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Cotton Picker.
Patent for a new and improved cotton picker. This design has a spring-actuating "mechanism located upon the casing, and a hood for inclosing said mechanism hinged to one of the side walls of the casing and held closed by a fastening device . . . [and] the casing thereof, the endless picker-belt, flanged drums, and the toothed disks contained within said casing . . . and a pulley and belt for winding the spring" (lines 1-12).
Date:
August 4, 1885
Creator:
Martin, John Tillman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pie Safe or Refrigerator.
Patent for a new and improved refrigerator. This design consists in "[t]he improved portable pie-safe . . . comprising the body, the guide-rods arranged vertically in the said body, near the corners thereof, and extended through the top of the same to form the loops, the bail or handle secured to said loops, the cross-bars secured to said guide-rods, and the spring-actuated shelves mounted on the said cross-bars" (lines 78-86).
Date:
October 4, 1887
Creator:
Holt, Lucy Jane
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaner for Cotton-Gin Saws
Patent for "a new and improved cleaner for removing gummy and other matter from the saws of cotton-gins while the latter are running, thus permitting the saws to work very effectively in removing the lint from the seed" (lines 8-13).
Date:
June 4, 1889
Creator:
Godwin, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bill File.
Patent for a new and improved bill file. This design "is to provide a cheap and simple file, upon which the papers may be strung and from which they may be removed with the least amount of trouble, and which is adapted to be locked to securely retain the papers thereon in such manner that they are readily accessible for inspection. To this end [the design] provide[s] . . . a wire loop having ends adapted to lap, fit snugly, and lock the one upon the other, and which may be opened for the ready reception and removal of papers, said loop being fitted to turn or swivel about an axis" (lines 11-23).
Date:
February 4, 1890
Creator:
Seaman, Milton L. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gang Plow
Patent for a gang plow. This invention allows for the attachment of several plows might be towed to till large areas of land. Illustration included.
Date:
April 4, 1905
Creator:
Ray, Fellix Griffin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Fence-Post
Patent for a new, original, and ornamental design for fence posts.
Date:
December 4, 1906
Creator:
Jasper, Tolbert Fanning
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Jar and Bottle Cleaner.
Patent for a cleaning device that navigates narrow openings of containers, such as bottles and jars, and opens to clean the interior walls of the receptacle.
Date:
March 4, 1919
Creator:
Hunter, Walter L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History