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Boll-Weevil Exterminator. (open access)

Boll-Weevil Exterminator.

Patent for a boll-weevil exterminator comprised of a wheeled frame with a tank containing insect poison and a means to gradually distribute the poison through a field. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: Griffin, Willis F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper-File (open access)

Paper-File

Patent for new improvements in Paper-Files, particularly to that class of paper files which are formed of wire that will allow for the removal of any one paper from the file without the necessitating the removal of any other papers from the file.
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: Buie, Daniel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo. (open access)

Silo.

Patent for a new, water-tight silo that can be easily assembled without skilled labor and can be set up anywhere, including illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: Brookshire, Samuel N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nozzle For Cotton Pickers. (open access)

Nozzle For Cotton Pickers.

Patent for a nozzle for cotton pickers that uses suction to pull a cotton boll away from the cotton burr, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: Hartwell, George Harry, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Picket Pointer. (open access)

Picket Pointer.

Patent for a picket pointer that sharpens and bevels pickets uniformly, including instructions and illustrations
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: Purdy, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker. (open access)

Nutcracker.

Patent for a device to crack nuts that can be attached to a table or other stationary object, and that allows a nut to be placed in a stationary position to be cracked, including illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: May, Frank B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator Car Door. (open access)

Refrigerator Car Door.

Patent for a sliding refrigerator car door, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: Judia, George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Counter. (open access)

Display-Counter.

Patent for a grocery display counter that has drawers at the back and transparent containers that enable customers to view merchandise from front and side.
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: Friedrich, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History