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Combined Cotton Chopper And Cultivator
Patent for a combined cotton chopper and a cultivator.This invention allows for the raising and lowering the cultivator teeth. Illustration included.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Robertson, Newton K. & Jones, Isaac W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Brace.
Patent for bed braces that tighten the mattress support wires in a bed frame. These bed braces securely keep their position and allow easy adjustments.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Lockett, Wyatt W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretcher. The invention utilizes wire-winding reel and gear-wheels Illustration included.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Curtis, Zenas Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree
Patent for a whiffletree. This invention is "contemplated to construct doubletrees or swingletrees of peculiar form and provided with peculiar connecting parts to secure the same together" (line 13-16). Illustration included.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Burton, Robert Redmon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Puller.
Patent for a stalk puller that is adaptable to different size stalks, better built, and more efficient than previous stalk pullers.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Richardson, Columbus John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switching Device
Patent for switching devices. This invention is for electrically operated switch tongue throwing mechanisms and is for use in switching cars from one track to another. illustrations included.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Makley, John N.; Manett, Edward F. & Dannelly, Frank M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Setting Machine
Patent for a tire setting machine. This invention is designed for setting tires that are cold. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Baker, Charles Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Skinning Fruit.
Patent for skinning fruit chemically without the use of Alum to avoid harmful health effects resulting from Alum residue on fruit.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Thompson, Jovita Boyd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Split Pulley.
Patent for split pulleys with interlocking parts that can be attached together without pulling the parts longitudinally.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Frank, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove-Flue.
Patent for a stove flue that is more secure in attachment, easier to clean, and is more fireproof to prevent burning of wood parts in the building that the flue is installed in.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Thompson, Everett E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shaft Coupling
Patent for a shaft coupling. This invention is designed to connect shafts by interlocking to parts that slide lengthwise thereby clamping them together. Illustration included.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Frank, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Evener.
Patent for a horse-evener that allows for 4 or 5 horses to be used.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Wendland, Carl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nose-Bag for Feeding Horses and Other Animals.
Patent for a nose-bag for horse feed that allows the feed to stay near the horses mouth despite changes in the weight of the feed. It also allows for easier filling of the bag.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Hodge, Alfred Lucas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Frame
Patent for a quilting frame. This invention is constructed to be suspended from the ceiling so as to be able to lift the quilt when not in use. Illustration included.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Gaines, Wister F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for rail joints that reduce "wear and tear on the wheels of rolling stock" (lines 12-13) and are more securely fastened than conventional rail-joints.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Mertins, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plumb Rule And Level
Patent for a plumb rule and level. Illustration included.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Downs, Wayne
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment.
Patent for improvement in cultivator attachments by using “a pair of cutting blades or knives adapted to be adjustably connected to the lister-beam after the plow-blades have been removed and after the planting of the field, and these knives are adapted to straddle the center row and to work down to three inches under the surface of the ground, extending half-way to the adjoining row on both sides of said center row, thus absolutely killing all grass, weeds or the like, and turning up just enough dirt to cover the scrub. By thus treating each row in succession a field may be cleared more quickly, more easily, and more thoroughly.” (Lines 15-27) Illustration is included.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Pope, Henry O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History