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Bedstead (open access)

Bedstead

Patent for a bedstead on rubber wheels which allows easy removal of the wheels to fit the bed through narrow doorways.
Date: August 27, 1907
Creator: Blacknell, Elihu
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper where the chopping blades are connected to a cultivator frame, and the frame is made to reciprocate causing the cutters to chop in both directions, including illustrations
Date: August 27, 1907
Creator: Lancaster, Benjaman C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer (open access)

Insect Destroyer

Patent for an insect destroyer for use on cotton fields to destroy moths that produce boll weevils. Illustration included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Sissom, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Clay Grinder and Mixer. (open access)

Improvement in Clay Grinder and Mixer.

Patent for a new clay grinder and mixer design which "will be found to be especially useful in connection with brick-machines" (p. 2) including illustrations.
Date: May 27, 1879
Creator: Kennedy, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a stalk cutter for corn and cotton, which bends the stalks down and cuts them in that position and is capable of cutting two rows at once.
Date: August 27, 1907
Creator: Lancaster, Benjamin C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mud-Shredder for Vehicle-Wheels. (open access)

Mud-Shredder for Vehicle-Wheels.

Patent for a mud-shredding device that is attached to vehicle wheels in order to prevent accumulation of mud.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Newsom, Henry G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moldboard (open access)

Moldboard

Patent for a moldboard for plows that has a water holder to allow plaster of Paris covering the moldboard to be kept moist which prevents soil from sticking to the moldboard.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Miller, Charles K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for improvements in cotton chopping attachments for cultivators that is relatively inexpensive that is highly useful in chopping and plowing cotton plan.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: Martin, William A. & Roebuck, Mathew P.
System: The Portal to Texas History