Bat-Making Machine. (open access)

Bat-Making Machine.

Patent for a cotton bat making machine which allows the cotton lint to be positioned better on the press and the outer bag material covering the cotton lint to be attached together quickly. Illustration is included.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Haynes, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper attachment, which can be connected to a cultivator to thin cotton.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Joiner, Preston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Core-Drill. (open access)

Core-Drill.

Patent for a core drill for making bore holes in rocks to get out solid samples of the inside of rocks, which has an improved grabbing method for retrieving the piece of rock inside the hole.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: McLoughlin, Malacha J. & Wynn, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Baling-Press (open access)

Automatic Baling-Press

Patent for an automatic hay baling press which has more packing devices for feeding the hay into the press than previous versions.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Rahm, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stalk-Cutter and Plow. (open access)

Combined Stalk-Cutter and Plow.

Patent for a combined stalk cutter and plow, which has a stalk cutter on the front and a plow on the back.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Peeples, Rufus P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lumber-Dolly. (open access)

Lumber-Dolly.

Patent for a lumber dolly, which has an anti-tilting device that can be used while loading or unloading the dolly.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Lott, Andrew Gains
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel. (open access)

Hydraulic Swivel.

Patent for a new type of swivel. This swivel allows for adjustments without removing any parts on the outside of the swivel. The parts are also made more simplistic and of stronger material.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Layne, Mahon E. & Hall, Samuel N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a combined nut lock and washer for use on railroad track joints.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Garner, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Instrument. (open access)

Surgical Instrument.

Patent for a tonsilotome/enucleator for cutting the tonsils out during a tonsillectomy without injuring the pillars.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Combs, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut lock for railroad joints, which includes spring washers.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Garner, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seal. (open access)

Seal.

Patent for a car door seal lock device made of a strip of twistable metal.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Reister, John Christian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Packing. (open access)

Metallic Packing.

Patent for metallic packing made up of metal rings and rubber rings for putting around pistons and related objects, which has shields for the rubber rings to prevent them from being eaten by oil.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Rhodes, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History