Manure-Spreader (open access)

Manure-Spreader

Patent for a manure spreader that can be connected to the back wheels of a farm wagon. Illustrations included.
Date: July 19, 1910
Creator: Echols, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Luggage-Carrier. (open access)

Luggage-Carrier.

Patent for a luggage-carrier "particularly adapted for use in conjunction with motor cycles or similar wheeled vehicles" (lines 11-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Howell, Edgar A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuel-Supply Apparatus. (open access)

Fuel-Supply Apparatus.

Patent for an improved fuel supply apparatus for liquid fuel.
Date: July 5, 1919
Creator: Guthrie, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester. (open access)

Cotton-Harvester.

Patent for a cotton harvesting machine used for gathering the cotton from the plant, stripping the bolls or pods, and cleaning the cotton in one continuous operation during the traction of the harvester over a cotton field. This cotton harvester has a rotary picking member disposed forwardly and grabbing arms disposed rearwardly of the rotary picking arms. These rotary picking members are used for receiving the cotton gathered by the said picking arms and depositing it between two vertically operable crushers for crushing the bolls or pods preparatory to their passage into the ginning apparatus.
Date: July 30, 1918
Creator: Berry, Louis J.
System: The Portal to Texas History