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Cotton-Thinner. (open access)

Cotton-Thinner.

Patent for a machine that thins cotton fibers.
Date: September 12, 1899
Creator: Billingsley, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music Holder and Turner. (open access)

Music Holder and Turner.

Patent for a devise that turns the leaves of books or music books, which "may be supported upon the music-rack of a piano, organ, or similar instrument." (lines 13-14)
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Black, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Fastener. (open access)

Trace-Fastener.

Patent for improvements in trace fasteners, with illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1897
Creator: Brownwell, John A. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Line. (open access)

Clothes-Line.

Patent for improvement in “pinless” clothes-lines by simplifying the construction of the garment-clasping elements to enhance the means of receiving and releasing the articles. Illustration is included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Brunner, Burel A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date: May 23, 1905
Creator: Fikes, Bosiar Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill. (open access)

Drill.

Patent for a new and improved drill. This design consists in "the combination, with the main shaft carrying two bevel gear-wheels, of a shaft carrying a bevel gear-wheel adapted to be connected alternately with the two bevel gear-wheels on said main shaft, a pinion secured on the said shaft, and a disk provided with a bevel gear-wheel meshing in the said pinion, said disk being connected with the drilling-tool, so that the latter can move freely up and down, but is turned by the said disk" (lines 111-120).
Date: June 26, 1888
Creator: Godwin, John Calhoon.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for a machine that allows the user to simultaneously cut down and plow cotton, or perform either task separately. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 5, 1897
Creator: Hargrove, Byron Lafayette
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for "improvement in acetylene-gas generators, and has for one object to provide an exceedingly- simple apparatus of this description in which the pipes and connections are closed , and thus protected from freezing by the effects of atmospheric changes; and a further object of my invention is to remove the possibility of an explosion taking place during the manipulation of the machine." (lines 9-17) including illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1900
Creator: Hartman, Gus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Condenser (open access)

Steam-Condenser

Patent for a steam condenser. Illustrations included.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Hartman, Gus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Signal (open access)

Railroad Signal

Patent for a railroad signal. This invention is an improvement for signalling by the trains interaction on the rails. Illustration included.
Date: April 30, 1907
Creator: Harvey, Albert Wadkins
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Signal (open access)

Railway-Signal

Patent for a railway signal that is activated when the wheels of a train pass over a switch. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Harvey, Albert Wadkins
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock Feeding Device (open access)

Stock Feeding Device

Patent for a stock feeding device. Illustration included.
Date: January 22, 1907
Creator: Harvey, Albert Wadkins
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lamp Bracket (open access)

Lamp Bracket

Patent for a lamp bracket. Illustration included.
Date: April 18, 1905
Creator: Holder, William J. & Corry, J. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cultivator Wheel. (open access)

Cotton-Cultivator Wheel.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton cultivator wheels, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 24, 1899
Creator: Holloway, Willis W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Disk Harrow and Land-Roller (open access)

Combined Disk Harrow and Land-Roller

Patent for a vehicle that may be used as either a harrow or a roller. Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Jackson, Lewis Livingston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow-beam, of a plow-standard pivotally secured to the rear end of said beam, a brace pivotally secured to the standard, and a sliding clamp for securing the front end of the brace to the beam" (lines 90-94).
Date: April 13, 1886
Creator: Ketchum, Joel Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flue-Cleaner. (open access)

Flue-Cleaner.

Patent for a portable flue cleaner for boilers. Through a nozzle on the cleaner, the flue cleaner uses the steam from the boiler to remove dirt, dust and soot. The dirt is forced out of the boiler when the steam escapes.
Date: August 17, 1915
Creator: Leonard, Carl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Making Tablets (open access)

Machine for Making Tablets

Patent for a machine for making tablets. This patent describes improvements in tablet-making machines or molds, which will be simple in construction and which will make tablets of different sizes, there being provided plates which are perforated and of different sizes whereby the thickness which it is desired to mold the tablets may be regulated.
Date: February 25, 1896
Creator: Loving, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Traction-Engines. (open access)

Improvements in Traction-Engines.

Patent for improving traction engines for use in hauling on farms and farm roads. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: McGregor, Montague M. & Croxton, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn. Illustration included.
Date: September 12, 1905
Creator: McGregor, Montague M. & Williams, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Gate. (open access)

Railway-Gate.

Patent for a new and useful railway gate, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1898
Creator: McGregor, Montague M. & Williams, James Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Farm-Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Farm-Fences.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in fence including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 29, 1873
Creator: McKenzie, Winfield S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filter For Rain Spouts (open access)

Filter For Rain Spouts

Patent for a filter for rain spouts. Illustration included.
Date: May 17, 1904
Creator: Moechel, Aratine G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Operating Mechanism (open access)

Switch-Operating Mechanism

Patent for a information regards to improvements in switch operating mechanism.
Date: September 18, 1906
Creator: Murphy, Edward C.
System: The Portal to Texas History