Cotton-Cleaning Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Cleaning Machine.

Patent for an improvement for cotton-cleaning machines that removes harmful debris from cotton before passing the cotton into the cotton gin. The improvement uses brushes and air blowers to collect and divert debris.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Davison, Israel D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow and Fertilizer-Distributer. (open access)

Combined Plow and Fertilizer-Distributer.

Patent for an improved combined plow and fertilizer-distributor that better feeds the fertilizer from the hopper or container to a depositing boot, from which the material is discharged into the furrow formed by the plow. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Hurlbut, Milan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Axle (open access)

Buggy-Axle

Patent for a buggy-axle that has the hub of the wheel so arranged as to rotate with the stub axle of the device, holding the wheel in place.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Elliott, Claude B. & Kurtz, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insectifuge Fertilizer for Cotton. (open access)

Insectifuge Fertilizer for Cotton.

Patent for an insectifuge fertilizer for cotton, which promotes the growth of the cotton plant and prevents boll weevils and cotton worms from attacking cotton plants by making them distasteful to the insects through the application of a mixture of bicarbonate of soda, nitrate of soda, sulfate of copper, and crushed decorticated cotton seed.
Date: August 23, 1910
Creator: White, Reuben G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Train-Indicator (open access)

Train-Indicator

Patent for a train indicator that displays numbers or letters that can be easily changed.
Date: July 2, 1912
Creator: Elliott, Claud B. & Clappart, Emile E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Raising Journal-Boxes. (open access)

Means for Raising Journal-Boxes.

Patent for raising journal-boxes on a railroad car to easily renew the brasses or do other necessary tasks.
Date: June 8, 1916
Creator: Hathaway, Charles B. & Elliott, Claud B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pencil Attachment (open access)

Pencil Attachment

Patent for device that continuously applies mucilage to the penil without rendering it sticky.
Date: December 26, 1916
Creator: Elliott, Claud B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow with an adjustable pitch and share.
Date: October 1, 1912
Creator: KilPatrick, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saddle Stirrup (open access)

Saddle Stirrup

Patent for stirrups. This invention is designed to be automatically detached from the stirrup strap in the case of the rider being thrown. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: Shultz, James F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow that can be easily and inexpensively adjusted to plow shallower or deeper.
Date: August 12, 1919
Creator: Kilpatrick, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator, which can be adjusted to different widths and depths of rows.
Date: March 15, 1910
Creator: Kilpatrick, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History