Planter (open access)

Planter

Patent for a planter. Illustrations included.
Date: June 7, 1904
Creator: Durham, John Landrum
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Electric Saw. (open access)

Portable Electric Saw.

Patent for improvement of portable electric saws that can be used "as readily and accurately as a hand saw in performing many different grades of work much more rapidly and with less physical exertion" (lines 17-20), including illustrations.
Date: June 7, 1921
Creator: Lange, David C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rod Coupling (open access)

Rod Coupling

Patent for rod coupling. Illustration included.
Date: June 7, 1904
Creator: McGehee, Lucius M.; Clements, John L. & Brown, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drawer of Furniture, Store Fixture, &c. (open access)

Drawer of Furniture, Store Fixture, &c.

Patent for a new and improved chest of drawers. This design "consists, first, in a drawer applied upon side cleats or ledges, grooved longitudinally with the movement of the drawer, and having balls placed in such grooves in such a manner that they are kept separated and are free to roll or move longitudinally, and that they serve as bearings for the drawer, while they keep it from frictional contact with the cleats . . . second, in a novel mode of construction of cleats" (para. 1).
Date: June 7, 1881
Creator: Johnson, William H. & Whomes, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calcining Apparatus (open access)

Calcining Apparatus

Patent for a calcining apparatus. This invention if for the calcining plaster of all types. Illustration included.
Date: June 7, 1904
Creator: Kibler, Daniel L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
How to Develop and Write a Grant Proposal (open access)

How to Develop and Write a Grant Proposal

This report is intended for members and staff assisting grant seekers in districts and states and covers writing proposals for both government and private foundation grants.
Date: June 7, 2018
Creator: Gerli, Merete F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cotton-Packer (open access)

Cotton-Packer

Patent for an apparatus used for packing cotton prepared for baling. Illustrations included.
Date: June 7, 1910
Creator: Dixon, Albert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Compressor (open access)

Cotton Compressor

Patent for Cotton Compressor. "This invention relates to apparatus for compressing bales of cotton and for similar purposes." (lines 11-13).
Date: June 7, 1887
Creator: Taylor, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton choppers and cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 7, 1898
Creator: Holland, Joseph J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner and Condenser. (open access)

Cotton Cleaner and Condenser.

Patent for a new and improved cotton cleaner and condenser. This design "is to produce a cheap and simple machine of this class which is adapted for use in connection with a cotton-gin and which will rapidly separate the dirt from the cotton and will also condense the cotton, so that it may be easily handled and baled" (lines 10-16). It consists in "[t]he combination of the case or frame having an inlet and its lower end and a hinged downward-curved hood at its upper end with the endless carrier mounted in the said case or frame with its higher end within the curved hood" (lines 47-52).
Date: June 7, 1892
Creator: Wherry, William B. & Smith, William F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History