgan C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Funnel (open access)

Funnel

Patent for a funnel for heavy, slow running liquids, that will prevent any spilling when turned sideways.
Date: November 9, 1920
Creator: Isaac J. Kominsky
System: The Portal to Texas History