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Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for improvements in cotton choppers that are reliable, cost-effective, and move transversely through the rows of cotton "separately producing a vertical adjustment of each earth turning member." (lines 17-19), including illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Gant, Jesse B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lever-Latch. (open access)

Lever-Latch.

Patent for a lever latch that features improved locking mechanisms for hand levers, including illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1915
Creator: Smith, Asa E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Cover (open access)

Type-Writer Cover

Patent for a collapsible typewriter cover that is more cheaply constructed, has a base for the typewriter, a supporting frame for the hood that limits the swinging movements, and a felt strip for protecting the furniture the typewriter is on.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Rochelle, Raymond C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement for Cotton Chopper (open access)

Improvement for Cotton Chopper

Patent for improvement for cotton choppers “so that the operator may regulate the depth of cut, and may shift the cutting member forward or back” (lines 18-20). Instructions and illustration included.
Date: February 2, 1915
Creator: Finch, Arthur M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Money-Changing Machine. (open access)

Money-Changing Machine.

Patent for a machine that provides change in coins automatically.
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Dodson, Clifton T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protractor (open access)

Protractor

Patent for a new protractor design that is “particularly to a protractor or gage for use by carpenters in cutting the rafters for a building roof” (lines 9-11) including illustrations.
Date: November 9, 1915
Creator: Ernest, Albert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pin-Fastener. (open access)

Pin-Fastener.

Patent for pin fastener that safely allows for buttons, jewelry and other items to attached to clothes and not pierce the wearer.
Date: October 5, 1915
Creator: Towler, Mary E.
System: The Portal to Texas History