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Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for improvements a cotton chopper that "consists of a two-wheeled carriage having a hoe situated to thin the cotton and is operated by bevel gear-wheels, a ratchet-wheel, and a spring" (lines 12-15).
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Levings, Enoc
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for cotton chopper. This invention is on a wheel mounted frame and is adjustable for cutting out sections at desired intervals. Illustration included.
Date: January 15, 1907
Creator: Walter, William Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead Brace. (open access)

Bedstead Brace.

Patent for a new and useful bedstead-brace. "This invention is an improved construction of bedstead-brace, the object being to provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and efficient device which can be applied to any and all beds" (line 7-11).
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Campbell, Ike W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canning Apparatus. (open access)

Canning Apparatus.

Patent for an improved boiling apparatus for canning.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Still, Cuthbert A. Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothing - Boiler (open access)

Clothing - Boiler

Patent for a new and improved clothing-boiler. This design is to "provide a device of this character in which there is practically no danger of the water or suds-boiling over to the exterior" (line 8 - 11).
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Rylander, William Pitts
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can-Filling Machine. (open access)

Can-Filling Machine.

Patent for a new and useful machine for filling bottles and analogous receptacles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 2, 1900
Creator: Gebhardt, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Lead-Pencils. (open access)

Attachment for Lead-Pencils.

Patent for a calendar that attaches permanently to a lead pencil and wraps securely when not being viewed.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Masters, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clutch and Transmission Mechanism (open access)

Clutch and Transmission Mechanism

Patent for a clutch and transmission mechanism to be used for automobiles. Illustrations included.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Carpenter, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can Closure (open access)

Can Closure

Patent for a can closure. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Brundrett, Arnold
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comb Cleaner. (open access)

Comb Cleaner.

Patent for a new and useful comb-cleaner. "This invention is an improved construction of comb-cleaner, the object being to provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and efficient device by means of which a comb can be quickly and effectively cleaned" (line 10).
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Hess, Hugo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition Fuel (open access)

Composition Fuel

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in composition fuel, the object being to produce fuel in compact form which will burn quickly, rapidly generating an intense heat, and leaving but a small quantity of a residue or ash" (lines 10-15).
Date: January 15, 1901
Creator: Patterson, Warren A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed (open access)

Bed

Patent for a bed. This invention is designed for invalids that also provides a bed pan. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Myers, Nancy S. A. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coop or Crate (open access)

Coop or Crate

Patent for a folding crate used for transporting livestock. Illustrations included.
Date: January 12, 1909
Creator: La Bauve, Odelon J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crutch. (open access)

Crutch.

Patent for improvements in crutches by making the crutch adjustable in length according to a person’s height and “overcome the jerks by the movements with the crutches.” (Lines 15-16) Illustration is included.
Date: January 8, 1901
Creator: Hough, Orson E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle. (open access)

Bicycle.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in bicycles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1900
Creator: White, Edward Y.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Railway-Tie and Rail-Clamp. (open access)

Combined Railway-Tie and Rail-Clamp.

Patent for a combined railway tie and rail clamp, which is made of metal rather than wood.
Date: January 3, 1911
Creator: Finley, Jefferson L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chimney (open access)

Chimney

Patent for a chimney. Illustration included.
Date: January 7, 1905
Creator: Palladino, Gaetano
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooler (open access)

Cooler

Patent for a cooler. Illustrations included.
Date: January 12, 1909
Creator: King, Susan M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle (open access)

Axle

Patent for an axle. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Price, George T. & Knight, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper that can be used as a garden hoe. Illustrations included.
Date: January 28, 1913
Creator: Weaver,John Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Door Fastener (open access)

Car Door Fastener

Patent for a car door fastener. Illustration included.
Date: January 10, 1905
Creator: Saling, Thomas W. & McKiel, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for "...a Bailing-Press for Making Cylindrical Bales of Cotton..." (lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Jones, Isaac Van Zandt
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for improving the baling press in which a rectangular bale of hay is formed. Compared to the traditional press the lever movement is circular and continuous.
Date: January 2, 1906
Creator: White, Edgar Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Airship (open access)

Airship

Patent for an airshape. This invention is of a helicopter design. Illustration included.
Date: January 21, 1913
Creator: Darche, James
System: The Portal to Texas History