Automatic Cotton Press and Feeder (open access)

Automatic Cotton Press and Feeder

Patent for an automatic cotton press and feeder operated by fluid pressure. Illustrations included.
Date: April 13, 1909
Creator: Cumpston, Frederick Bernard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Sulky-Plows. (open access)

Attachment for Sulky-Plows.

Patent for a sulky-plow that "is designed to secure an even and steady movement of the plow when turning furrows across listed ground, whereby the work is facilitated, the draft lightened, and the task of the laborer reduced" (lines 9-13).
Date: October 13, 1896
Creator: Mann, John Quincy
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Anderson County, Block 4

Parent map for Anderson County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: December 13, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner. Illustration included.
Date: June 13, 1905
Creator: Higgins, James F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Purifier (open access)

Oil-Purifier

Patent for "a construction wherein the oil may be quickly and economically heated to cause the impurities to separate from the oil" (lines 9-12).
Date: August 13, 1901
Creator: Carter, George Fitzhugh
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Splint. (open access)

Surgical Splint.

Patent for a surgical splint specifically for the substitution of erectile tissue of the corpora cavernous of the genital organ to promote fecundation even in the absence of an erection.
Date: July 13, 1920
Creator: Renois, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Die for Sash-Weights. (open access)

Die for Sash-Weights.

Patent for a die for sash weights that allows for easy removal of the die from the mold.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Clarkson, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flour-Sifter. (open access)

Flour-Sifter.

Patent for a centrifugal flour sifter that removes pests, mold, and debris.
Date: September 13, 1921
Creator: Brewer, Johnson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Tongs. (open access)

Pipe-Tongs.

Patent for pipe tongs used for rotary well boring machinery. The tongs are designed to be carried with and used by rotary machines.
Date: February 13, 1912
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Attachment (open access)

Rotary Attachment

Patent for an attachment for rotary well drilling machinery meant to "provide means for automatically gripping a pipe when being raised to prevent such pipe from slipping back while the lifting tools are being lowered for such lifting" (lines 13-17)
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Clock. (open access)

Electric Clock.

Patent for new and useful improvements in electrically operated clocks, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1900
Creator: Iversen, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Earth Auger. (open access)

Earth Auger.

Patent for a new and improved earth auger. This design "relates to machines for boring post-holes, &c.; and it consists especially in certain improvements in the frame and operating mechanism" (lines 21-24).
Date: December 13, 1881
Creator: Blake, Llewellyn A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Water-Grate for Cooking-Stoves. (open access)

Design for a Water-Grate for Cooking-Stoves.

Patent for a water-grate for cooking stoves.
Date: June 13, 1899
Creator: Spencer, Jesse Peter
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History