Cotton-Blocking Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Cotton-Blocking Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for an attachment for cultivators for arranging blocks of cotton onto a stand. Illustrations included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Horner, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Photographic-Printing Device. (open access)

Photographic-Printing Device.

Patent for a new photographic-printing device featuring an improved apparatus, as well as new exposure and printing capabilities, including illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Brown, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press which uses less power to press hay the same tightness as current baling presses.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Smith, Ernest D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Car and Air-Brake Coupling. (open access)

Combined Car and Air-Brake Coupling.

Patent for the connection between two railway cars.
Date: February 7, 1893
Creator: Smith, Jacob C.; Golfin, John H.; Hardeman, Eammanuel J.; McNeal, Thomas. & Love, W.G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a cotton cultivator and chopper, of the usual frame, a pair of guiding-handles pivoted thereto, a chopping-knife hinged to said frame, and links forming a loose connection between said blade and handles, whereby the blade is raised and lowered" (lines 26-31).
Date: February 1, 1887
Creator: Schaumleffel, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History