Fruit Cutting Implement. (open access)

Fruit Cutting Implement.

Patent for a fruit cutting implement with increased safety measures to help users avoid "the usual and dangerous practice of cutting the lemons with a knife" (lines 23 - 24), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 13, 1918
Creator: Davis, Mack H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning Machine (open access)

Cotton Cleaning Machine

Patent for an improved cotton cleaning machine.
Date: May 6, 1919
Creator: Brune, A. & Stone, C. H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for improvements to the cotton-chopper. This invention outfits the cotton-chopper with a blade that can be moved, either mechanically or with electric power. Previously, the blade was fixed and stationary.
Date: May 13, 1919
Creator: Janes, Henry T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History