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Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator that can be used a riding or walking cultivator and has a better holder for the standards.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: West, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Disk Journal. (open access)

Cultivator-Disk Journal.

Patent for a cultivator disk journal, which is more efficient than previous models.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Doyle, Edward Silas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester (open access)

Cotton-Harvester

Patent for a cotton harvester that aides in picking the most difficult part of cotton to pick by hand. Includes instruction and illustrations.
Date: January 30, 1917
Creator: Ford, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cushion Insole and Arch-Support. (open access)

Cushion Insole and Arch-Support.

Patent for a shoe insole device that provides an interior lining with improved cushion, arch support, and perforations that facilitate air circulation. Includes illustrations.
Date: January 19, 1915
Creator: Lee, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for an improved cultivator that is easy to guide and operate, possesses increased durability, and is inexpensive to construct.
Date: January 3, 1911
Creator: Foster, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Treating Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Treating Machine.

Patent for improved cotton treating machine that separates cotton fibers from seeds. This cotton treater keeps the cotton fibers long when separating the seeds, including illustrations.
Date: January 21, 1919
Creator: Cassel, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker (open access)

Cotton-Picker

Patent for cotton picking in relation to the picking needle that is capable of longitudinal movement.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Johnson, Billie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press that uses the minimum amount of power to accomplish the baling process.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Gill, Fleet & Graham, Daniel O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Plows (open access)

Attachment for Plows

Patent for "improvements in attachments for plows for the purpose of cutting roots, sods, and the like, and has for one of its objects to provide a simply constructed attachment which not only provides a suitable cutting implement but likewise includes a removable landslide." (9-15)
Date: January 25, 1916
Creator: Reeves, Wesley L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Plows (open access)

Attachment for Plows

Patent for a plow attachment that is easy to use, does not "require the use of a supplemental beam or handle" (lines 11-12), and can be used with different makes of plows
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Nunnally, Robert Bruce
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for an adjustable cotton chopper which allows for the chopper to be set to different heights (vertically).
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Seamon, Albert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for a device that will be attached to the frame of the cultivator to be used for chopping cotton, and weeds.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Williams, Roy L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Tester (open access)

Saw Tester

Patent for a device that tests and trains saws for cotton gins. Detects cups and kinks in the saw and prevent the saw from being burned.
Date: January 2, 1912
Creator: Cass, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Stirrup (open access)

Safety-Stirrup

Patent for a safety stirrup with improved attachment of parts.
Date: January 21, 1913
Creator: Parker, Andrew
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Dropping Plate (open access)

Seed-Dropping Plate

Patent for a versatile seed dropping mechanism that retains the seed shells as they drop to prevent machine clogging and seed droppings.
Date: January 25, 1916
Creator: Grinstead, Albert N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shipping-Crate. (open access)

Shipping-Crate.

Patent for a crate to transport bottled beverages, which is protected by slidably mounted, sealed enclosures with guide strips, guide rods, and terminal hooks. Bottles are held upside down within protective neck encasements. Accidental opening of the crate is reduced since the opening side cannot be slid open until the seals are broken.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Wyman, Lewis Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Valve Mechanism for Pneumatic Tires. (open access)

Safety-Valve Mechanism for Pneumatic Tires.

Patent for useful improvements on safety valve mechanism for Pneumatic Tires. This invention constructs a mechanism to control air pressure within the tire in order to prevent bursting from over charging, heating, sudden compression is avoided.
Date: January 31, 1917
Creator: Gebhardt, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Cleaning Harrow and Cultivator. (open access)

Self-Cleaning Harrow and Cultivator.

Patent for a harrow and cultivator "which is self-cleaning in that, by manipulation of certain mechanism embodied in the machine, the teeth or shovels are caused to rotate about axes, giving up any stalks, grass, or other fibrous matter which may cling to the teeth or shovels impeding the working of the soil" (lines 15-21).
Date: January 29, 1918
Creator: Miner, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garden-Hose Holder (open access)

Garden-Hose Holder

Patent for a garden hose holder that "will support the nozzle or discharge end of a garden hose" at adjustable heights and directions. The patent allows for the "stream of water [to be] directed from the hose in any desired direction and at any angle relative to the ground."
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Leslie, Lee B. & Feuerbacher, Max E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Single-Disk Drill (open access)

Single-Disk Drill

Patent for a single disk drill for drilling into soft materials ("gumbo, shale, hard clay, and soft rock") without clogging.
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shipping Unit (open access)

Shipping Unit

Patent for "a shipping unit or carrier for the transportation of merchandise as freight, express, or baggage" (lines 8-10).
Date: January 26, 1915
Creator: Terry, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo (open access)

Silo

Patent for improvements in silos, particularly in the means of tightening the boards and bracing the silos. The object of the invention is to provide a silo which will be easily put together and braced and which can be kept in an air-tight and a liquid tight condition, and to provide means for bracing the silo and for locking the boards in place.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Crady, Charles C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Step for Freight Cars (open access)

Safety Step for Freight Cars

Patent for a safety step for freight rail cars. Illustration included.
Date: January 10, 1911
Creator: Neale, Ancel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for improving the way washing machines clean materials. This invention also simplifies the inter-working parts that make the device function properly.
Date: January 21, 1919
Creator: Tackaberry, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History