Cotton Cleaner And Gin Feeder (open access)

Cotton Cleaner And Gin Feeder

Patent for a cotton cleaner and gin feeder. This invention is designed to clean cotton of impurities and then feed the cotton into the gin. Illustration included.
Date: March 5, 1907
Creator: Norris, Mishael E. & Norris, Jesse L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap which is to be sprung by the animal when the bait is touched. It is constructed in such a manner that the animal will be instantly killed. The metal parts of the trap are to create a strong and durable trap and to be manufactured at a small expense.
Date: April 5, 1921
Creator: Brewington, Philip Jennings
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mode of and Means for Baling Fibrous Materials. (open access)

Mode of and Means for Baling Fibrous Materials.

Patent for a mode of and means for baling fibrous materials, especially materials that can be made into a lap or web. The invention doesn't have the issues that other balers have and uses a core, supported by the base, to wind the material around. The bale it forms is square so it can be easily shipped and the risk of fire is decreased. Caps for the bale are secured before the bale leaves the compress.
Date: November 5, 1895
Creator: Bruner, Thomas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press. (open access)

Hay Press.

Patent for a new and improved baling-press. This design is "compris[ed of] the parallel beams, the standards erected on said beams near the centers thereof, the transverse bars connecting the standards in pairs, the longitudinal bearing-bar secured to and between the said transverse bars, the king-bolt journaled in said bearing-bars, the sweep secured to the upper end of the king-bolt, the drive-wheel secured to the lower end of the king-bolt and having a single depending crank-pin, the press-boxes at the ends of the beams, the plungers in said press-boxes, and the pitmen" (lines 86-98).
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: Mayes, Thomas T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Cotton Receiver (open access)

Seed-Cotton Receiver

Patent for seed cotton receivers so that each gin receives a specific amount of cotton, allowing it to self-regulate.
Date: July 5, 1892
Creator: Schulze, Andrew
System: The Portal to Texas History
Doffing Brush (open access)

Doffing Brush

Patent for providing "a brush the doffing elements of which are held firmly between the saws and the gin". (Lines 10-12).
Date: December 5, 1918
Creator: Wooldridge, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Cutter and Insect Killer (open access)

Cotton Stalk Cutter and Insect Killer

Patent for improvements to mechanical cotton stalk cutting and insect destroying apparatus. The machine's object is "cutting the stalks into small pieces, and the crushing the stalks so as to crush and destroy insects which may be upon the withered stalks." (lines 26-29).
Date: September 5, 1922
Creator: Batla, Thomas H. & Holan, Heny J.
System: The Portal to Texas History