Apparatus for Separating Cotton from its Seed (open access)

Apparatus for Separating Cotton from its Seed

Patent for an apparatus for separating cotton from its seed that uses heat and air to separate the cotton.
Date: February 21, 1911
Creator: Myers, Absalom G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Operating Mechanism (open access)

Churn-Operating Mechanism

Patent for a rotary dasher churn operated by a spring motor. Illustrations included.
Date: June 15, 1909
Creator: Johnson, Frederick N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a baling press. Illustrations included
Date: February 12, 1907
Creator: Stopple, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton and Corn Planter. (open access)

Cotton and Corn Planter.

Patent for a cotton and corn planter that does not put as much pressure on the tongue of the machine as previous models and that allows the plow attachment to be lifted higher off the ground to avoid obstacles.
Date: June 4, 1907
Creator: Goodnight, Frank H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm (open access)

Burglar-Alarm

Patent for a burglar alarm that can be attached to a car door. Illustrations included.
Date: October 8, 1912
Creator: Halstead, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burner. (open access)

Burner.

Patent for a new and improved burner for use in fire-boxes of boilers and other apparatus.
Date: September 30, 1902
Creator: Jones, John Lemiel, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Scale (open access)

Automatic Weighing-Scale

Patent for improvements in automatic weightlifting scales. The modifications aim to facilitate the weighting of materials in bulk.
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin (open access)

Cotton Gin

Patent for a cotton gin. This is an improvement over previous gins. The invention uses air blasting methods and dispenses with brush drums. Illustration included.
Date: May 12, 1908
Creator: Lumpkin, Robert B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Coffee or Tea Pots. (open access)

Attachment for Coffee or Tea Pots.

Patent for "attachment for coffee or tea pots or other receptacles" (lines 5-7) designed to materially improve the construction of the pot or urn, whereby the same will be simple and effective and the process of treating the coffee or tea by the action of the boiling water or steam materially enhanced.
Date: May 21, 1901
Creator: Darden, George Albion
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chair-Dowel for Building Purposes. (open access)

Chair-Dowel for Building Purposes.

Patent for a chair dowel for constructing chairs, which puts the whole weight of the chair on top of the columns of the chair rather than the sides.
Date: October 15, 1907
Creator: Wilson, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closet-Flushing Mechanism. (open access)

Closet-Flushing Mechanism.

Patent for a water closet flushing mechanism, which prevents the water from standing in the toilet bowl where it is liable to freeze in cold weather.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Parker, Thomas H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Automobile Tail-Light and Illuminated Number. (open access)

Combined Automobile Tail-Light and Illuminated Number.

Patent for a combined automobile tail-light and illuminated frame for the number of the car.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Stafford, Frederick S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds (open access)

Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds

Patent for an apparatus for chilling and whitening lard compounds that produces stiffer lard.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Humphreys, Jerome N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baking-Oven (open access)

Baking-Oven

Patent for improvements in the design and construction of baking ovens
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Baxley, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin. (open access)

Gin.

Patent for improved cotton gins through the "construction and arrangement of the roll box and the ginning devices" (lines 11-12).
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Copy-Holder. (open access)

Copy-Holder.

Patent for a copy holder with a firmer clamp and a better support for the line indicating bar than previous versions.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Flynn, Melvina L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle - Nut. (open access)

Axle - Nut.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in Axle-Nuts for wagons and carriages.
Date: November 23, 1897
Creator: Collins, Corties
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Transmitting Sound-Waves (open access)

Apparatus for Transmitting Sound-Waves

Patent for transmitting sound waves by magnetic induction and to "furnish an apparatus by which these different vibrations can be heard at the receiving end" (lines 20-22). Includes descriptions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Harvey, Fred Brown
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check-Valve for Locomotive-Boilers and the Like. (open access)

Check-Valve for Locomotive-Boilers and the Like.

Patent for "an improvement in check valves particularly adapted for use on locomotive boilers" (lines 9-11) with illustrations.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Fondren, Theodore Robert ; T. R. Fondren
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm. (open access)

Burglar-Alarm.

Patent for an improved burglar alarm to attach to a door or window with a "simple locking device for the hammer" so that the alarm can be transported and reinstalled safely (lines 15-16).
Date: June 3, 1902
Creator: Moody, Winfield H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner. (open access)

Cotton-Cleaner.

Patent for a cotton cleaner with beater arms attached to the shaft of the machine.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Ginning Machinery. (open access)

Cotton-Ginning Machinery.

Patent for cotton ginning machinery, which separates cotton faster and more cleanly and continuously feeds cotton into the saws.
Date: June 14, 1910
Creator: Wilson, Ralph E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator, Cleaner, and Feeder. (open access)

Cotton Elevator, Cleaner, and Feeder.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton elevators, cleaners, and feeders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 24, 1898
Creator: Seifert, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cotton Elevator and Distributer. (open access)

Automatic Cotton Elevator and Distributer.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic cotton elevators and distributes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 6, 1898
Creator: Wheeler, Houston J
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History