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Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator

Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Langford, Noah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "is to provide a cheap, durable, and simple car-coupling, which shall be automatic and positive in its action, and which uses the ordinary link and takes the draft in the same way as the common pin, and which will also fit any car, and will not get out of order from being battered. It consists, mainly, in the peculiar construction of a coupling device, in combination with a spring for holding it to the open or closed position, and co-operating with the same for automatic action" (lines 11-22).
Date: September 8, 1885
Creator: Ferguson, George Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Standard for Plows. (open access)

Adjustable Standard for Plows.

Patent for improvements to foot pieces that allow for easy adjustment of plowing depth. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 1, 1891
Creator: Teague, Jasper K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Body. (open access)

Vehicle-Body.

Patent for a vehicle body that the side and end panels of the body will be effectively braced in applied position, including illustrations.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Traylor, Ezra, A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine (open access)

Steam-Engine

Patent for "a new and improved steam-engine in which the motive agent is utilized to the fullest advantage" (lines 8-10).
Date: July 8, 1890
Creator: Robey, James G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow. (open access)

Sulky-Plow.

Patent for an adjustable plow, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1891
Creator: Jackson, Luther C. & Reiger, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for temporary, easily attachable and detachable coupling devices that rejoin draw-heads that have been broken or disabled in cars. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 13, 1891
Creator: Wallis, Fuller W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fumigating Apparatus. (open access)

Fumigating Apparatus.

Patent for a fumigating device that is designed to kill rodents using sulfur dioxid. The device is designed so that the sulfur dioxid can be aimed by the user.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Hawkins, Fletcher M.
System: The Portal to Texas History