Bur-Extractor for Cotton-Feeders (open access)

Bur-Extractor for Cotton-Feeders

Patent for bur extractor for cotton feeders. This device is unique in that it raises and distributes "systems for cotton gins...[and] provide[s] means whereby all burs or hulls will be effectually extracted from the cotton before the cotton passes to the gin feeders or gins" (lines 11-15).
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Lamb, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lemon Squeezer (open access)

Lemon Squeezer

Patent for a lemon squeezing mechanism, designed to be more convenient for convenience store clerks.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Cooper, James A. & Cooper, Joel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Cotton Cleaner and Distributor (open access)

Seed-Cotton Cleaner and Distributor

Patent for seed cotton cleaner and distributor, important for its ability to raise cotton plants into the air and clean them as they are fed into receptacles.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Lamb, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History