Resource Type

Stalk Breaker (open access)

Stalk Breaker

Patent for breaking cotton stalks. This device is designed to break down cotton stalks while sparing stalks of growing young wheat. Illustration included.
Date: October 27, 1908
Creator: Shaw, Drury P. & Tackaberry, W. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double-Action Pump (open access)

Double-Action Pump

Patent for "double-action submerged force-pumps which can be operated by any suitable power, but particularly adapted for operation by windmills provided with variable gearing...simple in construction and strong and durable and in which there are no parts which can be disarranged during operation and from which all valves may be removed without disturbing the pipe and which will maintain a continuous flow of water during operation."
Date: October 21, 1902
Creator: Byars, Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for a press for baling cotton and other fibrous materials.
Date: October 14, 1902
Creator: Byars, Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History