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Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for improved combined cotton choppers and cultivators where the operation of the chopper blades can be instantly controlled from the seat. This is combined with the cultivator shovels carried on the machine to the rear of the revolving chopper blades that are used to cultivate the soil.
Date:
February 21, 1922
Creator:
Whitaker, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer
Patent for an improved insect destroyer that can be fixed to farm equipment and other vehicles.
Date:
March 21, 1916
Creator:
King, Charles L. & McKie, Stephan A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Distributing Switch Mechanism for Electric Signs and Similar Devices
Patent for "improvements in distributing switch mechanism for electric signs and similar devices" (lines 5-8)
Date:
July 21, 1914
Creator:
Miller, Leonard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Bucket
Patent for a clam-shell hoisting bucket that automatically opens and closes as it is lowered and elevated.
Date:
October 21, 1902
Creator:
Gearing, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sand Box
Patent for a sand box. This invention "relates to sand guards for vehicle wheel hubs, and has for its principal object to provide a guard" (8-10). Illustration included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Underwood, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Power.
Patent for improvements in churns is to “simplify and improve the construction of the means for operating vertically-reciprocating churn-dashers and to enable the dasher to be adjusted vertically, according to the amount of lacteal fluid to be churned.” (Lines 11-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 21, 1891
Creator:
Dickey, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History