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Cotton Checker and Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton Checker and Cultivator.

Patent for improvements in cotton checkers and cultivators by “providing a device in which the width of the hills or rows may be adjusted to suit the requirements of various grades of soil.” (Lines 15-17) Another improvement is to provide a “means to which the plows of the cultivator may be simultaneously raised or lowered, and when so raised or lowered may be kept in their adjusted positions.” (Lines 19-22) Illustration is included.
Date: January 11, 1910
Creator: Hamilton, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Checker and Cultivator (open access)

Cotton Checker and Cultivator

Patent for a cotton checker and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date: January 11, 1910
Creator: Hamilton, Robert & Humble, Henry O. V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Ruler and Paper-Cutter (open access)

Combined Ruler and Paper-Cutter

Patent for a ruler that may also be used as a paper cutter. Illustrations included.
Date: June 28, 1910
Creator: Dibrell, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Poke (open access)

Animal Poke

Patent for an animal poke which is attached through a nose ring and pulls on the animal if it tries to crawl under or over a fence.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Kelley, Howard T.; Matthews, George N. & Davis, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Mechanism. (open access)

Transmission Mechanism.

Patent for a transmission mechanism which "provides an improved mechanism by which the motion of of a drive shaft rotating at an uniform speed may be transmitted to a driven shaft at variable speeds and also to provide for the reversal of the driven shaft at different speeds" (lines 8-14).
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Jameson, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History