Corn or Cotton Planter. (open access)

Corn or Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new, improved combined corn and cotton planter, including illustrations.
Date: February 4, 1902
Creator: Ferriott, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator

Patent for combining both cotton choppers and cultivators. This will create a more easily operated piece of machinery.
Date: February 4, 1902
Creator: Bass, James Milton, Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date: February 4, 1908
Creator: Gauntt, Granville B. & Floeckinger, Frank C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Working Tool. (open access)

Wire Working Tool.

Patent for a new and useful wireworking-tool. "This invention relates to a wireworking-tool particularly adapted for use in twisting wire-ties around posts and over runners, drawing staples, and cutting wires" (line 8-11).
Date: February 4, 1902
Creator: Hargrove, Benjamin O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Key. (open access)

Key.

Patent for a key, which can be produced in quantity but without any of them being able to open the same door.
Date: February 4, 1908
Creator: Katzenberger, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mute Attachment for Pianos (open access)

Mute Attachment for Pianos

Patent for an attachment that mutes pianos. Illustrations included.
Date: February 4, 1908
Creator: Pfeifer, Edmund Irwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Padlock. (open access)

Padlock.

Patent for a padlock, which can only be opened with a certain key and prevents the use of many lock-picking devices.
Date: February 4, 1908
Creator: Katzenberger, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain Drying and Cooling Machine. (open access)

Grain Drying and Cooling Machine.

Patent for a machine for drying and cooling grain before storage.
Date: February 4, 1908
Creator: McCarthy, Stephen J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Envelop Stamping Machine (open access)

Envelop Stamping Machine

Patent for an envelop stamping machine. This machine is designed to process sheets of stamps for the application of one stamp per envelope. Illustrations Included.
Date: February 4, 1908
Creator: Human, Oscor M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Releaser. (open access)

Horse-Releaser.

Patent for a horse releaser, which has multiple sections and a section can be released to free the horse from the vehicle.
Date: February 4, 1908
Creator: White, Alton
System: The Portal to Texas History