Cotton-Picking Shade. (open access)

Cotton-Picking Shade.

Patent for a cotton-picking shade that will furnish a portable shade or shield for the use of cotton-pickers to protect them from the direct rays of the sun while at work.
Date: July 22, 1879
Creator: Benthall, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cistern. (open access)

Cistern.

Patent for an upright cylindrical cistern made from sheet-metal. This patent "consists in the application to and around the upper open end of the cistern and also if desired at different places around the body of the cistern, of a strengthening ring made of either wrought iron or steel or other suitable metal tubing or piping, to stiffen the cylindrical cistern, said piping or tubing being suitably fastened to the cistern and being arranged around the outside or inside of the same, but preferably around the outside and closely hugging said cistern" (lines 10-20).
Date: January 22, 1895
Creator: Schaefer, Henry P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock (open access)

Nut-Lock

Patent for a nut lock to keep nuts and bolts fastened. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1908
Creator: Zoll, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press (open access)

Hay-Press

Patent for improvements in the construction and design of hay presses.
Date: November 22, 1887
Creator: Flato, Friderich W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Railway Signaling System (open access)

Electrical Railway Signaling System

Patent for an electrical railway signaling system. Illustration included.
Date: August 22, 1905
Creator: Lyon, Leonidas N., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Ticket (open access)

Railroad Ticket

Patent for railroad ticket. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1904
Creator: Lyon, Leonidas N. & Donaldson, Westbrook
System: The Portal to Texas History