Apparatus for Elevating and Cleaning Seed Cotton (open access)

Apparatus for Elevating and Cleaning Seed Cotton

Patent for an apparatus for elevating and cleaning seed cotton
Date: March 5, 1900
Creator: Reynolds, Richard J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date: July 17, 1906
Creator: Wright, Jessie T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Exterminator (open access)

Insect Exterminator

Patent for an insect exterminator to deal with cotton weevils. Illustration included.
Date: July 5, 1904
Creator: Hanus, Joseph & Tucker, William Andrewton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Collecting Machine. (open access)

Insect-Collecting Machine.

Patent for a machine to collect insects such as cotton-bool weevils and other pests from crops.
Date: July 7, 1903
Creator: Ferriott, Charley L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Equalizing the Distribution of Cotton in Cotton-Boxes (open access)

Means for Equalizing the Distribution of Cotton in Cotton-Boxes

Patent for an invention to equalize the distribution of cotton into cotton boxes. The invention uses air-draft elevators in-order to relieve jams and chocked conditions in the elevator-shaft. Illustration included.
Date: July 7, 1903
Creator: Stephenson, Miner Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker (open access)

Cotton Picker

Patent for a cotton picker. This invention relates to pneumatic cotton-pickers using a suction box for detaching bolls of cotton from pods. Illustration included.
Date: July 25, 1905
Creator: Hyde, Thomas B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Topper. (open access)

Cotton-Topper.

Patent for a cotton-topper, which attaches to a cultivator.
Date: July 2, 1907
Creator: Ray, Arthur Taylor
System: The Portal to Texas History