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Cotton-Picker.
Patent for a skeleton glove for picking cotton that protects the fingers from chafing from the plant through the use of metal or leather thimbles on the end of each finger of the glove.
Date:
April 2, 1907
Creator:
Adkins, Willis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Tie And Brace
Patent for rail tie and braces. This invention is designed to couple opposite rails of the road-beds of railways allowing them to be adjusted as occasion requires. Illustration included.
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
Barnes, Ned E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sand Band
Patent for a sand band. Illustration included.
Date:
June 13, 1905
Creator:
Barnes, Ned E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hot Box Cooler and Oiler
Patent for a hot box cooler and oiler. This device is for cooling and lubricating journal boxes of railway cars. Illustration included.
Date:
September 29, 1908
Creator:
Barnes, Ned Eastman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weed-Turning Attachment for Plows.
Patent for a weed turning attachment for plows, which is adjustable to different size weeds.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Baxter, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide
Patent for a type of insecticide for cotton and vegetable plants. Particularly effective for use against the "boll-weevil" of cotton plants.
Date:
May 26, 1903
Creator:
Bourlon, Eugene A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine.
Patent for an improvement in rotary engines, specifically in engines where the piston is operated by direct and expansive force of steam.
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Carothers, Samuel Eugene
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tooth-Bender.
Patent for a tooth bender for band saw teeth, which keeps the teeth in place for use and for grinding.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Dell Ge Bott, Jay
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroying Machine.
Patent for improvements in insect-destroying machines to remove and destroy the boll-weevil of cotton plants by “gathering the branches of the plant into position to be effectively operated upon by a revolving brush which sweeps the weevils from the plant into a box carried by the machine without injury to the cotton plants.” (Lines 25 -30)
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Dyer, Charles V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroying Machine
Patent for an agricultural machine to remove insects (especially boll-weevils) from cotton plants.
Date:
September 9, 1902
Creator:
Dyer, Charles V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect - Destroying Machine.
Patent for a machine developed for the removal of insects from cotton plants by means of rotary brushes on each side and crushing rolls below the brushes to kill the insects dislodged.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Dyer, Charles V. & Willette, Willie S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint, Chair, and Tie.
Patent for simple, reliable and efficient means to prevent the rails from spreading or sinking at the joins. Also to provide a metal tie designed to pass through the rail chairs at the rail joints.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
Frampton, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Tie and Brace
Patent for a rail tie and brace. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Frampton, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Egg Preserving Apparatus.
Patent for a new and useful egg container for packing, storing, and preserving eggs.
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Glacken Hugh
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame
Patent for "a construction which will be cheap and simple in construction and efficient in its operation and which may be adjusted to hold the quilt with the proper degree of tension at all times" (lines 12-16).
Date:
March 26, 1901
Creator:
Glacken, Hugh
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Joint and Chair
Patent for a railroad joint and chair. Illustration included.
Date:
April 12, 1904
Creator:
Hooper, William N. & Sunday, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroying Machine
Patent for an insect destroying machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Kelley, Michael C. & Terrell, William P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of the Willis Area, Texas
Text describes the area, history of settlement and agricultural development, climate, physiography and geology, soils, and agricultural conditions of the Willis area, Montgomery County, Texas.
Date:
1901
Creator:
Martin, J. O.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a rail joint, which does need bolts to fasten it together.
Date:
December 7, 1909
Creator:
Perkins, Wallace P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Supporter
Patent for a benefit and specification of the garment supporters.
Date:
September 25, 1906
Creator:
Powell, Levi D. & Powell, Albert C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle
Patent for an axle. Illustration included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Price, George T. & Knight, Richard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Padlock.
Patent for a padlock which "has for its object to provide a lock which cannot be picked and which shall be strong and simple in construction." (lines 9-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 19, 1905
Creator:
Rembert, Willie E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Hook
Patent for a fish hook with additional hooks attached in order to ensure a caught fish remains on the hook.
Date:
August 21, 1906
Creator:
Strozier, John J. & Wilson, Francis Marion
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Willis sheet
Map displays soil types along with creeks, rivers, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date:
1901
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History