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Insect Catcher (open access)

Insect Catcher

Patent for an insect catcher. This device is for catching cotton boll weevils. Illustration included.
Date: October 3, 1905
Creator: Krenek, Edward Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for baling press for baling hay,cotton, and the like; is simple, durable and efficient.
Date: February 3, 1903
Creator: Heinrich, Ferdinand, L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bird-Cage. (open access)

Bird-Cage.

Patent for improvements in bird cages by "having a woven-wire casing the meshes of which cannot be penetrated by ordinary insects, such as flies,&c., will be lured into the cage to be devoured by the bird" (lines 16-21).
Date: February 3, 1880
Creator: Flato, Fridrich W.
System: The Portal to Texas History