Resource Type

3 Matching Results

Results open in a new window/tab.

Cotton Cleaner and Gin Feeder (open access)

Cotton Cleaner and Gin Feeder

Patent for cotton cleaner and gin feeder. Illustration included.
Date: June 28, 1904
Creator: Gooch, James Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulky Plow. (open access)

Sulky Plow.

Patent for a new and improved riding plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the bent axle having the vertical curved portion, the draft-bar secured to the axle, the plow-beam pivoted at its front end to a bracket secured to the draft-bar, rack secured to the plow-beam, pinion secured to the axle and engaging with the rack, sprocket-wheel on the shaft with pinion, sprocket-wheel journaled above [another] wheel and having a crank, and the endless sprocket-chain connecting the wheels" (lines 30-39).
Date: July 28, 1885
Creator: Miller, Tedor T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeding Machine. (open access)

Seeding Machine.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists "[i]n a seed-planter, the hopper having the open bottom, in combination with a shaft journaled in the hopper above the bottom, stirrers located on the shaft and working through the said bottom, a packer working vertically within the hopper above the stirrers, and a connecting-rod attached to the packer and secured to the hub of the stirrer" (lines 27-34).
Date: July 28, 1885
Creator: Miller, Tedor T.
System: The Portal to Texas History