Tea-Chest. (open access)

Tea-Chest.

Patent for "tea-chests and other receptacles of a light nature in which the articles are shipped and retailed in and from the original packages," (lines 8-11) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1891
Creator: Buford, Paschal
System: The Portal to Texas History
Half-Car Unloader (open access)

Half-Car Unloader

Patent for an improved and simplified mechanism of Half-Car Unloaders, which unloads earth materials such as coal and ore from a railroad car more easily and effectively by lifting up a train car, unloading its contents, and placing it back on the railroad track.
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Scardino, Mario P. & Scardino, Peter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Round Bale Cotton Compress (open access)

Round Bale Cotton Compress

Patent for a round bale cotton compress that efficiently creates cotton bales with little manual labor, including illustrations.
Date: February 10, 1914
Creator: Dunlap, Samuel H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Treating Apparatus and Process (open access)

Cotton Treating Apparatus and Process

Patent for cotton treating apparatus and process, cleaning the cotton as it is removed from bolls and then formed in to bales.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Dunlap, Samuel H.
System: The Portal to Texas History