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Furrow-Opener
Patent for a spring-operated furrow opener which creates openings in the soil for the reception of a seed. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 22, 1908
Creator:
Pogue, Steward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and useful plow to "provides means whereby a shovel, plow, sweep, or other soil-working device may be connected with the beam or standard of a sulky or walking plow" ( line 7 - 10).
Date:
November 9, 1897
Creator:
Wells, Louis B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detacher
Patent for a horse detacher that easily connects and unconnects to the swingletree.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Nowotny, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ditching-Machine.
Patent for a ditching machine for digging ditches than can go in reverse.
Date:
April 18, 1911
Creator:
Miller, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Earth-Auger.
Patent for an earth-auger meant to dig post-holes. It has a lateral "cutting-edge and a continuous cutting-edge from its point to its top, said cutting-edge receding continuously and uniformly from the axis of rotation of the tool, whereby it cuts from the center outward and gradually widens or increases the diameter of the hole at any given point until this point is reached by the periphery of the ears or basin at the top of the bit, and, furthermore, to provide means for packing or smoothing the sides of the hole" (lines 13-23).
Date:
January 28, 1896
Creator:
Pederson, Hans
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Plow.
Patent for a sectional moldboard plow that is "capable of being easily taken apart and put together when it is desired to replace the points or shares" (lines 18-20). It also has "a socket which is removably held to the bar of the cultivator and which is provided to hold the removable boards" (lines 22-25). The bar can fit double-cut or sweep plows.
Date:
January 19, 1897
Creator:
Hayslip, De Witt Clinton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain Holder.
Patent for a new and improved curtain-holder. This design "has relation to that class of curtain-holders which are adapted to hold or clasp the lower part of a window-curtain, so as to hold it up against the window frame or casing when it is desired to spread the curtains apart, and has for its object to so construct a device of that class that the holding hook or catch which clasps the folds of the curtain may be turned down so as to be out of the way when the device is not in use" (lines 22-31).
Date:
December 22, 1885
Creator:
Wilson, Nelse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker
Patent for a cotton picker. This invention relates to pneumatic cotton-pickers using a suction box for detaching bolls of cotton from pods. Illustration included.
Date:
July 25, 1905
Creator:
Hyde, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cultivator.
Patent for a cotton cultivator, which scratches the stalks of each cotton plant to stunt the plants growth and increase its cotton yield.
Date:
March 16, 1909
Creator:
Pacha, Anton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Topper
Patent for a cotton topper that can be used as an attachment for a wheeled cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 8, 1908
Creator:
Schwarz, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press
Patent for a cotton press that operates slowly and requires minimum power. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 18, 1910
Creator:
Breihan, Frederick F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator
Patent for a cultivator. Illustration included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Carrell, Fitzhu L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent for a cotton press, which can be run with either wormed gearing or beveled gearing depending on the pressure desired to be exerted on the cotton.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Breihan, Frederick F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Topper.
Patent for a cotton-topper, which attaches to a cultivator.
Date:
July 2, 1907
Creator:
Ray, Arthur Taylor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Topping Machine.
Patent for improvement to cotton-topping machine to make growth compactly, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 17, 1901
Creator:
Palm, George William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Implement.
Patent for "agricultural implements to be used for tilling the soil and planting, either separately or at one and the same operation, and has for its object to reduce the expense incurred by the general practice of first preparing the land for planting and subsequently sowing the seed. By this inventions the land can simultaneously prepared and the grain deposited therein." (Lines 8-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 2, 1897
Creator:
Dycus, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cover.
Patent for a dust cover for mattresses and pillows, which is smooth when in place and is washable.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
Forwood, David F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Wheel-Cultivators
Patent for a new and useful improvement in attachments for wheel cultivators, including description and illustrations.
Date:
May 17, 1887
Creator:
Brown, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for a cotton-chopper attachment for cultivators. It can fit to any cultivator with some modification. It is a wheel that rides "upon the row and presses down into the ground parts of the cotton in the row, leaving the other standing, and of the necessary mechanism for attaching and controlling said wheel" (lines 20-24).
Date:
February 4, 1896
Creator:
Ray, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivators
Patent for attachment for cultivators. The invention allows a cultivator's shovel to be spaced apart to facilitate the plowing of corn, cotton, and other similar products.
Date:
November 28, 1911
Creator:
Jez, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Plows And Cultivators.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements for plows and cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1900
Creator:
Hardeman, James Maxwell & Belt, Charles Tighman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for a baling press used for baling hay and straw. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 28, 1909
Creator:
Guenzel, Paul A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a new and useful baling press, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 4, 1899
Creator:
Harrington, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cream-Separators.
A patent for a strainer rack attachment "which is cheap and simple in construction, which may be very readily attached to the milk bowl supporting stand, and by means of which a strainer may be arranged over the milk bowl or turned back out of the way as desired." (lines 22-27)
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Miller, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History