Cattle-Guard for Railroads. (open access)

Cattle-Guard for Railroads.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive cattle-guard for railroads that improves on preventing cattle from passing from their enclosure onto a railway track. The invention does not trap animals or people or cause injury, and lies below the upper treads of the rails.
Date: September 18, 1894
Creator: Brady, Peter L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton-Seed Platter (open access)

Corn or Cotton-Seed Platter

Patent for improvements in "a combined plow and interchangeable revolving seed-dropper so constructed as to permit of its being readilyconverted into a corn or cotton-seed planter with the least trouble" (lines 19-23).
Date: February 18, 1890
Creator: Peeler, John Wiliam
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton-Chopper, Harrow, and Cultivator (open access)

Combined Cotton-Chopper, Harrow, and Cultivator

Patent for an improved version of a machine which aids in the processing and maintenance of cotton plants. Includes description of parts and their use and illustrations.
Date: October 18, 1887
Creator: Robinson, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Pickers. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Pickers.

Patent for an improvement in cotton-pickers with design specifications and a description of applications and usage, including illustrations.
Date: June 18, 1878
Creator: Custer, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ratchet-Clutch (open access)

Ratchet-Clutch

Patent for a clutch design that enables the use of a single clutch in agricultural machine engines.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Smith, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History