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Improvement in Cotton Scrapers, Choppers, and Dirters.
Patent for "an improved machine for cultivating cotton" (lines 15-16)including illustrations. The machine is used to "bar off, scrape, chop, and dirt the cotton upon both sides of a row at one passage." (lines 17-19)
Date:
December 2, 1879
Creator:
De Force, Samuel A. & McConnell, William V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow.
Patent for a new and useful harrow, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 26, 1899
Creator:
Blount, Blanton E. & Guice, Benjamen R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a seed-planter, of a main frame having side beams, the standard secured midway between said beams at their forward ends, and provided at its lower end with a shovel and a presser located immediately in rear of said shovel, the hopper supported on said side beams, and having its planting mechanism arranged to drop the seed directly in the furrow formed by the shovel and presser, [and] wheel journaled in the side beams in rear of the planting mechanism" (lines 3-14).
Date:
October 13, 1885
Creator:
Gardner, Robert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring Drill
Patent for a rotary boring drill that shears off material in a circular manner while drilling holes.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Patent for Disk Drill
Patent for disk drill.
Date:
November 7, 1916
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Digging Attachment.
Patent for an instrument that, during cultivation of peanuts, can be horizontally attached to a digging implement and cut through the peanut plant and discharge both the plant and peanut via the top of the cultivating device. The instrument is attached and angled so that the peanut does not suffer any damage during cultivation.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Rainer, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Frame for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved quilting-frame for sewing machines. This design "is to combine the parts by which a quilter is suspended from a ceiling and connected with a sewing-machine" (lines 15-18). To this end, it consists in "[t]he track having a bead on the inner side of top, an eye at each end, and suspended on an incline from the ceiling by two wires at each end, said wires diverging from the track-eyes to the ceiling, in combination with the head-block arranged on the opposite side of track from the sewing-machine arm and carrying rolls suspended from a block" (lines 78-86).
Date:
September 16, 1890
Creator:
Touchstone, Jonas Carnie & Worthington, James Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Potato-Cutter
Patent for a machine that can cut potatoes and other vegetables into small cooking sized pieces. It has removable blades that allow for different sized pieces to be cut based on the needs of the user.
Date:
May 29, 1906
Creator:
Lansford, Isaac B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench.
Patent for the improvement of the pipe wrench for heavy construction. This invention was made to allow workers to use a variety of parts and arrangements depending on the type of pipe they are working with.
Date:
January 4, 1921
Creator:
Reed, Clarence E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Controlling the Flow of Navigable Rivers or Other Waters.
Patent for a new means of controlling the waters. This design "is to remove or prevent the formation of sand-bars at the mouths of harbors elsewhere, calculated to obstruct navigation; also, to prevent the overflow of navigable rivers and the breaking of levees or destruction of jetties. [The] invention consists in a novel means of accomplishing these and other like ends by mechanical forces applied to increase the natural current or outflow of the navigable water toward its outlet or the ocean through the instrumentality of suitably located and anchored vessels provided with propelling devices" (lines 8-21).
Date:
October 1, 1889
Creator:
Coult, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Fender.
Patent for a plow fender, which allows a plow to be operated next to plant rows without injuring them and deflects rocks and other obstacles.
Date:
October 22, 1907
Creator:
Skidmore, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Fender.
Patent for a plow fender, which can be attached to the plow without harming the plow tooth.
Date:
June 21, 1910
Creator:
Skidmore, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Check
Patent for a door check that holds a door open in a secured position. This particular door securer has a manual operation lock independent of the knob-spindle.
Date:
February 24, 1903
Creator:
Skidmore, John C. & Tyer, Author
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Drill-Bit.
Patent for a new invention in drill-bit machine which can be detached from two different sides and very flexible for use.
Date:
May 23, 1916
Creator:
Sly, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Differential Mechanism for Automobiles
Patent for improvements for differential mechanisms for automobiles, including a "means for transmitting power from the motor to the traction wheels of the machine".
Date:
October 19, 1915
Creator:
Maniscalco, Anthony S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dredging Scraper.
Patent for a new and improved dredging-scraper. This design "has for its object the production of a marine plow which shall serve to raise and remove obstructions and accumulations from the beds or channels of rivers, bays, harbors, and other water-courses; and the invention consists in a device for this purpose of novel construction . . . The plow, which is to be drawn over the bed of the water-course to be cleared—as, for instance, by drag chain or cable attached to a steamboat—operates to raise a few inches in depth of the deposit each time it passes over the bed or bottom of the water-course" (lines 9-22).
Date:
December 10, 1889
Creator:
Coult, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Fixture
Patent for a curtain fixture which raises and lowers curtain shades by tightening and loosening. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 29, 1909
Creator:
Johnson, George J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Plow.
Patent for improvements in cultivator-plow through the positioning and connection of parts. Adjustable plow for different cultivating functions and different crops, especially for cotton. Illustration and materials recommendations included.
Date:
March 18, 1902
Creator:
Sheffield, James A. D. & Sheffield, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Tramper
Patent for
Date:
December 14, 1915
Creator:
Murray, Russell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Spacer.
Patent for a device that efficiently and quickly travels over cotton-drills, spacing the stands uniformly apart and covers up any grass or weeds around the stands, including illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1891
Creator:
Totty, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for an adjustable cotton chopper which allows for the chopper to be set to different heights (vertically).
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Seamon, Albert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a new and useful cotton chopper, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Brooks, John Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper that attaches to a cultivator.
Date:
November 26, 1912
Creator:
Parsley, Samuel E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History