Protective Runner for Cotton-Pickers' Sacks. (open access)

Protective Runner for Cotton-Pickers' Sacks.

Patent for a protective runner that protects the collection sack from being damaged as it is dragged. This design is meant to be quick and easy to attach and is shaped like a trough.
Date: November 14, 1922
Creator: Shipp, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closure for Cistern-Cleaners (open access)

Closure for Cistern-Cleaners

Patent for a closing mechanism for cistern and well cleaners. Illustrations included.
Date: November 1, 1910
Creator: Moore, Gervias T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for cotton choppers. This invention is adapted to be attached to a double shovel cultivator so that the chopper will rotate so as to protect plants. Illustrations included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Connell, Alexander Hardee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chuck. (open access)

Chuck.

Patent for a chuck used with a jewelers lathe to hold watch crystals in place while cutting them down to size.
Date: November 24, 1908
Creator: Bruton, David A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Railway Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a new and useful railway cattle guard, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 22, 1898
Creator: Sivley, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design relates "especially to that class known as 'gravity-pin supports;' and the object thereof is to provide improved means for supporting the pin so that it can be operated from the top of the car, or so that it will drop automatically when two cars come together" (lines 9-14). It consists, "with the coupling-pin and a supporting-arm pivotally connected to the draw-head and to the upper end of said pin, of a weight carried by said arm, and means . . . for supporting said weight and for tripping it" (lines 6-12).
Date: November 18, 1890
Creator: Epperson, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.

Patent for an improvement in cotton and hay presses with elevated levers. It includes a description and illustrations.
Date: November 21, 1871
Creator: Sivley, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History