Peanut-Roaster. (open access)

Peanut-Roaster.

Patent for a new and improved peanut roaster with a rotating drum that can sound an alarm after a certain interval of time and can be moved directly over a roasting flame, including illustrations.
Date: May 4, 1920
Creator: Peckham, Samuel C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for the cotton-chopper. This device is composed of hoes and gathers cotton and can chop it at specific lengths. additionally the device was made to decrease friction and increase yields.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: East, Arthur R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper-Tool-Lifting Mechanism. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper-Tool-Lifting Mechanism.

Patent for a "hand and footlifting mechanism capable of independent operation whereby either the hand or the foot operations may be performed, and the tools or hoes either lifted without disturbing their fixed adjustment or their elevation adjusted as desired," (lines 14-20) including illustrations.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: East, Arthur R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Road Grader and Drag (open access)

Road Grader and Drag

Patent for improving road maintenance and construction.
Date: June 14, 1921
Creator: Herring, Jesie M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History