Air Blast Apparatus for Cotton Gins (open access)

Air Blast Apparatus for Cotton Gins

Patent for an air blast apparatus used for cleaning cotton gins. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: McDonald, Osmon W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Peanut-Harvesters. (open access)

Gearing for Peanut-Harvesters.

Patent for an improved type of gearing for peanut harvesters, with illustrations.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Brummett, Sinclair H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polished-Rod Clamp. (open access)

Polished-Rod Clamp.

Patent for improvements in Polished-Rod Clamps that "quickly and easily attached to a rod without the use of tools" (lines 56-57) and "be easily operated at a distance from a pump" (lines 59-60).
Date: November 8, 1921
Creator: Weister, Edward P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Pin Guard. (open access)

Hat-Pin Guard.

Patent for device to hold a hat pin and prevent injury.
Date: November 18, 1913
Creator: Judia, George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Moving Picture Machine. (open access)

Rotary Moving Picture Machine.

Patent for motion picture machine with interchangeable heads, allowing for change of one reel while the other continues to play undisturbed from same machine.
Date: November 16, 1920
Creator: Hansard, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Saddle. (open access)

Riding-Saddle.

Patent for a durable, simple, and inexpensive riding-saddle. The seat, front, rear, and middle jockeys and cantle are made form one piece of leather. The rear quarter is laced to the cantle, and the saddle has a bag for storing articles during travel.
Date: November 17, 1896
Creator: Percifield, Clarence W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Match-Box. (open access)

Match-Box.

Patent for a match box, which will dispense one match at a time.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Moore, David Cleveland
System: The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle for Peanut-Harvesters. (open access)

Receptacle for Peanut-Harvesters.

Patent for improvements to peanut harvesters, specifically receptacles. The receptacle can be placed on the back of the harvester to collect the unneeded vines and then form them into bundles.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Boyd, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History