Cotton-Cleaner (open access)

Cotton-Cleaner

Patent for an apparatus that is designed to clean cotton before it is placed in a cotton gin. Illustrations included.
Date: February 15, 1910
Creator: Felton, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for a cylinder shaped animal trap for small furry animals.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Fikes, Benjamin M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Forming Wire Articles. (open access)

Machine for Forming Wire Articles.

Patent for an improved machine that makes wire coils, springs, pins, and similar wire formations. "The invention has for its objects to provide a simple, cheap and durable device or machine for the purpose named which can be easily operated and capable of turning out a large number of the articles with the expenditure of the minimum amount of time and labor" (lines 22-28).
Date: February 21, 1893
Creator: Porter, Louis H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dumping-Platforms. (open access)

Improvement in Dumping-Platforms.

Patent for a new cart-loader design "for dumping earth into carts or other receptacles" (lines 13-14), including illustrations.
Date: February 11, 1873
Creator: Atkinson, Jesse.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Starting Device (open access)

Starting Device

Patent for a starting device for internal combustion engines. Illustrations included.
Date: February 21, 1911
Creator: Looney, John Pryor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paddle-Wheel (open access)

Paddle-Wheel

Patent for a paddle wheel. Illustrations included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Dusek, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shock Absorber (open access)

Shock Absorber

Patent for "Improvements in Shock Absorbers" (lines 6-7) including illustrations.
Date: February 3, 1920
Creator: Regenbrecht, Bernhard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power Device for Baling Presses. (open access)

Power Device for Baling Presses.

Patent for a new and improved power device for baling-presses. This design consists, "with a suitable frame, of a crank-shaft journaled therein, a pitman, and two disks, one loosely and the other rigidly mounted on said shaft and provided, respectively, upon their adjacent faces with a pair of shoulders and a lug, the length of the cut-away portion between said shoulders being greater than the length of said lug, whereby independent movement of the two disks is permitted, and a sweep rigidly attached to the loosely mounted disk" (lines 79-89).
Date: February 11, 1890
Creator: Nott, Henry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History