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Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in stalk cutters to "product chopper in which the cutter-wheels may be adjusted with relation to each other to accommodate rows of varying widths" (line 13 - 16).
Date:
August 15, 1899
Creator:
Terrell, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hand Harvester.
Patent for a hand harvester that contains a plate and cutter to be used for harvesting corn and maize with more ease.
Date:
August 17, 1920
Creator:
Taylor, Joseph S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter.
Patent for a "seed planting machine mounted upon a wheeled frame adapted to form a furrow and drop a predetermined quantity of seed at predetermined intervals" (lines 14-19), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Cantrell, Isaac D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Holder
Patent for an improved window-sash lock.
Date:
August 1, 1882
Creator:
Carson, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Chute Valve Mechanism
Patent for a new seed chute valve mechanism with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Cantrell, Isaac D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Penholder.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in penholders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 1, 1899
Creator:
Thurman, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Belt.
Patent for an electric belt producing "an exceedingly gentle and moderate [current], so as to insure the precise remedial results desired" (lines 91-93) including illustrations.
Date:
August 27, 1889
Creator:
Everett, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker.
Patent for a new and improved cotton picker. This design has a spring-actuating "mechanism located upon the casing, and a hood for inclosing said mechanism hinged to one of the side walls of the casing and held closed by a fastening device . . . [and] the casing thereof, the endless picker-belt, flanged drums, and the toothed disks contained within said casing . . . and a pulley and belt for winding the spring" (lines 1-12).
Date:
August 4, 1885
Creator:
Martin, John Tillman
System:
The Portal to Texas History