Band Cutter (open access)

Band Cutter

Patent for a band cutter. This invention is designed to cut bale-ties on cotton bales. Illustration included.
Date: March 21, 1905
Creator: Manly, James S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker (open access)

Cotton Picker

Patent for a cotton picker. This invention relates to pneumatic cotton-pickers using a suction box for detaching bolls of cotton from pods. Illustration included.
Date: July 25, 1905
Creator: Hyde, Thomas B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Derailing Frog (open access)

Derailing Frog

Patent for a derailing frog. Illustration included.
Date: June 20, 1905
Creator: Bain, William Y.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer (open access)

Insect Destroyer

Patent for an insect destroyer. Illustrations included.
Date: January 17, 1905
Creator: Nelson, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener. (open access)

Tire-Tightener.

Patent for a Tire Tightener that tightens the tire by expanding the felly of the wheel.
Date: October 31, 1905
Creator: Alten, George P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Screen. (open access)

Window-Screen.

Patent for window screens with frames, side members and end members that can be fixed, detached and adjusted.
Date: April 18, 1905
Creator: McGlamery, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire-stretcher "to provide a device of the class embodying new and improved features of utility, convenience, indestructibility, and cheapness." (lines 8-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 3, 1905
Creator: Kimbro, John A. & Kimbro, Jeremirah H.
System: The Portal to Texas History