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Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for improvements in cotton choppers and cultivators by using “the shearing action between a rotary hoe and a cutter-bar traveling along beside the row” (lines 20-22) to cut off the cotton. Illustration is included.
Date: June 2, 1891
Creator: Ferriott, Charles L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Central Texas, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Central Texas, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Central Texas area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Road Grader and Drag (open access)

Road Grader and Drag

Patent for improving road maintenance and construction.
Date: June 14, 1921
Creator: Herring, Jesie M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a simple and efficient wire stretcher that aids in fence-building, tightening loose wires, cutting wires, and tying broken wires. The stretcher is similar in appearance to a wrench that can be taken apart in order to properly utilize the tool.
Date: June 13, 1893
Creator: McKinney, John Wilson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Stretching Wire Or Other Purposes. (open access)

Machine for Stretching Wire Or Other Purposes.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in machines for stretching wire or other purposes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 21, 1898
Creator: Selvidge, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Patent for new bale-tie formed from a single metal piece where the locking side (B) can be fastened to a rounded eye (C) on the opposite end.
Date: June 22, 1878
Creator: Anderson, William G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Securing Tools to Handles. (open access)

Means for Securing Tools to Handles.

Patent for a spur plate that helps keep tools securely fastened to their handles.
Date: June 2, 1903
Creator: Smythe, Amos Pierce & Bryant, Thomas P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meat-Hook (open access)

Meat-Hook

Patent for a meat hook that allows for ease of handling meats without needing to dirty the hands of the user.
Date: June 20, 1905
Creator: Tally, John D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame Attachment (open access)

Hame Attachment

Patent for improved Hame Attachment with "snap hame-hook" (line 11) "preventing accidental displacement." (line 13-14)
Date: June 26, 1900
Creator: Dobbs, William, Jackson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed Governor for Cotton Gins. (open access)

Feed Governor for Cotton Gins.

Patent for a new and improved feed governor for cotton gins. This design "provide[s] means whereby the rate of feeding will be automatically decreased when the cotton is fed into the roll-box faster than it is being ginned, and whereby the feed will be finally stopped when the roll increases to a certain limit, and will be again started when the roll is reduced to a size previously fixed upon, and will be actuated to feed faster as the roll decreases in size" (lines 17-25).
Date: June 12, 1883
Creator: Flannagan, John D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles. (open access)

Improvement in Buckles.

Patent for improvement in buckles by providing “with two two tongues on the same pivot, and with a guard for securing the same and the straps in position, thereby producing a simple and reliable means of connecting two straps.” (Lines 6-10) Illustration is included.
Date: June 18, 1872
Creator: Hardeman, Jerome B. R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History