Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Collection: Texas Patentshttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/TXPT/browse/?fq=str_location_county:Cass+County,+TX2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Collection: Texas PatentsGrain-Toller.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258707/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258707/"><img alt="Grain-Toller." title="Grain-Toller." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258707/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a simple device that's placed in a grinding mill to automatically extract and regulate the amount of grain being withdrawn.</p>Stalk Puller and Chopper.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258317/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258317/"><img alt="Stalk Puller and Chopper." title="Stalk Puller and Chopper." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258317/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a stalk puller that can pull the stalk from the ground and chop in pieces for feeding for fertilizer.</p>Oil-Circulating Gage.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258720/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258720/"><img alt="Oil-Circulating Gage." title="Oil-Circulating Gage." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258720/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an "oil circulating gage particularly designed for use in connection with the oiling system of the well known 'Ford' automobile."</p>Combination Rule, Square, and Miter.2017-06-23T11:08:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858555/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858555/"><img alt="Combination Rule, Square, and Miter." title="Combination Rule, Square, and Miter." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858555/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a combination of devices that contains "attachments for folding rules which will make said rules capable of use as a square, tri-square, and miter" (lines 15-17), including instructions and illustrations.</p>Listing Attachment for Plows2017-06-23T11:08:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858702/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858702/"><img alt="Listing Attachment for Plows" title="Listing Attachment for Plows" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858702/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for plow attachment to deflecting soil from the shovel of the plow; does not require special tools to apply attachment to plow.</p>Extension-Bed.2017-06-16T14:47:33-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853651/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853651/"><img alt="Extension-Bed." title="Extension-Bed." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853651/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a "longitudinally extensible" (lines 12-13) bed. The extension is stored underneath the main portion of the bed when not in use and allows for the bed to be covered completely with netting to protect against mosquitos. Illustrations included.</p>Cotton-chopper.2017-06-16T14:47:33-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853685/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853685/"><img alt="Cotton-chopper." title="Cotton-chopper." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853685/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a cotton chopper. The text describes the construction of the machine and explains how it is different from current cotton choppers.</p>Traction-Wheel and Means for Driving Same.2017-06-16T14:47:33-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853922/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853922/"><img alt="Traction-Wheel and Means for Driving Same." title="Traction-Wheel and Means for Driving Same." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853922/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for "a new and Improved Traction-Wheel and Means for Driving Same" (lines 5-7) , including instructions and illustrations.</p>Hay Press.2017-06-16T14:47:33-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853574/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853574/"><img alt="Hay Press." title="Hay Press." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853574/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements to a hay press to be manufactured easily and cheaply while maintaining its effectiveness in pressing hay into bales.</p>Switch-Point Holddown2017-06-16T14:47:33-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853469/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853469/"><img alt="Switch-Point Holddown" title="Switch-Point Holddown" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853469/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for switch-point holddown to accompany and support the switch rail machinery. Process and function in text with accompanying illustrations to demonstrate said function.</p>Box-Car-Door Fastener2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513781/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513781/"><img alt="Box-Car-Door Fastener" title="Box-Car-Door Fastener" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513781/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a box car door fastener.</p>Animal-Trap.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508314/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508314/"><img alt="Animal-Trap." title="Animal-Trap." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508314/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for certain new and useful improvements in animal traps, including instructions and illustrations.</p>Clothes-Pin.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511138/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511138/"><img alt="Clothes-Pin." title="Clothes-Pin." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511138/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a wire clothes pin that is attached to the clothesline and is easily opened or closed to attach or remove clothes.</p>Churn-Operating Mechanism.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510714/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510714/"><img alt="Churn-Operating Mechanism." title="Churn-Operating Mechanism." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510714/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a churn operating mechanism, which can be attached to a wall.</p>Fish-Trap2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510764/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510764/"><img alt="Fish-Trap" title="Fish-Trap" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510764/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a fish trap that may also be used to capture birds or various smaller animals. Illustrations included.</p>Animal Trap2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512694/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512694/"><img alt="Animal Trap" title="Animal Trap" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512694/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an animal trap, particularly desgned for rodents and birds, which is able to trap animals without having to be manually reset each time. Illustrations included.</p>Clothes-Pin2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512252/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512252/"><img alt="Clothes-Pin" title="Clothes-Pin" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512252/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a clothes pin. Illustrations included.</p>Compound Rail.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509008/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509008/"><img alt="Compound Rail." title="Compound Rail." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509008/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a compound rail that's joints are as strong as the rest of the rail and prevent jolting when a train passes over the joint.</p>Fish-Trap.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509663/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509663/"><img alt="Fish-Trap." title="Fish-Trap." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509663/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and effective fish trap formed of wire fabric and fabric strips.</p>Fish-Trap.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508808/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508808/"><img alt="Fish-Trap." title="Fish-Trap." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508808/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a fish trap with a closure, which leads fish coming from any direction into the body of the trap.</p>Fish Trap2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510223/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510223/"><img alt="Fish Trap" title="Fish Trap" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510223/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a fish trap. Illustration included.</p>Clothes Pin2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513034/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513034/"><img alt="Clothes Pin" title="Clothes Pin" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513034/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a clothes pin. Illustration included.</p>Fish-Trap2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508603/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508603/"><img alt="Fish-Trap" title="Fish-Trap" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508603/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a fish trap. Illustrations included.</p>Car - Coupling.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth515023/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth515023/"><img alt="Car - Coupling." title="Car - Coupling." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth515023/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new and useful car coupling, including instructions and illustrations.</p>Lock2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512906/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512906/"><img alt="Lock" title="Lock" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512906/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a lock. Illustrations included.</p>Wagon Brake2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513268/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513268/"><img alt="Wagon Brake" title="Wagon Brake" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513268/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a wagon brake. Illustration included.</p>Well-Cleaning Machine.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512799/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512799/"><img alt="Well-Cleaning Machine." title="Well-Cleaning Machine." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512799/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a well cleaning machine with spring activated jaws for scoops that pick up mud and leaves from the bottom of wells.</p>Water-Elevator.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512418/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512418/"><img alt="Water-Elevator." title="Water-Elevator." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512418/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improvement in water elevators to raise and lower a pair of buckets, meant to be simple, inexpensive, and more efficient than other designs. In particular, it is meant "to move the buckets in either direction without necessitating the operator's changing his position with relation to the apparatus" (lines 19-22).</p>Means for Utilizing Electrical Energy2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514023/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514023/"><img alt="Means for Utilizing Electrical Energy" title="Means for Utilizing Electrical Energy" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514023/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a means of using electricity more efficiently, which entails "utilizing the extra current generated by the break in the circuit of an electromagnetic apparatus" (lines 16-18). Illustrations included.</p>Track Fastener2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511588/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511588/"><img alt="Track Fastener" title="Track Fastener" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511588/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for railroad track fastener. This invention is made of metallic track fasteners and uses a joint for meeting together the ends of the rails. Illustration included.</p>Means for Utilizing Electrical Energy2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512207/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512207/"><img alt="Means for Utilizing Electrical Energy" title="Means for Utilizing Electrical Energy" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512207/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an apparatus which consists of an electric motor that is operated by a battery and is designed to use electricity more efficiently. Illustrations included.</p>Mail-Holder.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513480/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513480/"><img alt="Mail-Holder." title="Mail-Holder." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513480/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a mail holder which has slots for different types of mail organized by letter, which can be carried in the mail delivery vehicle thus letting the mail only be sorted once.</p>Post Hole Digger2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513715/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513715/"><img alt="Post Hole Digger" title="Post Hole Digger" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513715/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a post hole digger. Illustration included.</p>Timber Hewing Machine2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509048/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509048/"><img alt="Timber Hewing Machine" title="Timber Hewing Machine" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509048/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a timber hewing machine. This invention is designed for hewing timbers or railroad ties. Illustration included.</p>Tire-Setting Implement.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513899/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513899/"><img alt="Tire-Setting Implement." title="Tire-Setting Implement." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513899/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a tire setting tool, which resembles tongs for forcing the tire onto a metal vehicle wheel.</p>Support for Carriage Tops2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514601/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514601/"><img alt="Support for Carriage Tops" title="Support for Carriage Tops" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514601/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new and useful improvements in supports for carriage tops. This invention "consists in the features of construction hereinafter more particularly set forth and specifically claimed" (line 19-21).</p>Shingle-Machine2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509734/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509734/"><img alt="Shingle-Machine" title="Shingle-Machine" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509734/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a shingle machine that has a block for adjusting the angle of the log being cut.</p>Pot-Rack.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512532/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512532/"><img alt="Pot-Rack." title="Pot-Rack." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512532/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a pot-rack which can hold a scalding-crate, cooking-pan, or canning-machine in a boiler at any depth of one's choice, including illustrations. The pot-rack is simple in design, durable, and inexpensively manufactured.</p>Car Coupling.2011-08-04T17:55:08-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170292/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170292/"><img alt="Car Coupling." title="Car Coupling." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170292/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in a lever pivoted in the front of the top of the draw-head and provided at its outer end with an aperture, through which the coupling-pin is passed into the aperture in the draw-head, below which lever another lever is pivoted, hanging vertically across the front-opening of the draw-head, and provided at the upper part of its inner edge with a projection, so that when the coupling-link pushes the lower lever inward the upper lever and the pin are raised, and drop as soon as the link has passed into the draw-head" (lines 10-21).</p>Fruit-Picker.2011-08-04T17:55:08-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth173663/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth173663/"><img alt="Fruit-Picker." title="Fruit-Picker." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth173663/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an inexpensive, efficient, and durable fruit-picker that picks small fruit and does not bruise them. The picker is easily operated.</p>Dress-Chart.2011-08-04T17:55:08-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171067/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171067/"><img alt="Dress-Chart." title="Dress-Chart." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171067/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for dress-chart, with illustrations. The purpose of this dress-chart relating to "pattern charts for cutting any and all garments" regardless of man, woman, or child (lines 9-11).</p>Car-Coupling.2011-08-04T17:55:08-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170965/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170965/"><img alt="Car-Coupling." title="Car-Coupling." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170965/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to a car-coupling constructed with draw-heads having stationary hooks and recesses in their sides, and provided with pivoted hooks held in place by springs, and provided with a trip plate and lever, and with chains and a lever, whereby the cars will couple themselves when run together, can be readily uncoupled, will uncouple themselves when thrown from the track, and can be prevented from coupling when run together" (lines 23-32).</p>Car Coupling.2011-08-04T17:55:08-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172520/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172520/"><img alt="Car Coupling." title="Car Coupling." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172520/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design's "objects are, first, to couple cars of various altitudes; second, to couple the cars automatically; third, to uncouple from the top or side of the car; [and] fourth, to dispense with pins" (lines 16-20). It consists in a "draw-head [that] is provided with an elastic cover having a link-lifting arm secured thereto, a lever for oscillating said cover, performing the duplex function of disengaging the link and permitting its egress, a sloping projection from the base of said draw-head engaging the link on contact, and the bent link" (lines 51-58).</p>Cotton-Chopper.2011-08-04T17:55:08-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172846/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172846/"><img alt="Cotton-Chopper." title="Cotton-Chopper." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172846/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a device by which cotton can be easily, quickly and accurately chopped, "leaving cotton stands the distance apart for future cultivation and to insure the most rapid and satisfactory growth," (lines 13-16) including illustrations.</p>Improvement in Cotton-Presses.2011-08-04T17:55:08-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169864/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169864/"><img alt="Improvement in Cotton-Presses." title="Improvement in Cotton-Presses." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169864/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improvement to cotton presses, including an illustration.</p>Improvement in Cotton-Scrapers.2011-08-04T17:55:08-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169938/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169938/"><img alt="Improvement in Cotton-Scrapers." title="Improvement in Cotton-Scrapers." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169938/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improvement in the construction of cotton-scrapers, "which is secured to the stock or standard so as to project out to one side of the cultivator-shovel" (lines 14-16) including illustrations.</p>Burglar Alarm.2011-08-04T17:55:08-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170575/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170575/"><img alt="Burglar Alarm." title="Burglar Alarm." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170575/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new and improved burglar alarm. This design "consists in the combination of the lock-frame with a pivoted plate which is connected to it at one end, and which plate carries the nipple to receive the catch, and is provided with sharp points to catch in the jamb of the door, with a sidewise-moving trigger, which is operated by the door, and a set-screw for securing the lock-plate in position upon the door" (lines 13-21).</p>Combined Cotton, Corn,and Pea Planter and Fertilizer Distributer2011-08-04T17:55:08-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170665/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170665/"><img alt="Combined Cotton, Corn,and Pea Planter and Fertilizer Distributer" title="Combined Cotton, Corn,and Pea Planter and Fertilizer Distributer" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170665/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Combined Mowers and Seed Planter"(lines 5-6), including instructions and illustrations.</p>Car-Coupling.2011-08-04T17:55:08-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170435/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170435/"><img alt="Car-Coupling." title="Car-Coupling." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170435/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improved car coupling, including illustrations. "This invention relates to an improvement to car coupling, having for its object to effect the coupling of cars with facility and without danger to the operator, the coupling operation being performed automatically, and without requiring the passing of the operator between the cars" (lines 10-15).</p>Cotton Seed Planter.2011-08-04T17:55:08-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170140/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170140/"><img alt="Cotton Seed Planter." title="Cotton Seed Planter." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170140/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new and improved cotton-seed planter. This design "consists in the combination of a front pair of scraping-wings attached to a central furrow-opener, a revolving biconical wheel for pressing open the furrow and operating a toothed or spiked seed stirring and distributing shaft, and a rear covering-roller having a concave periphery" (lines 18-24).</p>