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
Press for Forming Hollow Articles (open access)

Press for Forming Hollow Articles

Patent for a press for forming hollow objects such as furnace pots. Illustrations included.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Williams, Robert Lucius
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Gummer. (open access)

Saw Gummer.

Patent for a new and improved saw gummer. This design "is to improve the action and prolong the usefulness of the bit and dies, and to prevent the clippings from interfering with the operation of the machine" (lines 26-29).
Date: July 28, 1885
Creator: Clopton, John Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History