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Automatic Controller for Cotton Trampers (open access)

Automatic Controller for Cotton Trampers

Patent for an automatic controller of cotton tramplers intended to improve piston performance and reduce need for attendant intervention.
Date: June 1, 1915
Creator: Troy W. Sparks
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bolt-Cutter. (open access)

Bolt-Cutter.

Patent for a bolt cutter made up of "a stationary cutter and two movable cutters operated by levers adapted to come in contact with the edge of the stationary cutter, with plates and bolts for securing the same together in proper position" (lines 12-16). The purpose of the invention is to cut the useless ends off bolts.
Date: June 16, 1896
Creator: Hagelstein, Christ
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe or Rod Grips (open access)

Pipe or Rod Grips

Patent for Pipe or Rod Grip
Date: February 20, 1917
Creator: Champie, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter. (open access)

Planter.

Patent for an improved planting machine by securing a seed-plate with a central longitudinal slot, in the bottom of the hopper, a circular seed disk is placed into the slot; two pairs of gage-plates arranged at the front and rear end of said slot. These gage-plates can be adjusted to regulate the quantity of seeds being discharged when planting cotton. When planting corn, the rear pair of gage-plates can be brought closely together to prevent the escape of seeds. Illustration is included.
Date: March 10, 1891
Creator: Cayton, James Calvin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for improvements to plows with laterally extending adjustable wings, as well as other different styles of plow and cultivator standards, with illustration.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Armentraut, Richard B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rein-Holder. (open access)

Rein-Holder.

Patent for a rein-holder that is made with one piece of metal which can be attached to the dash-board of a vehicle, includes illustration.
Date: March 10, 1891
Creator: Shurmon, James D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rein Holder. (open access)

Rein Holder.

Patent for a new and improved rein holder. This design consists in "[a] rein-holder made from a piece of spring sheet metal, having a base-plate provided with means for attachment to a flat surface and having projections struck up at each side of the tongue and extending lengthwise the base, and a spring tongue bent upward from the lower end of the plate and normally lying between the line of the projections to hold a rein" (lines 56-64).
Date: July 5, 1892
Creator: Shurmon, James D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener (open access)

Wire Tightener

Patent for wire tightener. Illustration included.
Date: December 6, 1904
Creator: Henry, Bush
System: The Portal to Texas History