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Coin Controlled Vending Machine (open access)

Coin Controlled Vending Machine

Patent for coin controlled vending machine. Illustration included.
Date: July 24, 1906
Creator: Fender, John Brown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester. (open access)

Cotton-Harvester.

Patent for a cotton harvesting machine used for gathering the cotton from the plant, stripping the bolls or pods, and cleaning the cotton in one continuous operation during the traction of the harvester over a cotton field. This cotton harvester has a rotary picking member disposed forwardly and grabbing arms disposed rearwardly of the rotary picking arms. These rotary picking members are used for receiving the cotton gathered by the said picking arms and depositing it between two vertically operable crushers for crushing the bolls or pods preparatory to their passage into the ginning apparatus.
Date: July 30, 1918
Creator: Berry, Louis J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle. (open access)

Vehicle.

Patent for a new and improved horse carriage. This design calls for "the rider [to] press the treadles so as to hold the wheels in contact with the ground. When sufficient speed has been acquired the treadles are released, and the springs will then raise the wheels from contact with the ground, and the momentum will then be sufficient to keep the wheel erect. Should it be inclined to tilt, it may easily be righted by pressing either treadle so as to throw the wheel on the tilting side in contact with the ground" (lines 61-74).
Date: July 10, 1883
Creator: Smith, James Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Luggage-Carrier. (open access)

Luggage-Carrier.

Patent for a luggage-carrier "particularly adapted for use in conjunction with motor cycles or similar wheeled vehicles" (lines 11-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Howell, Edgar A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tube-Cutter. (open access)

Tube-Cutter.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive tube-cutter meant to cut boiler flues or tubes in order to remove or replace the tubes or flues. The tube cutter doesn't spread the tube and allows the tubes to be withdrawn through the holes after cutting them.
Date: July 2, 1895
Creator: Fitzpatrick, John James Kelsoe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Manure-Spreader (open access)

Manure-Spreader

Patent for a manure spreader that can be connected to the back wheels of a farm wagon. Illustrations included.
Date: July 19, 1910
Creator: Echols, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Tanning (open access)

Process of Tanning

Patent for an improved method of tanning that is effective but takes less time.
Date: July 10, 1906
Creator: Martin, James L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustrations included.
Date: July 4, 1905
Creator: Slayton, Charles E. & Zellner, Daniel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press (open access)

Hay-Press

Patent for "a simple and effective machine of the character described, which shall possess advantages in point of durability, cheapness of manufacture, and general efficiency" (lines 18-21).
Date: July 31, 1888
Creator: Bigham, Joshua R. & Bigham, Ambrose W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Holder for Paper Bags and Other Articles (open access)

Holder for Paper Bags and Other Articles

Patent for a holder for paper bags and other articles. Illustration included.
Date: July 14, 1908
Creator: Laird, Edwin C. & Bedinger, Singleton B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuel-Supply Apparatus. (open access)

Fuel-Supply Apparatus.

Patent for an improved fuel supply apparatus for liquid fuel.
Date: July 5, 1919
Creator: Guthrie, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History