Resource Type

Cotton Bat Former and Compressor (open access)

Cotton Bat Former and Compressor

Patent for a combined cotton bat former and compressor. Illustrations included.
Date: January 10, 1911
Creator: Raley, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment. (open access)

Plow Attachment.

Patent for a plow attachment by using a socket adapted to be clamped in position upon the beam (line 15). “Plow equipped with the attachment may be used at a straddle-row cultivator, or a middle furrow cultivator, and that the teeth may be so arranged as to cast the soil toward or away from the plants, as occasion may require” (lines 35-40). Illustration is included.
Date: January 11, 1910
Creator: Farrington, Johnathan William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Cloth Rack. (open access)

Oil-Cloth Rack.

Patent for an oil-cloth display rack that includes a measuring device along the side.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Sisler, Charles C.
System: The Portal to Texas History