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Cotton Scraper and Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton scraper and chopper. This design "consists of an oblong frame composed of a front piece, side beams, and the rear cross-beam, provided with the handles" (lines 29-32).
Date:
August 13, 1889
Creator:
White, John Calvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oat-Cutter.
Patent for a type of straw and hay cutter designed especially for cutting sheaf oats that is easily operated, including illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1891
Creator:
Laws, John Aderson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Heel-Sweep Plow.
Patent for an improved plow that can have "either first a whole heel sweep, or a right or left half heel sweep, second a whole solid sweep, or a right or left half solid sweep, third a right and left turn plow, or a right or left half turn plow" (lines 15-19).
Date:
February 28, 1893
Creator:
Dean, John Rowe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for an improved animal trap that can catch a large variety of animals, including fish, and does not injure the animals. Bait is placed in the trap, and the door on one end is spring-activated. A hinged door on the top is where the operator can take out the animal.
Date:
July 18, 1893
Creator:
Crockett, William E. & McAdams, Richard E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Instrument for Dividing Angles into Equal Parts.
Patent for an instrument for dividing angles into equal parts and is meant to be used with a beam compass. The "invention consists in a member having a point adapted to be placed at the point of the angle to be divided, and having movable thereon a beam extending horizontally and having at one end a transverse head projecting from each side of the beam and carrying at one end an indicating point and at the other end a marking pencil" (lines 22-29).
Date:
April 30, 1895
Creator:
Cornelius, Francis W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canning Apparatus.
Patent for Canning Apparatus used to preserve fruits and vegetables in sealed cans. Apparatus also consist of a boiling platform to boil the contents of the can before sealing it.
Date:
July 15, 1902
Creator:
Garner, John Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canning and Cooking Apparatus
Patent for a canning and cooking apparatus. Illustration included.
Date:
April 11, 1905
Creator:
Garner, James Charlie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Coupling
Patent for a vehicle coupling designed to allow vehicles to travel over rough terrain without incurring damage. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 28, 1909
Creator:
White, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Catching Insects
Patent for a machine for catching insects. This invention is designed for use on cotton plants. Illustration included.
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Anderson, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow and particularly "an attachment for securing the heel sweeps to plows and for bracing the said heel sweeps" (lines 10-12), including illustrations.
Date:
November 9, 1915
Creator:
Williams, Jefferson L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door
Patent for car-door. An attempt to have a door mounted such that when it is moved, it elevates in such a way as to prevent a binding of it.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Smith, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History