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Combined Cotton and Corn Planter. (open access)

Combined Cotton and Corn Planter.

Patent for an improved combined corn and cotton planters that "effectively carr[ies] out the duplex functions of planters of this class, which will possess advantages in point of simplicity, durability, effectiveness, and general efficiency" (lines 11-14).
Date: June 5, 1894
Creator: Wittich, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Hopple (open access)

Animal Hopple

Patent for certain new improvements in animal hopples. This device prevents animals from rearing up in the front when it is worn. The device consists of several plates and a collar with a connecting chain.
Date: June 2, 1914
Creator: Hentschel, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Exterminator. (open access)

Insect-Exterminator.

Patent for a red ant exterminator that works by "withdrawing the air from an ant-nest and substituting therefor a fluid or gas which may be ignited and thereby destroy the lives of the insects." (Lines 18-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1897
Creator: Schindler, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seeding-Machines (open access)

Improvement in Seeding-Machines

Patent for a seed-planting machine with adjustable mechanisms that allows the user to customize the seeding machine for a specific project.
Date: June 2, 1874
Creator: Lee, Abram & Sinks, Edward Randolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Exterminators. (open access)

Improvement in Insect-Exterminators.

Patent for an improved insect exterminator design with modifications especially suitable for cotton fields, includes illustrations.
Date: June 10, 1879
Creator: Walker, John Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Device (open access)

Measuring Device

Patent for a measuring device specifically created for drawing circles with chalk, with the ability to increase and decrease the size of the circles being drawn without interference including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 15, 1915
Creator: Giese, Willy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Removing Chips from Mortises. (open access)

Tool for Removing Chips from Mortises.

Patent for a new and improved chisel. This design "consist[s] of a body portion which is taped from its shank to near its point, the said point being provided with a barbed portion having a round swell" (lines 57-61).
Date: June 23, 1885
Creator: Winzenreid, Godfrey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand Manure-Scraper. (open access)

Hand Manure-Scraper.

Patent for a handheld scraper with a handle added at a 45-degree angle and rivets to secure the shank.
Date: June 12, 1917
Creator: Heller, Louis & Neese, Elo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivation of Soil. (open access)

Cultivation of Soil.

Patent for improvements in soil cultivation, relating "to conserving and preserving moisture in the soil for growing vegetation" (lines 8-10), including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 10, 1919
Creator: Lyon, Leonidas N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists "[i]n a cotton-chopper, the combination, with a bent axle, wheels on the same, a swiveled bearing on the said axle, a chopping-hoe having its standard fitted in said bearing, and a triangular frame secured to the axle, of a forked operating-lever pivoted to the triangular frame, a collar on the standard of the hoe, and links connecting the collar to the ends of the arms of the said operating-lever" (lines 15-23).
Date: June 14, 1887
Creator: Sacks, Heinrich Wilhelm
System: The Portal to Texas History