Resource Type

Check Controlled Apparatus (open access)

Check Controlled Apparatus

Patent for a check controlled apparatus. This invention "is to provide a check controlled apparatus for a receptacle arranged to fasten the lid of the receptacle and including a key supported to be released by the key" (lines 12-16). Illustration included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Wilson, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
COTTON-BLOCKING ATTACHMENT FOR CULTIVATORS (open access)

COTTON-BLOCKING ATTACHMENT FOR CULTIVATORS

Patent for a new attachment to cultivators that simultaneously "create equidistant hills of plants" (line 25) while cultivating each row, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 17, 1914
Creator: Wright, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher that is safer to use than other wire stretchers.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Stewart, James Andrew
System: The Portal to Texas History