Improvement  in Cotton-Cleaners. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Cleaners.

Patent for a new and improved cotton-cleaner that enhances the performance of cotton cleaning. It includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 4, 1873
Creator: Ralston, Joe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spool (open access)

Spool

Patent for a spool made by folding one piece of material into the correct shape.
Date: February 4, 1913
Creator: Aven, Scottie Hill
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design is of "that class of cultivators whose beams and stocks are pivoted together and the latter adapted for adjustment . . . for the purpose of regulating the depth to which the shovel or 'sweep' enters the soil" (lines 7-12). It consists, "with the beam and double stock pivoted together and adjustably connected . . . of the guide-bar pivoted to the said stock and composed of sections which are vertically adjustable on each other, the handles pivoted to the guide-bar, and the horizontal arm which adjustably connects the beam and handles" (lines 87-95).
Date: February 4, 1890
Creator: Noack, Otto
System: The Portal to Texas History