Improvement in Cotton-Gin-Saw Cleaners. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Gin-Saw Cleaners.

Patent for improvement in cotton-gin-saw cleaners used in cotton ginning processes, including illustration.
Date: July 22, 1879
Creator: Munger, Robert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hand Cotton Pickers. (open access)

Improvement in Hand Cotton Pickers.

Patent for a new method of picking cotton by hand, whereby 3 spindles remove the fibers from the bolls.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Ham, Thomas William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Gin-Saw Cleaners. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Gin-Saw Cleaners.

Reissued patent for "a device for quickly cleaning the saws of cotton-gins when they become gummed. It consists in a series of knives that are supported by a movable bar or frame, and may be thrust between the saws when the same are to be cleaned (para. 4-5).
Date: May 20, 1879
Creator: Munger, Robert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History