Apparatus for Bleaching Cotton (open access)

Apparatus for Bleaching Cotton

Patent for an apparatus for treating lint cotton as it passes from the gin for bleaching. Illustration included.
Date: February 25, 1908
Creator: Brennan, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Power (open access)

Churn Power

Patent for "new and useful improvements for churn-power" (line 5), including illustrations and instructions.
Date: February 19, 1900
Creator: Dickey, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carpet Fastening (open access)

Carpet Fastening

Patent for carpet fastening. Illustrations included.
Date: February 27, 1906
Creator: Voelkle, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene Gas Generator

Patent for acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
Date: February 28, 1905
Creator: Gribble, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a wrench. Illustration included.
Date: February 21, 1905
Creator: Hunter, Arthur G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Solid-Rim Wood Column. (open access)

Solid-Rim Wood Column.

Patent for a new construction for wooden columns that were previously produced by joining strips of wood together.
Date: February 27, 1906
Creator: Robinson, Lee A. & Bible, Hunley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Envelop Stamping Machine (open access)

Envelop Stamping Machine

Patent for an envelop stamping machine. This machine is designed to process sheets of stamps for the application of one stamp per envelope. Illustrations Included.
Date: February 4, 1908
Creator: Human, Oscor M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Skiving Machine (open access)

Skiving Machine

Patent for a skiving device. This invention is adapted to skive leather straps with intent for use as harness and belting. Illustration included.
Date: February 27, 1906
Creator: Emerson, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine (open access)

Rotary Engine

Patent for rotary engine.
Date: February 17, 1903
Creator: May, Reynolds
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow improvement specifying the method in which the handle attaches to the beam of the plow. Parts of the plow are adjustable.
Date: February 6, 1906
Creator: Baker, Jefferson H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer. (open access)

Draft-Equalizer.

Patent for improvement in draft-equalizers in which the draft-equalizer will “first, take away the side draft; second, to enable the plow to follow the furrow; third, to work three, four, or five horses to the same bars by simply adjusting the bars; fourth, to enable all horses except one to walk on solid ground, the one to walk in furrow; fifth, to enable the operator to place load on any point of the bars he chooses and still have a straight pull.” (Lines 25-34) Illustration is included.
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Lawrence, David & Vincent, John
System: The Portal to Texas History