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Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton-chopper which is steered using the feet, and where the chopping apparatus is adjustable and can be raised or lowered. The chopping apparatus also rotates, and the operator can adjust the speed of rotation. Patent includes illustrations.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Engler, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner
Patent for a cotton-cleaner with beveled beaters attached to a central shaft. The shape of the beaters and rotation push the cotton outwards and downwards, thus preventing the cotton from clogging or collecting around the central shaft. Patent includes illustrations.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Stacy, Grover C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Decapitator.
Patent for improvements to decapitator handles which "may be very cheaply produced and will present a broad surface for the hand of the operator which will permit him to exert all necessary pressure without any discomfort to himself" (lines 71-75).
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Rece, Frank S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Attatchment For Tractors.
Patent for Draft Attachment For Tractors for the improvement of farming tractors. This invention includes adding machinery to allow interchangeable farming tools for a wide variety of uses.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Gaida, Wale
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Front Sight for Firearms.
Patent for a luminous rear sight for firearms of all types. Including Illustration.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Kaempfer, Effie May Wagner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Headlight
Patent for a headlight that has a dimming function.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Pepple, John Pepple
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Expressing Cage and Press.
Patent for improvements to Oil Expressing Cages and Presses "for the extraction of oil from cotton seed cake or the like" (lines 11-12) that allows for multiple oil cakes and press plates which can be "readily inserted in or removed from the press as occasion requires" (lines 22-23).
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Henry, Nelson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester
Patent for peanut harvesting machine. It helps pull the peanut plant from the ground easily and aids in bunching them without having to use your hands.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Phillips Willie Orman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poultry-Killer.
Patent for a new poultry killing device which is inexpensive and easy to use by anyone to kill poultry quickly and painlessly with or without decapitation. Design shape ensures that the poultry cannot twist their way out of the device.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Rece, Frank S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint
Patent for a rail joint that is new and improves already existing rail joints specifically scarf joints.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
McDonald, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rear Sight For Firearms
Patent for rear sight firearm. To help aid in the night with rear vision and align for better direction when used during the night.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Kaempfer Effie May Wagner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove.
Patent for "a novel means for supplying liquid fuel to stoves and other burners and for igniting the fuel from a distant point."
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Peters, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap.
Patent for animal trap that has a mechanism in connection with spring traps, which is controlled by the closing of the trap, with U-shaped jaws that are spaced slightly apart in order to avoid severing or crushing the animals leg when the jaws of the trap closes. It is meant to prevent the animal from escaping by leaving its leg in the trap.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Manning, James, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for new and useful improved invention of wrenches include both pipe wrenches and general-purpose wrenches particularly.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Otey R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for improving wrenches to reach "parts of machinery [that are] ordinarily difficult [to] access" (lines 12-13), specifically "used in removing or replacing the nut or nuts on a fourth connecting rod of a Ford motor [ . . . ] such rod being in a position difficult to reach by an ordinary wrench" (lines 17-21).
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Slagle, George R.; Garner, Arthur N. & Rushin, Willliam R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll Breaking or Crushing Machine.
Patent for improvements to machines used for breaking or crushing cotton bolls "which will initially break the cotton bolls before the cotton with its bolls passes to the cotton gin." (lines 13-15).
Date:
October 26, 1915
Creator:
South, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Educational-Chart Drawing-Board and Writing-Desk.
Patent for a durable writing desk that transforms into a drawing-board which can be folded and stored in a relatively small space when not in use.
Date:
October 26, 1915
Creator:
Henderson, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a nut lock with a spring locking mechanism that is designed to be simple and efficient.
Date:
October 26, 1915
Creator:
Moerbe, Herman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Absorber.
Patent for improvement on vehicle shock absorber, including instructions and illustration.
Date:
October 26, 1915
Creator:
Harvey, Harry F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Seat Construction.
Patent for a new two-seated vehicle seat construction that allows the back portion of the seats to be swung back and flush with the seat portion and then used for sleeping accommodations, including illustrations.
Date:
October 26, 1915
Creator:
Luse, Jonathan E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Hay-Press
Patent for a motor powered automatic hay press.
Date:
October 26, 1909
Creator:
Laughlin, Aries C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condiment-Holder.
Patent for a salt shaker which has a rod going into the jar, which will agitate the salt to keep it from clogging.
Date:
October 26, 1909
Creator:
Hitt, Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Conveyer.
Patent for a cotton seed conveyor, which sends cotton seeds out the bottom of cotton gins and into bins.
Date:
October 26, 1909
Creator:
Greeson, David H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fastening
Patent for fastening. This invention is comprised of a threaded member and a socket that are adapted to a screw. Illustration included.
Date:
October 26, 1909
Creator:
Percival, Herbert E. & Key, Brewer W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History