Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper with a solid hoe for thinning cotton and a toothed hoe for pulling weeds.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Hart, Granville M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator and Distributer (open access)

Cotton Elevator and Distributer

Patent for a cotton elevator and distributor. Illustrations included.
Date: September 3, 1912
Creator: Ellenburg, Joseph N. & Nelson, Alexander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Rake. (open access)

Stalk-Rake.

Patent for new stalk rake design, “especially applicable as a rake for gathering corn or cotton stalks from the ground preparatory to plowing the same or otherwise fitting it for use”, (lines 13-17) including illustrations.
Date: July 15, 1902
Creator: Clark, Joesph Lauson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk-Plow. (open access)

Disk-Plow.

Patent for a riding disk plow, which uses less horsepower, has no side draft, and does not get clogged in wet conditions.
Date: April 19, 1910
Creator: Martin, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Handling Apparatus (open access)

Cotton Handling Apparatus

Patent for a cotton handling apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: December 19, 1905
Creator: Tidwell, Albert F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for a cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: November 21, 1911
Creator: Ellett, Luther S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for new and useful improvements in cultivators, relating to an attachment which may be applied to use upon any variety of cultivator with carrying-wheels, which provides efficient means for cutting cotton-stalks or weeds after cotton harvest.
Date: January 22, 1901
Creator: Kerr, Robert Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Attachment for Movable Objects. (open access)

Electric Attachment for Movable Objects.

Patent for an electric device that can be attached to equipment such as plows or tractors which sends an electric current underground where the plow is going that prevents dirt from sticking to the equipment and clogging it when the ground is slightly wet.
Date: May 28, 1907
Creator: Dawkins, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Handling Apparatus. (open access)

Cotton-Handling Apparatus.

Patent for a new cotton-handling apparatus with cleaning mechanisms and a storage-house, including illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1906
Creator: Tidwell, Albert F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for a cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: Ellett, Luther S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a new and useful cultivator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 9, 1898
Creator: Otenhouse, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chemical Fire-Engine. (open access)

Chemical Fire-Engine.

Patent for a chemical fire engine that does not require refilling after the first charge is emptied.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Minnis, Henry M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Plowshare. (open access)

Design for a Plowshare.

Design patent for a plowshare with a substantially triangular plowshare or moldboard.
Date: September 5, 1899
Creator: Kegans, John Hamelton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutting-Nippers. (open access)

Cutting-Nippers.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cutting nippers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: Love, Robert Hamilton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Disk (open access)

Cultivator Disk

Patent for a cultivator disk. Illustration included.
Date: May 9, 1905
Creator: Harris, Samuel A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planter. (open access)

Corn-Planter.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corn planters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 25, 1898
Creator: Webb, Richard Haywood
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevating, Conveying, and Cleaning Apparatus (open access)

Cotton Elevating, Conveying, and Cleaning Apparatus

Patent for a cotton elevating, conveying, and cleaning apparatus for dealing with seed cotton. Illustration included.
Date: September 24, 1907
Creator: Tidwell, Albert F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chimney Holder (open access)

Chimney Holder

Patent for a chimney holder. This invention is designed to provide an improvement to lamp chimneys. Illustration included.
Date: October 11, 1910
Creator: Sparks, Litch
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for Bed Spring. (open access)

Design for Bed Spring.

Design patent for bed spring comprised of twin spirally-coiled bodies with straight horizontal arm extending from upper coils.
Date: December 7, 1897
Creator: Rigg, Elmer E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fish-Hook (open access)

Automatic Fish-Hook

Patent for a fish hook designed to catch the fish by its head when it takes the bait. Illustrations included.
Date: February 9, 1909
Creator: Timmons, Benjamin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Assisting Vehicles Uphill. (open access)

Device for Assisting Vehicles Uphill.

Patent for a device for assisting vehicles uphill, which attaches a counter balance to the wagon that lifts up going downhill and goes down while going up hill to make the pulling easier on the animals pulling the wagon.
Date: October 12, 1909
Creator: Stevens, Samuel H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopping Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Chopping Machine.

Patent for a cotton chopping machine, which can be attached to a cultivator, has a mechanically operated hoe, and automatically changes its cutting height for different heights of ground.
Date: May 31, 1910
Creator: Martin, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calculating - Machine (open access)

Calculating - Machine

Patent for an improvements in calculating machines. This invention "relates to machines for making rapid and accurate calculations" (line 8-9).
Date: November 16, 1897
Creator: Minnis, Henry M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Binder For Books (open access)

Binder For Books

Patent describing an invention for a binder to securely hold pages, but allow leaves to be removed, and also lay flat. It includes oppositely-disposed hinged plates with a locking-rod.
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Crowder, Joseph Wade & Simmons, W. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History