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Insect-Collecting Machine.
Patent for a machine to collect insects such as cotton-bool weevils and other pests from crops.
Date:
July 7, 1903
Creator:
Ferriott, Charley L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for gate-latches in which the gate will close automatically and may be opened by releasing the latch by hand or by the manipulation of the gate. (Lines 10-14) Illustration is included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
McRae, Daniel M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Equalizing the Distribution of Cotton in Cotton-Boxes
Patent for an invention to equalize the distribution of cotton into cotton boxes. The invention uses air-draft elevators in-order to relieve jams and chocked conditions in the elevator-shaft. Illustration included.
Date:
July 7, 1903
Creator:
Stephenson, Miner Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter.
Patent for a seed planter in which the “plows is used in connection with the purpose of opening a furrow to receive the seed and for quickly covering the seed after it has been deposited.” (Lines 15-18) In addition, an auxiliary plow is attached “to work directly in front of the seed tube, as to provide the scattering of the seed and to cause it to be deposited directly into the furrow.” (Lines 29-32) Illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1903
Creator:
Ferriott, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter.
Patent is for a seed planter that plows and seeds at the same time.
Date:
August 4, 1903
Creator:
Ferriott, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History