Cotton-Chopper Attachment (open access)

Cotton-Chopper Attachment

Patent for a cotton chopper attachment that can be applied to the frames of cultivators. Illustrations included.
Date: November 29, 1910
Creator: Berry, Harvey Scott
System: The Portal to Texas History
Container-Holder. (open access)

Container-Holder.

Patent for a container holder for holding ice cream containers packed in buckets with ice around them from floating when the ice melts.
Date: October 31, 1911
Creator: Williams, Winfield B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator that can be used a riding or walking cultivator and has a better holder for the standards.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: West, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furnace (open access)

Furnace

Patent for a furnace that burns low grade fuel completely reducing waste.
Date: May 28, 1912
Creator: Rice, Earley W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chopping Machine (open access)

Chopping Machine

Patent for a chopping machine. Illustrations included.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Kilman, John J. & McCown, J. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Hopple. (open access)

Cultivator-Hopple.

Patent for the simplification, strengthening, and adjustment of levers to make using a cultivator hopple easier to use.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: McCanless, Joseph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press (open access)

Cotton-Press

Patent for improvements in cotton press boxes such as used in the connection with cotton baling mechanisms. These prevent injury to the operator but are in such a location that the operator much go around, over, and under them in order to get to the compressed material and tie it.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Hanus, Joseph J.; Hanus, Tom Joe & Putz, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Tramper (open access)

Cotton-Tramper

Patent for a cotton-tramper with less than five horsepower and an eccentrically mounted drum for more efficient cotton tramping.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Whitt, Joseph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Compressor. (open access)

Air-Compressor.

Patent for a more efficient air compressor with high and low pressure chambers formed of mating sections that can be detached to make repairs to the piston as necessary.
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Murphy, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm. (open access)

Burglar-Alarm.

Patent for a burglar alarm device that is triggered by the movement of a door or window, including illustrations.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Alderman, Joseph S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antiskidding Vehicle Wheel-Tire. (open access)

Antiskidding Vehicle Wheel-Tire.

Patent for an antiskidding vehicle wheel tire that has tread structure which prevents slippage or skidding of the tires on wet or icy roads.
Date: July 15, 1913
Creator: Dees, Mark A. & Dees, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cranking Device (open access)

Cranking Device

Patent for cranking device to start internal combustion engines and designed specifically for automobiles.
Date: June 24, 1919
Creator: Harris, Irvin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-seed-separating machine (open access)

Cotton-seed-separating machine

Patent for a cotton-seed-separating machine for separating cotton seeds from the bolls.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Jones, Joel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Sharpening Cutlery. (open access)

Machine for Sharpening Cutlery.

Patent for machine for sharpening cutlery that clamps object to be sharpened in a moveable carrier in position to be reciprocated between abrading members.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Hunter, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chicken-Brooder (open access)

Chicken-Brooder

Patent for an improved Chicken-Brooder that provide an improved brooder especially for outdoor use or independently of poultry house.
Date: April 29, 1919
Creator: Murray, Richard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for "drawing the ends of wire together for the purpose of splicing" (lines 10-12) with illustrations.
Date: November 18, 1913
Creator: Holland, Isaac W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Tire-Patch for Inner Tubes (open access)

Improvement to Tire-Patch for Inner Tubes

Patent for an improvement to tire-patches for inner tubes by making use of "a simple devise for jacketing that part of an inner tube which may be adjacent to a puncture or weak place in the outer casing to prevent blow outs" (lines 11-14). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Major, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weighing Machine (open access)

Weighing Machine

Patent for a weighing machine. Illustration included.
Date: August 16, 1910
Creator: Allison, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Bit. (open access)

Well Drilling Bit.

Patent for new and improved well-drilling bit. Illustration included.
Date: March 7, 1916
Creator: Marney, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Motor. (open access)

Internal-Combustion Motor.

Patent for an internal combustion engine which "embodies an improved construction of cylinders and connections between the pistons and the crank shaft" (lines 23-25) and which "will be simple, light, composed of comparatively few parts and capable of generating great power" (lines 28-31).
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: Brown, Jared V., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Juice-Extractor (open access)

Juice-Extractor

Patent for a juice extractor for making drinks at soda fountains. Illustrations included.
Date: January 3, 1911
Creator: Williams, Winfield B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ullage-Rod (open access)

Ullage-Rod

Patent for an ullage rod. Illustrations included.
Date: June 21, 1910
Creator: Mackoy, Edgar S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Standard (open access)

Wagon-Standard

Patent for strong and durable standard for wagons that are adjustable to any size bolster.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Cowart, Stephen A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Juice-Extractor (open access)

Juice-Extractor

Patent for an improved juice extractor including a way to remove the strainer for easy cleaning or replacement, a swivel for the handle, and an overall more efficient device.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Williams, Winfield B.
System: The Portal to Texas History