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Improvement in Harrow Structure (open access)

Improvement in Harrow Structure

Patent for improvement in harrow structure allowing for them to be attached to an ordinary cultivator in lien of cultivating shovels.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: McIntyre, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for an Acetylene gas generator that allows waste to be emptied from the machine without losing any gas.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Finley, Jesse T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin. (open access)

Cotton Gin.

Patent for improvements in cotton gins, including "an attachment for a gin feeder to separate cotton from the burs during the gin operation...especially adapted for use upon cotton containing an excess amount of bolls" (lines 13-16). The improvements include an air suction device to remove cotton from the burs before it enters the gin.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Huntsman, Edward L.
System: The Portal to Texas History