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Cotton-Chopper
Patent for the cotton-chopper. This device is composed of hoes and gathers cotton and can chop it at specific lengths. additionally the device was made to decrease friction and increase yields.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
East, Arthur R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Road Grader and Drag
Patent for improving road maintenance and construction.
Date:
June 14, 1921
Creator:
Herring, Jesie M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Pump.
Patent for a new and improved air pump capable of releasing air from the cylindrical casing in one motion. The updated design will also eliminate any lubricating oil from leaking into a tire.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Lawley, Ira
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Roaster.
Patent for a new and improved peanut roaster with a rotating drum that can sound an alarm after a certain interval of time and can be moved directly over a roasting flame, including illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1920
Creator:
Peckham, Samuel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter Attachment
Patent for improvements to stalk-cutter attachments to plows. The invention allows stalks to be cut by the plow and then turned under it into the soil to decrease labor an improve plow performance.
Date:
April 7, 1919
Creator:
Wylie, Arthur E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Roasting Device.
Patent for a peanut roasting device that uniformly roasts peanuts. The peanut roaster is an automatic device that rotates through batches of raw peanuts in pre-determined intervals.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Peckham, Samuel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fluid-Vending Machine.
Patent for improvements to fluid vending machines. The amount of money put in changes the amount of fluid distributed.
Date:
March 26, 1918
Creator:
Chandler, Jason McGregor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Huller-Gins
Patent for the type of cotton gin known as huller gins. It is an attachment intended to force cotton through portions of the huller gin that often becomes blocked by accumulated detritus.
Date:
February 12, 1918
Creator:
Prichard, William Mathews
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper-Tool-Lifting Mechanism.
Patent for a "hand and footlifting mechanism capable of independent operation whereby either the hand or the foot operations may be performed, and the tools or hoes either lifted without disturbing their fixed adjustment or their elevation adjusted as desired," (lines 14-20) including illustrations.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
East, Arthur R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe-Anchor for Tents
Patent for a "stove pipe anchor for use on tents and other portable structures" (lines 9-12) in order to reduce draft and prevent "entrance of the elements" (lines 14-15) through the hole in the tent, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 6, 1917
Creator:
Fitch, Morgan L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill.
Patent for modified drill bit to improve "boring through rocks or other hard substances." (lines 10-11) including illustrations.
Date:
May 8, 1917
Creator:
Hensley, Sewell S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fluid Vending Machine
Patent for machine designed to vend fluids such as gasoline once a coin is inserted into the designated slot. Offers adjustment of amount of dispensed liquid, in accordance with the fluxuations in price.
Date:
September 19, 1916
Creator:
Chandler, Jason M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker
Patent for improvements to pneumatic cotton pickers. The principal object of the invention is to provide rotatable suction devices which will draw the cotton from the plants in one part of the rotation and drop the same cotton in the remaining part of the rotation.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Rhodes, Clyde
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Foot.
Patent for “shovel supporting feet of cultivators.” (lines 10-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Graves, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mouse-Guard Attachment for Piano-Pedals
Patent for an attachment to prevent rodents from entering a piano by way of the pedal openings.
Date:
February 10, 1914
Creator:
Collier, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Trace Clip
Patent for Adjustable Trace Clip. "The invention relates to an adjustable trace clip, and has for its primary object to provide a clip of this character in which the connecting strap between the back and belly bands may be adjusted with relation to the trace so as to permit the back band to properly fit the animal and also allow the longitudinal adjustment of the trace" (lines 9-16).
Date:
May 24, 1912
Creator:
Bradfute, Benjamine F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer.
Patent for a draft equalizer for animals pulling farm equipment in fields.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Glover, Milford S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 5, 1910
Creator:
Thomas, Edward E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Potato-Digger.
Patent for a potato digger, which leaves the potatoes on top of the soil and can be used in a variety of different soil types.
Date:
October 19, 1909
Creator:
Herring, Jesie M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow and Cultivating Implement
Patent for a harrow and cultivating implement which "may be readily adjusted and adapted to various uses" (lines 12-13).
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Sherrill, Samuel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Conveyer.
Patent for a water conveyer for irrigation, which has a series of buckets on a conveyer belt which pour over a waterwheel to power the motor of the machine. This model has streamlined the buckets water flow to minimize the power used from the motor.
Date:
December 24, 1907
Creator:
Dove, John Oliver & Wirsing, Charley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for improvements to a baling press, making it "simple, inexpensive, durable, and highly-efficient" (lines 17-18), including illustrations.
Date:
January 9, 1906
Creator:
Unfried, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Meat-Hook
Patent for a meat hook that allows for ease of handling meats without needing to dirty the hands of the user.
Date:
June 20, 1905
Creator:
Tally, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Weevil Destroyer
Patent for cotton weevil destroyer. Illustration included.
Date:
October 25, 1904
Creator:
Stephens, Lee Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History