Cotton-Gin Brush. (open access)

Cotton-Gin Brush.

Patent for a gin brush that operates at high speeds with a large diameter. "Centrifugal force exerts a great strain tending to dismember it, and further, if it be not at all times accurately balanced there is a tendency to spring the shaft and cause rattling in the bearings which results in rapid wear and failure to work well" (lines 13-19).
Date: March 21, 1893
Creator: Elam, William E. & Thomas, Robert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Level. (open access)

Level.

Patent for a level that holds vials in place securely.
Date: March 21, 1911
Creator: Smith, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Trip-Foot-Adjusting Device. (open access)

Spring-Trip-Foot-Adjusting Device.

Patent for a spring trip foot adjusting device for cultivators.
Date: March 21, 1911
Creator: Thomas, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for improvements in baling-presses are to reduce the labor of smoothing even the bales and to make the operation safe by carefully arranging different parts of the machines. Illustration is included.
Date: March 21, 1905
Creator: Stopple, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Car-Ladder. (open access)

Safety Car-Ladder.

Patent for a safety car ladder for railroad cars that is easy to repair.
Date: March 21, 1911
Creator: Saling, Marshall F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bread-Knife. (open access)

Bread-Knife.

Patent for bread knives that consists of a plurality of knives spaced apart to cut the slices of uniform width.
Date: March 21, 1916
Creator: Roberts, Isaac F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leather-Press (open access)

Leather-Press

Patent for device which can clamp down leather strips while they are being flexed.
Date: March 21, 1916
Creator: Shaw, Fred H.
System: The Portal to Texas History