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Boll-Weevil Catcher
Patent for a machine for removing boll-weevils from growing cotton
Date:
May 21, 1918
Creator:
Hitt, Reed R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake for Automobiles
Patent for air-brakes in automobiles. It is a system that replaces fluid braking systems with an air-based braking system.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Daniel, Wiley Eugene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Catcher
Patent for a Boll-Weevil Catcher. This inventions allows for an attachment to cultivators to catch weevils existing on growing cotton plants. The weevils are extracted, captured in a pan, and can be disposed of. This is an important tool that catches and destroys insects without damaging the plants.
Date:
August 2, 1921
Creator:
Hitt, Reed R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester.
Patent for improvements in peanut harvester machines with illustrations. The improvement is specific to "improved organiz[ation]" (line 10) and to "simplify and improve the construction" (line 18) of the harvester.
Date:
August 12, 1919
Creator:
Beard, Willie Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Shafts
Patent "is to provide a construction whereby the shafts and cross beam which connect the same may be held against relative movement" (lines 10-13).
Date:
January 26, 1915
Creator:
McMillan, Newton W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Two-Row Planter
Patent for a two-row planter, which includes two planting mechanisms. The planters are adjustable, "so that the distance between rows for seed planted can be regulated."
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Payne, Bishop M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Protector
Patent for a knee protector "adapted to be worn by cotton pickers, miners, and other workmen who are required to walk or labor while resting on the knees. The present invention contemplates the provision of a knee protector of unique construction...the present device while applied to the knee, permitting the wearer to walk conveniently either while standing or kneeling."
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Bassett, Rufus C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a washing machine that combines parts, such as washing rollers, toothed wheels and segments, in an effective manner.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Queen, Ernest N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Winch Attachment for Automobiles.
Patent for new winch attachment for automobiles "that may be quickly mounted upon ore or both of the rear wheels of an automobile, for the purpose of pulling the vehicle out of a mud hole or ditch." (lines 12-15)
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Pittman, Carl L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Crate.
Patent for a crate that may be sealed both when erected and when folded by a common fastening member.
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Janes, Robert T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap
Patent for Trap
Date:
December 12, 1916
Creator:
Smith, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Plow-Foot.
Patent for an improved plow foot that allows for the easy installation or removal of the plow foot, secured connection of the plow foot, and improved regulation of the angle of the plow foot.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Dugger, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Buggy-Top and Rein and Robe Holder.
Patent for a combined buggy top shock buffer and rein and lap robe holder.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Hitt, Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Cover.
Patent for an improvement in churn covers "which will embody a closed dead-air space above the body of the churn, a guide-tube for the dasher-rod, and the special construction at the outer edge of the base of the cover by which to provide a channel to fit upon the upper edge of the churn-body" (lines 10-15).
Date:
May 27, 1902
Creator:
Van Hoozer, Thomas H. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Implement.
Patent for a compound tool for building and repairing fences, which combines a post hole digger and a wire stretcher.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Haynes, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper And Cultivator
Patent for a combined cotton chopper and a cultivator.This invention allows for the raising and lowering the cultivator teeth. Illustration included.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Robertson, Newton K. & Jones, Isaac W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Post-Hole Digger and Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a post-hole digger with a wire stretcher attached to it.
Date:
October 15, 1907
Creator:
Haynes, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Support
Patent for a supporting mechanism for the top of a buggy or vehicle while it is being lowered or traversing rough terrain. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 5, 1908
Creator:
Elms, Joab
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condiment-Holder.
Patent for a salt shaker which has a rod going into the jar, which will agitate the salt to keep it from clogging.
Date:
October 26, 1909
Creator:
Hitt, Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton and Corn Chopper.
Patent for an "attachment to a cultivator to chop or thin corn, cotton, and other drilled plants at the same time it is being plowed and without interfering in the work of the cultivator" (lines 14-18).
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Graham, Daniel O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for an improved animal trap, primarily intended for catching wolves, that is adjustable and economical to construct.
Date:
October 15, 1907
Creator:
Jones, Isaac W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher and Tightener.
Patent for "a simple, cheap, and effective construction of implement, whereby the operation of stretching and tightening a wire may be conveniently and expeditiously performed, and to adapt the device for use also as a wire-cutter" (lines 16-20).
Date:
April 10, 1900
Creator:
Gold, Philip E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench that is adjustable to different size nuts and has a reciprocating screw member.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Daniel, Robert O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener.
Patent for wire tightening improvement.
Date:
April 3, 1900
Creator:
Hansford, James, S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History