Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for an automatic gate at railroad crossings, adaptable for use in "farm gates and automatic gates for carriage roads" (page 1, lines 11-12) using "an inclined cam disk, of a spring actuated lever" (page 4, lines 27-28), trip devices, and a bell or other signal, with illustrations.
Date: January 24, 1893
Creator: Neeb, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dressmaker's Skirt-Measuring Device. (open access)

Dressmaker's Skirt-Measuring Device.

Patent for a measuring device and stand to locate the proper placement of tucks, ruffles, and trimmings on a woman's skirt.
Date: January 19, 1909
Creator: Putney, Maggie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Checker and Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton Checker and Cultivator.

Patent for improvements in cotton checkers and cultivators by “providing a device in which the width of the hills or rows may be adjusted to suit the requirements of various grades of soil.” (Lines 15-17) Another improvement is to provide a “means to which the plows of the cultivator may be simultaneously raised or lowered, and when so raised or lowered may be kept in their adjusted positions.” (Lines 19-22) Illustration is included.
Date: January 11, 1910
Creator: Hamilton, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Checker and Cultivator (open access)

Cotton Checker and Cultivator

Patent for a cotton checker and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date: January 11, 1910
Creator: Hamilton, Robert & Humble, Henry O. V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Mechanism. (open access)

Transmission Mechanism.

Patent for a transmission mechanism which "provides an improved mechanism by which the motion of of a drive shaft rotating at an uniform speed may be transmitted to a driven shaft at variable speeds and also to provide for the reversal of the driven shaft at different speeds" (lines 8-14).
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Jameson, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Mechanism for Display-Racks (open access)

Cutting Mechanism for Display-Racks

Patent for a cutting mechanism for cutting various fabrics such as oilcloth and the like.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Lanford, David L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Bag Emptier (open access)

Cotton Bag Emptier

Patent for a portable derrick, that can be easily lifted and emptied.
Date: January 30, 1917
Creator: Brown, Odis A.
System: The Portal to Texas History