Resource Type

Apparatus for Destroying Insects. (open access)

Apparatus for Destroying Insects.

Patent for an apparatus used to kill insectects, particularly boll weevils on cotton blooms. The apparatus is attached to a wagon which is driven through a cotton field, and the device knocks off the boll weevil eggs and then suctions them into the device and destroys them by fire.
Date: July 4, 1916
Creator: Morrow, James Morton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Band Replacer and Tightener. (open access)

Bale Band Replacer and Tightener.

Patent for a new and improved bale-band replacer and tightener. This design "provide[s] a simple and convenient device for replacing a broken bale-bind, for tightening the band around the bale, and for drawing the ends together, so as to provide the necessary slack for slipping the loop out of the tie when it is desired to remove a band" (lines 13-19).
Date: July 4, 1882
Creator: Lenard, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for a new and useful baling press, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Harrington, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Book Type-Writer. (open access)

Book Type-Writer.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in book type writers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Johnson, Jahu W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can (open access)

Can

Patent for a can. Illustration included.
Date: July 4, 1905
Creator: Hanna, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a new improvement in cattle guards, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Arnold, Eliphalet Lester
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin (open access)

Clothes Pin

Patent for clothes pin. Illustration included.
Date: July 4, 1905
Creator: Grubbs, Marion F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee-Pot (open access)

Coffee-Pot

Patent for a simplified coffee pot that extracts coffee by using boiling water and the receptacle without changing the structure of the device.
Date: July 4, 1905
Creator: Haley, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper with rotating blades.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Prokschl, Mathias
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin Breast. (open access)

Cotton-Gin Breast.

Patent for a cotton gin breast that applies pressure to the cotton roll and prevents it from bulging.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Barnes, Peter Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Covering-Machine. (open access)

Covering-Machine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in rag joiners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Vining, Lucinda
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Cotton-Picker. (open access)

Design for a Cotton-Picker.

Design patent for a cotton-picker that is designed to be fitted over the fingers of the operator.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Richards, Ruben F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Desk-Ruler. (open access)

Desk-Ruler.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in desk-rules, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Connett, Matthew F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Heating and Applying Coating Material (open access)

Device for Heating and Applying Coating Material

Patent for a device for heating and applying coating materials, and more particularly for applying asphalt to surfaces, which it is desirable to coat therewith.
Date: July 4, 1916
Creator: Seale, Elbert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Embroidering Attachment For Sewing Machines (open access)

Embroidering Attachment For Sewing Machines

Patent for an emboidering attachment for sewing machines. Illustration included.
Date: July 4, 1905
Creator: Johnson, Billie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ever-Level Table. (open access)

Ever-Level Table.

Patent for tables designed for trains or ships where it is important for maintaining the table top constantly level. It allows for the top to be held constantly level and for maintaining its position without sudden movement or causing overbalancing.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Etheridge, Thomas H., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Govering-Machine. (open access)

Govering-Machine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in rag joiners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Vining, Lucinda
System: The Portal to Texas History
Headlight. (open access)

Headlight.

Patent for a headlight that turns with a cars body and will not accidentally turn from bumps.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Bell, Robert A. & McKiel, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hog-Pen. (open access)

Hog-Pen.

Patent for a hog pen and feed trough that can hold and feed a variety of variety of animals. It consists of an inclosure with an opening, ways extending into and out of the opening, a sliding trough mounted in the pen, rollers that slide into and out of the pen, pulleys in the trough, a shaft journaled in the front of the trough, ropes that go around the pulleys, and a turning mechanism for the shaft.
Date: July 4, 1893
Creator: Wilkinson, Benjmon M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hotel-Register. (open access)

Hotel-Register.

Patent for a hotel register cabinet for holding registry sheets with a revolving top.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Duncan, Selden
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for a burner constructed to admit a force of steam or air is sent through the nozzle with assigning to the fuel in fuel reservoir. This invention is used to burn the heavy crude oil.
Date: July 4, 1916
Creator: Nicholson, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Saw-Gummer. (open access)

Improved Saw-Gummer.

Patent for a machine that uses a grindstone to sharpen rotary saws. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1865
Creator: Fosterm A. K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Photographing Children (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Photographing Children

Patent for an improvement in machines for taking Photographs of small children.
Date: July 4, 1871
Creator: Sloan, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cleaners. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Cleaners.

Patent for improvements to cotton picking and cleaning before the cotton is ginned.
Date: July 4, 1871
Creator: Sims, Zachariah B.
System: The Portal to Texas History