Cotton-Chopper Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper Machine.

Patent for for the creation of a mechanism for the cotton chopper machine. The " provision of a cotton chopper machines comprising a wheel supported frame on which is arranged a particular form of revolving and reciprocating hoe mechanism." (lines 12-16)
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Penn, Joseph R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cord-Adjuster for Electric Lights. (open access)

Cord-Adjuster for Electric Lights.

Patent for extending and retracting wires that are used to connect a light bulb to power and an illustration.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Pritchett, Ponder L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bumper for Log-Wagons. (open access)

Bumper for Log-Wagons.

Patent for an improved bumper for log wagons that is "mounted to roll on a wagon bolster and adapted to collapse below the carrying surface of the bolster" (lines 11-13); including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Jones, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for making Water and Oil Screens. (open access)

Machine for making Water and Oil Screens.

Patent for a new way of making forming "a wire screening surface about a perforated pipe" (lines 67-68) with illustrations.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Kreiter, Richard F.; Post, Ernest S.; Roco, Albert L. & Layne, Mahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Filter. (open access)

Pump-Filter.

Patent for a pump filter, designed for double acting air pumps, that prevents the passage of foreign matter (oil, dust, dirt) from the pump outlet.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Miles, Ross E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Harrow Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for Harrow Attachment for Cultivators to replace shovels or blades.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Lancaster, Harris E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Bending Machine. (open access)

Pipe-Bending Machine.

Patent for a machine used to bend or shape metal pipes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Rutledge, Caleb C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a Plow
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Loika, Richard D. & Loika, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow used in agriculture to level, scatter, and mix soil. Plow has adjustable settings.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Fielder, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dust-Cap For Tire-Valves. (open access)

Dust-Cap For Tire-Valves.

Patent for dust-cover for tire-valves
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Lynn, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk-Harrow Sharpener. (open access)

Disk-Harrow Sharpener.

Patent for improvements to sharpening the disk harrows by attaching a disk sharpener onto the frame of the disk harrow so as the harrow is being drawn across the field, the rotating disk harrow comes into contact with the sharpener. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Lammon, Harry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Winding Drum (open access)

Winding Drum

Patent for an improved winding drum. This uses a different type of adjustable cam that allows for less oscillation and better control of winding and unwinding the cable.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Voight, Phillip H. & Kuehne, Oscar C
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester. (open access)

Cotton-Harvester.

Patent for an improved cotton harvester that is lighter and cheaper to manufacture and "is capable of operating upon two rows of standing cotton and the same time, and to economically harvest the cotton and deliver the same into a suitable receptacle" (lines 16-20), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Upshaw, Lucius L.
System: The Portal to Texas History