Cotton-Picking Machine (open access)

Cotton-Picking Machine

Patent for a cotton picking machine. Illustrations included.
Date: May 23, 1911
Creator: Haring, Peter Paul
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for a hand-lever baling press.
Date: December 25, 1900
Creator: Williamson, Charles Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for "improvements in baling presses: and it consists in a press having a suitable frame, a box mounted thereon having a hinged front and a hinged side." (lines 11-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 17, 1900
Creator: Stopple, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shade-Adjuster. (open access)

Shade-Adjuster.

Patent for a new shade adjuster to allow for a fixed adjuster and detachable portion for attaching shade, including illustrations.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Fechner, Albert H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp. (open access)

Clamp.

Patent for a clamp "for use in in connection with hoisting-tackle for raising or lowering well-pipes..."(lines 9-10) that has one side attach to the pipe and the other side be releasable from the pipe.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Danforth, Joseph B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for improvement in automatic car-couplings “in which the coupling-pin (worked by a rope or chain) is guided in a vertical tube extending upward from the draw-head, and is supported in position for coupling by a block sliding with the draw-head,” (lines 9-14) includes illustration.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: Angerstein, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History