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Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators.

Patent for "new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Cultivator," (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 16, 1874
Creator: Burnham, Theodore C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Adjustable Saddle-Trees. (open access)

Improvement in Adjustable Saddle-Trees.

Patent for "improvements in saddle-trees; and the invention consists in constructing the forward ends of the trees with the hinged connection between its sides, to allow lateral adjustment of the sides to and from each other..." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 16, 1874
Creator: Heaton, George & Eckley, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Storage-Condenser and Lint-Cotton Conveyer. (open access)

Storage-Condenser and Lint-Cotton Conveyer.

Patent for a storage-condenser and lint-cotton conveyer based off two previous patents, one that the inventor was assignee of, Serial No. 552,724, the other one that the inventor submitted an application for, Serial No. 563,386. This patent simplifies the above patents and is meant to efficiently cleans the cotton, "to avoid the employment of the rotary foraminous drums or cylinders" (lines 29-30), to draw out the dirt with the air, and to regulate the amount of cotton that is supplied to the cotton compress.
Date: June 16, 1896
Creator: Patterson, Warren A.
System: The Portal to Texas History