Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator, which allows cotton to be chopped earlier and to be done by one person.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Agee, Jonathan F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plowshare. (open access)

Plowshare.

Patent for a plowshare with a reinforced and self-sharpening point.
Date: November 3, 1908
Creator: Awalt, Francis Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gatherer. (open access)

Cotton-Gatherer.

Patent for a cotton gatherer, which harvests the cotton and boll at the same time.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Ayers, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for an oil burner for stoves, which is easy to manufacture and use.
Date: June 14, 1910
Creator: Banks, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil. (open access)

Cooking Utensil.

Patent for cooking utensil designed for roasting coffee, popping corn, roasting meat, and other food by hand over a fire or flame by rotating. The device is made of metal and mesh, turns by cranking, and the length of the shaft is adjustable for stability.
Date: June 17, 1919
Creator: Bogue, Robert J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Heading Knife. (open access)

Corn-Heading Knife.

Patent for a corn cutting knife that straps to the hand and protects the fingers for a more efficient harvesting of corn and maize.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Buchanan, Lemuel O.; Maddox, John S.; Russell, James P. & Speers, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cement Plaster. (open access)

Cement Plaster.

Patent for a cement plaster that is similiar to "Keene's" cement.
Date: February 28, 1911
Creator: Cady, Jephtha Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock (open access)

Lock

Patent for a lock used to secure the openings of grain bags. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Chambless, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Stop (open access)

Automatic Train-Stop

Patent for Automatic Train-Stops "particularly to a system operable in connection with well-known airbrake systems to apply the airbrakes, and shut off the power when an accident of a predetermined character occurs." (lines 10-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Estes, Betram P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing For Bicycles. (open access)

Gearing For Bicycles.

Patent relating to "a new and useful improvement in gearing for bicycles and the like, and has for its object to so construct and arrange a device of this description as to avoid sudden shocks or jars which are occasioned by unevenness in the road-bed over which the machine is traveling, and also to enable the rider to exert a sudden force upon the pedals without straining the framework or wheels of the machine" (lines 9-18).
Date: August 17, 1897
Creator: Godfray, Ernest H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for turning and clearing cotton.
Date: February 25, 1919
Creator: Goodman, W. T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for cotton chopper that frees the plants from the "weeds and the soil thereabout cultivated in but a single operation" (lines 14-16).
Date: February 11, 1919
Creator: Goodman, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tag-Holder. (open access)

Tag-Holder.

Patent for a tag holder for attaching to boxes and cases.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Guinn, James J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stove (open access)

Stove

Patent for a more efficient and cost effective heating apparatus. The stove is designed for coal and similar fuel sources.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Hanna, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulky. (open access)

Sulky.

Patent for improvements in sulkies by using materials such as curved springs, cross-bar and braces to support the body of the vehicle and making it rigid, with a sturdy frame, the sulky would vibrate freely in every direction. Illustration is included.
Date: July 28, 1891
Creator: Harper, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Two Wheeled Vehicle. (open access)

Two Wheeled Vehicle.

Patent for a new and improved two-wheeled vehicle. This design consists, "with the vehicle-body, the side springs secured thereto, and the bow-shaped brackets secured to said springs, of the axle and the shafts secured to the axle, the links pivoted to the axle and the said brackets and suspending the vehicle-body from the axle, the spring having its rear end secured to the vehicle body and provided with an eye at its front end, the cross-bar connecting the shafts, an eyebolt depending from the said cross-bar, and the adjustable link adapted to be lengthened or shortened" (lines 53-64).
Date: October 21, 1890
Creator: Harper, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Statement-Blank and Envelop. (open access)

Combined Statement-Blank and Envelop.

Patent for combining statement-blank and envelop that comprises a signature that provides the ability to add the bank statements in a paper that could be folded to create an envelop.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Harwell, Mace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn that can produce butter in very short period of time with minimal effort.
Date: May 19, 1913
Creator: Hoefer, Charles Jr.; Belt, Marcus L. Jr. & Belt, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Separator (open access)

Cotton-Separator

Patent for an apparatus for cleaning seed cotton and separating the dust and dirt therefrom prior to the ginning operation. The apparatus will have a perforated metal disk or wheel where cotton will readily slide off, instead of getting clogged. The separator wheel will have a smooth plane surface that will cause no injury to the cotton and the entire surface is freely exposed and unobstructed.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Hughes, James Y.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cement. (open access)

Cement.

Patent for cement of the type commonly known as Keene's cement, which is harder and glossier than other types of cement.
Date: March 23, 1909
Creator: Jones, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cement. (open access)

Cement.

Patent for cement that is better or equivalent to Keene's cement from England, made from pure gypsum and various chemicals and only calcinated once.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Jones, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Purifying Water (open access)

Method of Purifying Water

Patent for a method of purifying water.
Date: October 25, 1904
Creator: Jones, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calcining Apparatus (open access)

Calcining Apparatus

Patent for a calcining apparatus. This invention if for the calcining plaster of all types. Illustration included.
Date: June 7, 1904
Creator: Kibler, Daniel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Mower (open access)

Lawn-Mower

Patent for a lawnmower. Illustrations included.
Date: January 2, 1912
Creator: Klock, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History