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Automatic Cotton-Tramper (open access)

Automatic Cotton-Tramper

Patent for an automatics cotton presser. Illustrations included.
Date: June 22, 1909
Creator: Campbell, Edgar Howard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Maintaining A Continuous Flow Of Sand Carrying Oil From Wells (open access)

Apparatus For Maintaining A Continuous Flow Of Sand Carrying Oil From Wells

Patent for an apparatus for maintaining a continuous flow of sand carrying oil from wells. Illustration included.
Date: June 14, 1904
Creator: Cushing, William T. & Johnston, Horace G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for an improved type of cotton chopper that thins rows of plants on both flat and rough terrain. Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 10, 1913
Creator: Hellums, Oscar S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Scale. (open access)

Kitchen Scale.

Patent for a new and improved kitchen scale. This design "introduces a pivoted stirrup into the yoke on the tray-rod, said stirrup being pivoted to and suspended from the beam. By this means, the stirrup and beam can vibrate in the yoke without disturbing the perpendicularity of the tray-rod" (lines 62-67).
Date: June 26, 1883
Creator: Solomon, Thomas Durham
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer (open access)

Insect Destroyer

Patent for an insect destroyer. Illustrations included.
Date: June 28, 1904
Creator: Wiesen, Franc M. & Crisp, James S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Handling Apparatus (open access)

Tie-Handling Apparatus

Patent for a mechanism mounted on a hand car that will remove old rail ties and install new ones. This mechanism allows for the rails to remain undisturbed and the space underneath to be cleared for the new tie installation.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Jones, Jefferson Davis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bed-Bug Exterminators. (open access)

Improvement in Bed-Bug Exterminators.

Patent for "a machine for exterminating bed-bugs by steam." (Lines 11-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 3, 1873
Creator: Fewell, Calvin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner. Illustration included.
Date: June 13, 1905
Creator: Higgins, James F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Die for Sash-Weights. (open access)

Die for Sash-Weights.

Patent for a die for sash weights that allows for easy removal of the die from the mold.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Clarkson, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer Distributer (open access)

Fertilizer Distributer

Patent for a fertilizer distributer. Illustration included.
Date: June 2, 1908
Creator: Murry, Henry A. & Evans, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Control (open access)

Sash Control

Patent for a window sash control system. This mechanism allows the user to open a hard to reach window, such as one at the top of a stairwell, remotely via a series of ropes and pulleys.
Date: June 12, 1917
Creator: Coogle, John David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Root or Sod Cutter. (open access)

Root or Sod Cutter.

Patent for a new and useful root or sod cutter, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 14, 1898
Creator: Melton, Pink
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Water-Grate for Cooking-Stoves. (open access)

Design for a Water-Grate for Cooking-Stoves.

Patent for a water-grate for cooking stoves.
Date: June 13, 1899
Creator: Spencer, Jesse Peter
System: The Portal to Texas History