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Animal-Trap
Patent for improvements in animal traps, in particular mouse and rat traps. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Stockburger, Charles. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin Attachment for Bolly Cotton
Patent for gin attachment for bolly cotton. This seeks to make the gin stands have automatic control and for disposing of hulls and waste products from the gin.
Date:
October 9, 1917
Creator:
Becknell, George T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin Saw Gumming Machine.
Patent for an improved variation of a gin saw gumming machine with "an adjustable means for clamping the machine to varying diameters of space blocks on gin saws of varying diameters." (Lines 11-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 2, 1917
Creator:
Taylor, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pen Point Holder.
Patent for a pen point holder, made cheaply with a small number of necessary parts. The pen point holder allows the nib of a pen to be removed from the pen without use of the fingers so that they may remain clean. Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
McCombs, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separator for Seed Cotton
Patent for a machine that separates seed cotton from its hulls and any extraneous dirt before it goes to the gin.
Date:
February 20, 1917
Creator:
Ellenburg, Joe N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method and Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton.
Patent for "a method of and apparatus for treating seed cotton and compromises in its entirety a system of handling cotton as it comes from the field until it leaves the gin" (lines 9-13).
Date:
October 9, 1917
Creator:
Thompson, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Earth-Auger.
Patent for a device that drills into the ground and lifts the contents into a metal container. The hand-operated device also has wings that expand to let the user know when to empty the contents.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Phillips, Dave T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display Advertising-Machine.
Patent for an advertising display that carries a number of large advertisement sheets that are revolved and held stationary to periodically display each advertisement in repeating succession.
Date:
October 9, 1917
Creator:
Barnett, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History