Animal Brander (open access)

Animal Brander

Patent for an animal brander with interchangeable characters and a holder for the characters.
Date: June 3, 1913
Creator: Hayes, Monard Vinson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin Feeder. (open access)

Cotton Gin Feeder.

Patent for a new and improved feeder for cotton gins. This design consists in "the combination, with the driving mechanism, of the alternating sections, the shaft or rod, loop-rods and staples, the crank-shaft, and hooked rods . . . [and] of the adjustable comb, the crank-shaft, hinge-connection, arm, and cross-bar" (lines 3-12).
Date: April 3, 1883
Creator: Nix, Manning Lafayette
System: The Portal to Texas History