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Agricultural Machine (open access)

Agricultural Machine

Patent for a cotton chopping machine which can cut plants at regular intervals.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Lax, Alfred A.; Hinson, George W. & Willhoit, James I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Shackle (open access)

Buggy-Shackle

Patent for a buggy shackle which "has a spring actuated coupling pin, and means for holding the pin in uncoupled position while the thills are being attached" (lines 10-13).
Date: August 2, 1910
Creator: Perry, Charles Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calf Weaner. (open access)

Calf Weaner.

Patent for a new and improved calf weaner. This design "consist[s] of the plate provided with an upper inclined portion in which is held a rod having pointed projections, a vertical fixed arm, and an opposing pivoted arm, the upper ends of the said arms being curved toward each other and provided with opposing aligning buttons, and means for locking the pivoted arm" (lines 72-79).
Date: June 28, 1887
Creator: Rickman, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calf Weaner. (open access)

Calf Weaner.

Patent for a new and improved calf weaner. This design "consist[s] of the pivoted plates provided with upper aligning recesses, horizontal aligning eyes, having opposing buttons secured to their inner ends, and goads projecting from their outer ends, aligning concavo-convex surfaces whereby the plates are guided, the registering apertures, and pin, whereby the plates are secured in a closed position" (lines 82-90).
Date: November 29, 1887
Creator: Rickman, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for a new type of clothing pin that allows it to be permanently attached to the clothing line.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Boynton, Willie A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Alarm Device (open access)

Automatic Alarm Device

Patent for a spring motorized automatic alarm device with an improved tripping mechanism actuated by the medium of fire severing an actuator cord "or the like".
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Willoughby, Alford Pervis & Bolding, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Thresher. (open access)

Cotton Boll Thresher.

Patent for a cotton-boll thresher which opens the bolls and separates the cotton. This thresher tries to improve on others by making them "strong, durable, efficient, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 21-23); patent includes illustrations and specifications.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Bryan, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker's Knee-pad (open access)

Cotton-Picker's Knee-pad

Patent for "knee pads especially adapted for cotton picker's use." (lines 10-11)
Date: March 17, 1914
Creator: Boynton, Willie A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Yoke. (open access)

Cattle-Yoke.

Patent for a cattle yoke which enables the yoke to be attached to a cow's head to prevent grazing from other side of the wire fence.
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Carr, Jessie D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Mouth-Spreading Device (open access)

Bag-Mouth-Spreading Device

Patent for a device which holds open the mouth of a bag or sack so that it can be easily filled. The device works with bags hung on a post or with bags hung from the shoulder, as a cotton picker's sack.
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Willoughby, Alfred Pervis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Coop (open access)

Collapsible Coop

Patent for a collapsible coop that provides a top skeleton and also collapsible chicken coop which is simple and practical features.
Date: August 31, 1915
Creator: Willoughby, Alford Pervis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper that is meant to "provide an improved means for controlling the position of the chopper blades." (lines 17-19) It is designed to make the action of cutting cotton more stable and precise.
Date: August 26, 1913
Creator: Woodrom, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Cleaner (open access)

Boiler-Cleaner

Patent for an appliance to clean boilers. Device remains in boiler and sucks dirt particles out.
Date: January 1, 1918
Creator: Cross, William G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker's Knee-Pad. (open access)

Cotton-Picker's Knee-Pad.

Patent for Cotton-Picker's Knee-Pad. "This invention relates to pads and particularly to a new, useful, simple and practical knee pad especially designed fo use by cotton pickers." (line 2)
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Boynton, Willie A. & Terrell, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin (open access)

Clothes Pin

Patent for an improved clothes pin to provide a simple, efficient, and practical device.
Date: August 27, 1918
Creator: Newsom, John Wesley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon - Cover. (open access)

Wagon - Cover.

Patent for invention of wagon - cover which is adjustable. This can stretch when required and then come back to original position. This can be used as a canopy or tent.
Date: August 22, 1916
Creator: Womack, Plenny V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher. (open access)

Mail-Bag Catcher.

Patent for a new modification in the device mail-bag catcher, which can be used to either train or track device.
Date: June 13, 1916
Creator: Huff, Barney L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Invalid-Bed. (open access)

Invalid-Bed.

Patent for attachment to beds for invalids. This device allows the invalid to be raised or placed in the sitting position.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Anderson, Young R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for improved wire-stretchers. The simple concept allows for the pieces to be produced inexpensively and does not require any machine work.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Moseley, Benjmine G
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ink-Bottle. (open access)

Ink-Bottle.

Patent for improvements in in bottles: "it consists, essentially, of a hexagonal or analogous polygonal shaped body having dip cups arranged adjacent to one and thereof at such angles as to regulate the flow by turning the body and bringing it to bear on different bases." (lines 12-17).
Date: October 19, 1897
Creator: Anderson, Alexander C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lever-Shears. (open access)

Lever-Shears.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in lever shears, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 6, 1900
Creator: Williams, Felix A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Threshing Machine (open access)

Threshing Machine

Patent for machine adapted to operate upon maize, Kafir corn, cane, and the like so as to effectively remove or rub off the seed or grains, without crushing or breaking the same.
Date: January 6, 1914
Creator: Newsom, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Feeding Fuel to Furnaces (open access)

Apparatus for Feeding Fuel to Furnaces

Patent for device that aids in the separation of bolls and burrs in cotton ginning, and makes use of undesired material as a fuel for power.
Date: October 24, 1916
Creator: Williams, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier. (open access)

Trace Carrier.

Patent for a new and improved trace-carrier. This design "consist[s] of a rectangular frame, a central integral transverse bar provided at its upper and lower edges with pairs of spaced-apart superficial ribs having central aligning bores, a spring-pressed bolt mounted in one of said ribs, adapted at its inner end to take into the opposite rib and provided at its outer end with a knob or head, a pintle mounted in the lower pair of ribs, a tongue pivoted upon the pintle, said tongue having its upper end reduced to fit between the upper pair of ribs and provided with an eye for the reception of the bolt" (lines 82-94).
Date: December 30, 1890
Creator: Harbour, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History