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Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Abrams, Frederic
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Stool. (open access)

Adjustable Stool.

Patent for an adjustable and foldable stool for but not limited to field workers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 6, 1880
Creator: Smith, William Alexander & Smith, Robert Toumbleson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Standard (open access)

Wagon-Standard

Patent for strong and durable standard for wagons that are adjustable to any size bolster.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Cowart, Stephen A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending Apparatus (open access)

Vending Apparatus

Patent for a vending machine for postage supplies. Illustrations included.
Date: September 6, 1910
Creator: Harris, Irvin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Hinge. (open access)

Gate-Hinge.

Patent for an inclined gate-hinges. One part is "secured to the supporting-post or upright and is formed with two parallel loops slightly separated one from the other located just outside the recess in said post, and the other [part is] adapted to be secured to the gate, having an outwardly-extending arm and a cross-head adapted to be passed between and parallel loops and to bear against the rear surface thereof" (lines 94-102).
Date: October 6, 1896
Creator: Wilson, James L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moldboard. (open access)

Moldboard.

Patent for a moldboard that is used for plows. Improvements on the moldboard include a simplified method of adding plaster of Paris coating.
Date: January 6, 1914
Creator: Ferris, James S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment For Sewing Machines (open access)

Quilting Attachment For Sewing Machines

Patent for quilting attachment for sewing machines that "provide an attachment of simple construction, and readily secured to or removed from the table of a sewing machine" (lines 15-17). Illustrations are included.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Zeigler, Washington M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for the Cultivator that helps in expanding and contracting the beams and to adjust the length as required.
Date: March 6, 1906
Creator: Martin, William Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Planter. (open access)

Cultivator and Planter.

Patent for improvement to the "manner of mounting and adjusting the swinging frames [of planters], and to enable the said swinging frames to be readily adjusted vertically" (lines 12-15).
Date: November 6, 1900
Creator: Graves, Elbert G.
System: The Portal to Texas History