Resource Type

Counting-Machine. (open access)

Counting-Machine.

Patent for "a counting machine, and it more particularly relates to an attachment for typewriters (lines 12-14).
Date: March 3, 1914
Creator: Davis, Oscar C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin. (open access)

Cotton-Gin.

Patent for improvements to Cotton-Gins' brush cylinders that includes "a longitudinal tubular member having a brush cylinder cooperating therewith and which serves as a conduit for the passage of the lint cotton from the gin and also as a connecting means for the legs of the gin frame and as an end outlet for the gin, and leaving the rear of the latter unobstructed and freely accessible" (lines 13-21), including illustrations and instructions.
Date: March 3, 1914
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Suction Fan (open access)

Centrifugal Suction Fan

Patent for improvements made towards in suction fans that are found in cotton picking machines to improve efficiency. The primary improvements detailed in the patent describe and illustrate an improved design of the casing inside the fan to prevent damage to the cotton or the seed once they are sucked into the fan, among other design improvements.
Date: March 10, 1914
Creator: Meier, John & Miller, T. S., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle for Cotton-Pickers. (open access)

Vehicle for Cotton-Pickers.

Patent for an improved cotton picking vehicle which incorporates seating and an adjustable awning.
Date: March 10, 1914
Creator: Thomas, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Press-Head-Operating Apparatus. (open access)

Press-Head-Operating Apparatus.

Patent for improvements in press-head-operating apparatus “to provide means for rotating the connecting member and also means for retaining the parts in their relative positions.” (Lines [20]-[23].) Illustration is included.
Date: March 3, 1914
Creator: Pool, Charles R. P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suit-Box. (open access)

Suit-Box.

Patent for a pasteboard box with flexible binding that can be used for carrying suits.
Date: March 24, 1914
Creator: Moses, Jacob B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Smoke Stack Protector (open access)

Smoke Stack Protector

Patent for adjustable smoke stack protector that stays open when in use and covers the opening when not in order to protect from rain, wind, dirt to protect the stack from deteriorating.
Date: March 17, 1914
Creator: French, Elmer C. & Craig, Thomas E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Manually Propelling a Body Through the Water. (open access)

Device for Manually Propelling a Body Through the Water.

Patent for a device that can be used by an individual while swimming to propel oneself through the water, or as an oar to propel a boat through the water.
Date: March 10, 1914
Creator: Wyche, Cyril Hopkins
System: The Portal to Texas History