Resource Type

Casket-Support. (open access)

Casket-Support.

Patent for Casket-Support. "An object of the invention is to provide a support of simple and durable structure adapted to be manipulated to support the casket at an elevated position with relation to a floor or which may be folded whereby the casket may rest flat upon the floor." (line 3)
Date: April 2, 1918
Creator: Kinnison, Martin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Gathering Cotton. (open access)

Machine for Gathering Cotton.

Patent for a cotton gathering machine, which picks the cotton bolls off of the plant while being driven through a field.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Edge, William Warren & Campbell, Knotley Fonzo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo-Chute. (open access)

Silo-Chute.

Patent for "a chute that may be readily attached to or detached from a silo" (lines 14-15).
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Latimer, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill (open access)

Drill

Patent for a drill. Illustrations included.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Tye, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History