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Improvement in Gang-Plows.
Patent for "a novel means of hanging the gang of plows beneath the draft-frame, in combination with levers and link-connections, whereby the plows can be adjusted to run at any desired depth, and firmly held after the adjustment." (Lines 18-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 21, 1875
Creator:
McCormick, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gang and Sulky Plows.
Patent for improvements in gang and sulky plows which "consists in an axle having the double crank of the transporting-wheel journaled upon the outer bend of said crank, working between the side beams of the plow-frame, and the connecting-rods pivoted, respectively, to the said bars and to the end and inner bend of said crank" (lines 17-23). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 8, 1878
Creator:
McCormick, John Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 4, 1908
Creator:
Gauntt, Granville B. & Floeckinger, Frank C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for an improved cotton-chopper, which includes a vertical swinging movement, as well as a wheel at its base which, and has a chopper shaft that may be depressed by the feet of the operator so that the chopper can operate even on uneven ground.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Baker, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wedge Cutter
Patent for a device that cuts wood into different sized wedges. This is a device used in the construction industry.
Date:
July 14, 1915
Creator:
Echols, Elijah B. & Zindler, Herman J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for a new and improved acetylene gas generator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 26, 1899
Creator:
Walters, Loren B.; Davis, Will H. & Hawkins, Augustus L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Derailing Frog
Patent for a derailing frog. Illustration included.
Date:
June 20, 1905
Creator:
Bain, William Y.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator
Patent for an acetylene-gas generator which automatically feeds carbid to the generator and in which the gas generated is washed within the bell.
Date:
August 21, 1906
Creator:
Nunn, John W. & Griffin, Thomas D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Cooling Milk and Butter.
Patent for improvements in devices for cooling milk and butter by using textile materials to cover the buckets or pails that contain milk or butter or other food articles, then saturated these textile covered buckets or pails with water; thus reducing the temperature of the articles contained in the buckets or pails, owing to evaporation. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 21, 1891
Creator:
Hall, Charles T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Desk Attachment for Chairs
Patent for a desk attachment for beds or chairs for which any seated article of furniture can be turned into a desk and adjusted forward or vertically for comfort.
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Hutton, Milton C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cuspidor.
Patent for a simple cupsidor that attaches to the floor of railway cars and other places and can be easily cleaned. They are designed to be installed in a line and connected so they can be opened and cleaned at the same time. A valve and a tube hold and empty the contents of the cupsidor.
Date:
May 16, 1893
Creator:
Simmons, David Pitman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saddle-Blankets
Patent for improvement of saddle blankets through use of a layering of canvas and rubber. Illustrations of blanket in multiple profiles included.
Date:
December 5, 1876
Creator:
McCormick, John Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Walking-Planters
Patent for improvements of a new walking planter where the design is much improved to that of the cotton planters. The new improvements of the walking planter are much safer because of the hopper that is in the new and improved equipment, including illustrations.
Date:
August 20, 1877
Creator:
Brown, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be cheap and simple in its construction and thoroughly effective in its operation. The invention consists in the improved construction and combinations of parts" (lines 10-15).
Date:
May 13, 1884
Creator:
Smoot, John Devers
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvement in car-coupler particularly to that known as “swing-pin.” This is how it works “a pin comprises a pin proper whose upper end is connected by a chain with the front end of the arm on a horizontal rod. The body of this pin passes through a catch, from which it may be removed.” (Lines 40-45) “The catch has a transverse pin and a rounded upper edge, terminating in a shoulder at its front end and a tongue at its rear end.” (Lines 46-49) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 15, 1891
Creator:
Harrington, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for improvements in cotton-choppers by "providing a frame in which is journaled the shaft carrying the cutting-wheel, which derives its motion through connection with the traction-wheels, the said shaft being arranged at an angle to the line of travel of the machine and connected by knuckle or swivel joint with a shaft comprising a part of the driving mechanism.” (Lines 19-26) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 27, 1891
Creator:
Poole, Luther M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper that is "cheap, durable, have as few parts as practicable, and be easily assembled" (lines 13-15). The device uses hoe-carrying shafts and a main-drive shaft, and the hoes elevate and depress to chop the cotton.
Date:
May 4, 1897
Creator:
Moore, John Neally
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a new and improved Cotton Chopper, which explains what it is used for and what the new improvements are.
Date:
October 19, 1897
Creator:
Hyland, Robert R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Planter.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corn an cotton planters. This design is to " provide the same with a sweep or plow which travels in front of the seeder or planter mechanism to open a furrow" (line 13 - 16).
Date:
January 25, 1898
Creator:
Wendeborn, Ernest Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Hyland, Robert R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper, which attaches to a sulky cultivator.
Date:
March 1, 1910
Creator:
Bunnell, Marcellus Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling
Patent for a new coupling mechanism that will automatically couple railway cars together without human assistance.
Date:
July 19, 1892
Creator:
Faubion, John, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clamp
Patent for a clamp. This invention is used for pump-rods, well-tubes, and like implements. Illustration included.
Date:
February 12, 1907
Creator:
Imhoff, Louis P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for a car-coupling that "will greatly simplify the construction and facilitate the operation thereof by providing levers upon the end of the car" (lines 14-17); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 29, 1900
Creator:
Asher, Albert J. & Gautt, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History