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Cotton Boll Threshing Machine. (open access)

Cotton Boll Threshing Machine.

Patent for a cotton boll breaking mechanism and a means for breaking cotton bolls which are not opened sufficiently for the cotton to be picked.
Date: March 20, 1917
Creator: Cass, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Fastener (open access)

Door Fastener

Patent is for door locking device for fasteners that can be carried around in a pocket. It is an improvement on models in circulation.
Date: June 12, 1917
Creator: Price, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a wrench that can hold round-headed fastening elements (bolts) so as to prevent from turning in the same direction. The wrench can be held while the jaws grip and hold the round heads of bolts.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Wright, John G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch. (open access)

Switch.

Patent for a switch mechanism for use on railroads. The switch can be installed without cutting the railroad tracks. Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date: March 20, 1917
Creator: Allen, Gus V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a reinforced plow shoe that eliminates frictional wear on the landside bar and reduces wear on the landside plate of the plow.
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Alston, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for hay-presses relating to the arraignment and and construction of the means for operating the plunger of the press whereby reciprocation of the plunger may be secured by the revolution of an arm or lever whereby a single or double reciprocation of the plunger during a single revolution of the arm or lever may be secured as desired.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Dudley, John Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for wire stretcher.
Date: January 30, 1917
Creator: Clark, Joseph G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker. (open access)

Nutcracker.

Patent for a nutcracker with an adjustable jaw and a smaller number of parts.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Gradick, Wiley, Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History