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Peanut-Shelling Machine.
Patent for an improved peanut shelling machine that can be regulated according to the size and quality of peanuts. The machine also improves upon the cylinder and concave tension, that would allow the machine to be more easily maintained.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Huston, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
First National Bank of Big Springs
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name in lithographic print by Geo. D. Barnard & Co. St. Louis. Letterhead includes the names F. W. James, Pres't.; J. I. McDowell, Cashier; Theo. Heyck, Jr. Ass't Cash.
Date:
1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bressie Bros. & Denmark
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs, illustration of business, and business name in lithographic print by Geo. D. Barnard & Co. St. Louis. Letterhead text reads: "Bressie Bros. & Denmark, Wholesale & Retail Dealers in General Merchandise and Banking, Grain and Ranch Supplies." Included are the names R. M. Bressie, President; A. G. Denmark, Vice President; W. Y. Tennyson, Cashier.
Date:
1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Sheller
This patent relates to improvements in the shelling machine and particularly to peanut shelling machines. This patent is to provide a device which will shell a larger quantity of peanuts faster and more efficiently than similar type devices.
Date:
March 5, 1918
Creator:
Lambeth, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
J. W. Barnett, Physician and Surgeon
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes cattle illustration, business name, and text reading: "Corner Clinton and Third Streets."
Date:
1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peach-Parer.
Patent for a paring device for peaches using prongs to hold and rotate the fruit while a blade pares the peach. Includes illustrations.
Date:
December 27, 1859
Creator:
Hermans, Alva & Hermans, Mary E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Compress
Patent for a cotton compress. This invention "is to produce a compress which will make a condensed bale of the regulation shape and which can be operated faster than the common form of compress" (line 16-20) illustrations included.
Date:
June 16, 1903
Creator:
Crow, Robert Douglas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Press
Patent for a cotton press.
Date:
September 29, 1903
Creator:
Crow, Robert Douglas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten letter from Mrs. Stahle to Daniel W. Kempner, December 13, 1955]
Handwritten letter from Mrs. Stahle to Daniel W. Kempner providing information on Mr. George Reich and his accomplishments while working for her.
Date:
December 13, 1955
Creator:
Stahle, Mrs.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Feeder and Cleaner.
Patent for feeders and cleaners for cotton gins: "provide a combined feeder and cleaner for cotton gins which is not only thoroughly and effectually cleans cotton before it passes to the gin, but at the same time it regularly and positively feeds the cotton to the gin in such cleaned condition" (lines 10-15).
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Oliphint, Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Absorber and Axle-Reinforcement.
Patent for a shock absorber and axle reinforcer designed to protect the axle and spring in motor vehicles with a front transverse spring while driving over rough road.
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Teller, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw Setting and Feeding Device.
Patent for a new and "useful Improvements in Saw Setting and Feeding Devices" (lines 5-7) including illustrations.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Haltom, Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scale
Patent for a scale used to cut a precise amount of meat for customers from a larger piece of meat.
Date:
October 6, 1914
Creator:
Jones, Jack H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Fence-Post.
Design patent for a fence-post that has a tapering post-body with a step series adjoining true cylindrical portions of gradually increasing diameter.
Date:
June 6, 1899
Creator:
Brooks, Jesse W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in a jointed rod which has its lower end fastened to one of the hooks of the coupling and its upper end fastened to a vertically-moving ring that slides upon the brake-rod, whereby the coupling hook can be raised upward and supported in such a position that it will not couple when the cars run together" (lines 14-20).
Date:
October 12, 1880
Creator:
Haltom, Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner and Condenser.
Patent for a new and improved cotton cleaner and condenser. This design "is to provide a machine that will take the cotton as it comes from the gin and clean and condense it at one operation; and to this end the novelty consists . . . in an inclosing-shell having a foraminous drum revolving about an open-ended shell which has a longitudinal opening in its periphery, so as to remove the sand and dirt, and . . . in a foraminous drum revolving within a semicircular wire cage, whereby the cotton will be carried around in rolls on the drum and inside of the cage, so as to remove the leaf and trash" (lines 16-28).
Date:
August 9, 1887
Creator:
Hess, Daniel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner and Condenser.
Patent for a new and improved cotton cleaner and condenser. This design "is to produce a cheap and simple machine of this class which is adapted for use in connection with a cotton-gin and which will rapidly separate the dirt from the cotton and will also condense the cotton, so that it may be easily handled and baled" (lines 10-16). It consists in "[t]he combination of the case or frame having an inlet and its lower end and a hinged downward-curved hood at its upper end with the endless carrier mounted in the said case or frame with its higher end within the curved hood" (lines 47-52).
Date:
June 7, 1892
Creator:
Wherry, William B. & Smith, William F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a simple and effective cotton chopper that leaves the plants in bunches that is easily operated and uses a reciprocating motion to rotate the blades and chop the stalks.
Date:
March 7, 1893
Creator:
Hyde, Frank Sule
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History