Resource Type

Carton. (open access)

Carton.

Patent for a carton used to carry bottles or other fragile containers in a manner that prevents spillage, breakage, or other type of damage to befall the bottles and their contents, includes illustrations.
Date: September 2, 1919
Creator: Elder, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Planter (open access)

Cotton-Seed Planter

Patent for a new and improved cotton-seed planter. The design "in which the cotton-seeds in the hopper is fed down through the feed-opening of the same by vibrating teeth." (p. 1; lines 15-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1885
Creator: Elliston, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press. (open access)

Hay Press.

Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "the combination, with the side walls, of the stop-blocks comprising the places secured in recesses in the same, and the offsets formed integrally with the said plates, the plunger having recesses in its sides which engage said offsets, the operating-lever, and the pitman connecting the latter to the plunger" (lines 93-100).
Date: September 13, 1887
Creator: Bryant, William Hodges
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns. (open access)

Improvement in Churns.

Patent for improving a butter church mechanism.
Date: September 24, 1872
Creator: Messick, William P. & Messick, Harvey T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Upper East Texas, September 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Upper East Texas, September 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Upper East Texas area.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rod for End Gates. (open access)

Rod for End Gates.

Patent for a new and improved rod for wagon gates. This design is "first, to provide a rod that can be readily attached or detached to the end-gate of any wagon or vehicle; second, to provide a rod that will effectually and rigidly hold the end-gate in position and afford practical facility whereby the end-gates of vehicles can be quickly opened or closed and detached from the wagon-bed or placed in their normal position therein" (lines 15-23).
Date: September 30, 1890
Creator: Coyle, Dan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tombstone-Mold (open access)

Tombstone-Mold

Patent for a "new and useful Tombstone-Mold" (lines 5-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 2, 1913
Creator: Cameron, Neill C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History