Cotton-Boll Harvester. (open access)

Cotton-Boll Harvester.

Patent for improvements to the cotton-boll harvesters. "..has for its principal object the production of a structure which will quickly and readily strip the unopened bolls from the cotton stalks"( line 9-14)
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Smith, Millard Elmor & Simmons, J.T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher. (open access)

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher with means to easily adjust a slidable rack bar, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Harper, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Washstand (open access)

Folding Washstand

Patent for washstand that can fold up and be put away when not being used.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Ewell, Ocie D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plate-Lifter (open access)

Plate-Lifter

Patent for an "...improved lifter whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient..." (lines 19-23).
Date: February 28, 1917
Creator: Mitchell, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper for "oscillating said [chopping] hoe as the implement is drawn through the field" (lines 11-13).
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Sims, James Gordon
System: The Portal to Texas History