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Improvement in Cotton-Cultivator.
Patent for improvements in cotton cultivators.
Date:
August 13, 1867
Creator:
Adams, Jesse
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling-press meant to bale cotton. In this machine, "the power as applied to the plunger is increased in proportion to the resistance offered by the material being baled and whereby the forward movement of the plunger is automatically checked at the limit of its path and is returned to its initial positioin without effort upon the part of the operator" (lines 10-17).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Anderson, Alva E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling-press for cotton and uses a compression chamber and a head or compressor block to compress the cotton. The invention is more effective and more expeditious than other baling-presses.
Date:
June 5, 1894
Creator:
Anderson, Alva E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fencing - Machine
Patent for a new and useful Wire-Fence Machine, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
October 26, 1897
Creator:
Anderson, Henry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow, which attaches to cultivators that both turns the earth destroying weeds and puts some soil around the tops of the young plants to keep them low growing.
Date:
May 11, 1909
Creator:
Avery, Charles Lafayette
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Popcorn-Parcher.
Patent for a popcorn parcher that has adjustable beaters.
Date:
June 20, 1911
Creator:
Baird, Willie D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Lock
Patent for an invention which improves "the construction of sash locks" for "great strength and durability" (lines 11-13) including illustrations.
Date:
July 1, 1902
Creator:
Baker, Howard Allen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Box Hanger
Patent for a mail box hanger for mailboxes that allows the mailman to easily deliver mail to them.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Bell, Fred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvements in car-couplings by using a combination of “a rod pivoted at its front end to the side of the draw-head and pivotally connected at its rear end..... when the draw-head is driven to the rear by the force of the blow received in coupling with another draw-head, the lug will be pressed to the front,” (lines 30-40) illustration is included.
Date:
March 17, 1891
Creator:
Bright, Tom Full
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hunting Lamp.
Patent for a new and improved lantern for hunting. This design "is to produce a light, cheap, and convenient lamp that can be carried upon the head with greater comfort, and at the same time be more efficient than any heretofore known" (lines 10-13).
Date:
December 20, 1881
Creator:
Brittan, Edward H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Collapsible Wagon-Bodies.
Patent for improvements in collapsible wagon-bodies that will require less labor to use.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Brown, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clevis.
Patent for improvements in clevises in which a clevis can be used upon plows or harrows. When it is used, it “will obviate the necessity of using links or open rings in connection with the clevis and the singletree, as well as enable the plowman to cause his plow to run in the soil any desired depth or to cut a narrow or wide furrow.” (Lines 16-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 28, 1891
Creator:
Bruton, Alonzo D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chuck.
Patent for a chuck used with a jewelers lathe to hold watch crystals in place while cutting them down to size.
Date:
November 24, 1908
Creator:
Bruton, David A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint
Patent for a rail joint. Illustration included.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
Bruton, David Alonzo
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "the combination, with the side walls, of the stop-blocks comprising the places secured in recesses in the same, and the offsets formed integrally with the said plates, the plunger having recesses in its sides which engage said offsets, the operating-lever, and the pitman connecting the latter to the plunger" (lines 93-100).
Date:
September 13, 1887
Creator:
Bryant, William Hodges
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for a new and improved hay-press. This design consists in "the frame having the pulley, the follower having the pulleys, and the shaft having the loose drums . . . means for locking either of the said drums to the said shaft, the rope attached to the drum and passing over the pulley with which the follower is provided, and secured to an immovable object, and the rope attached to the drum, passed over the pulley and attached to the follower" (lines 27-35).
Date:
October 12, 1886
Creator:
Bryant, William Hoggs
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Compress.
Patent for a simple, strong, durable, and powerful steam-powered compress for cotton bales that compresses them into standard size and density.
Date:
April 4, 1893
Creator:
Bryant, William hodge
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tombstone-Mold
Patent for a "new and useful Tombstone-Mold" (lines 5-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 2, 1913
Creator:
Cameron, Neill C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Red River County, Texas
Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, and soils of Red River County.
Date:
1923
Creator:
Carter, William T. (William Thomas); Veatch, J. O. (Jethro Otto); Beck, M. W. (Miles Walter); Geib, H. V. (Horace Valentine); Mortlock, H. C.; Deardorff, C. E. et al.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for "a machine of this class which chall be simple, inexpensive, and efficient in operation" (lines 9-11).
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Chambers, Abram
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a pipe wrench. "One object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient" (lines 12-14) pipe wrench. "Another object of the invention is to obviate the use of link connections and yet obtain a positive binding action off the jaws upon the pipe, bolt, or other object to which the device may be applied." (lines 15-19)
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Coffman, Seburn E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Tank
Patent for an oil tank.
Date:
April 21, 1903
Creator:
Collins, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for cotton choppers. This invention is adapted to be attached to a double shovel cultivator so that the chopper will rotate so as to protect plants. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 13, 1906
Creator:
Connell, Alexander Hardee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cultivator Attachment.
Patent for a cotton cultivator attachment, which allows sections of plants to be left intact or plowed under as desired.
Date:
March 24, 1908
Creator:
Connell, Alexander Hardee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History