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Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds.
Patent for a "compound for killing the cotton-worm and other insects that infest, eat, and damage the leaves of the cotton-plant," which "consists in combining a poisonous, an adhesive, and a diffusive ingredient in one and the same compound." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 17, 1873
Creator:
Royall, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combination Locks.
Patent for combination latch-locks, "in such manner as that the knob-latch, while performing its special function, will also serve as the lock upon any combination to which it may be adjusted, and the said latch can be operated from either the outside or inside of the door as a latch simply, or as a combination lock, which latter is further secured from the inside by the employment of a safety pin, rendering the bolt in its locked position perfectly secure, while by its partial withdrawal it prevents the possible change of the combination from the outside, and admits of the free use of the latch independent of such combination." (Lines 29-42) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 1, 1873
Creator:
Hall, Phidello W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Spades and Forks.
Patent for a new improved and combined spade and fork to be used as a spade. It "consists in a sheet-metal sheath or pocket adapted to receive a fork and be secured" (lines 16-18 ) including illustrations.
Date:
July 15, 1873
Creator:
Stone, Heber
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for improved cotton-bale tie with a small s-shaped bar and cross-ribs on the bands.
Date:
August 5, 1873
Creator:
Crone, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plow-Couplings.
Patent for a new and useful Improvement in Plow-Coupling including illustration.
Date:
August 19, 1873
Creator:
Thrasher, Thomas L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for a new and valuable improvement in Cotton-Bale Tie, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 2, 1873
Creator:
Starr, Henry D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.
Patent for a press that reduces the bulk of cotton, "allowing it to be baled into convenient form for transportation. It consists in a novel mode of attaching the side of the press-box, so that they can be speedily thrown down from the cotton after compression to allow its convenient manipulation. It also consists in a new mode of connecting the follower with its superposed lever, so that it can be readily turned up out of the way when the cotton is being filled into the press-box. It also consists in a peculiar mode of combining lever and the two followers to clamp and press the cotton in between them as if in a vise." (Lines 13-26) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 22, 1873
Creator:
Nelson, David A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties
Patent for Improvement in the fastening of the metal bands used to tie cotton bales. Includes detailed description and three labled figures
Date:
July 31, 1873
Creator:
Cromer, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.
Patent for an improvement of a baling press where the upright framing timbers allows any quantity of cotton to be placed in the bale and creates a uniformity of weight.
Date:
July 5, 1873
Creator:
Müller, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Policemen's Batons.
Patent for an improved policemen's baton made of flexible material, such as india-rubber or gutta-percha, and sometimes an interior metal stem. Using a flexible material makes the baton elastic enough so that no serious injury can be caused, yet it is still effective. Illustration included.
Date:
October 14, 1873
Creator:
Beery, Simon & McDonald, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compounds of Bitumen, Ore, &c.
Patent for a new compound called Bitumenated Ore. "The product is a dense, durable, and economical composition, suitable for both small and massive structures, and for plastering and other purposes." (Lines 66-29)
Date:
November 11, 1873
Creator:
Lea, Pryor
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Corn Planters.
Patent for improvement to cotton and corn planters, including a hinged or pivoted frame to carry the plows which can be adjusted by foot levers. Illustration included.
Date:
November 11, 1873
Creator:
Penington, Asa, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Portable Fences.
Patent for "a simple, cheap, and portable fence...which can be readily folded up for transportation from place to place." (Lines 11-13) Illustration included.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Taylor, Byron L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for improving cotton bale ties with buckle-tie plate and zinc-galvanized iron wire.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Quarles, Fred.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Adjustable Hats.
Patent for a mechanism improving the ability to adjust the shape of a hat to fit different sized heads. The patent is for an "adjustable attachment for enlarging and contracting" the hat's design.
Date:
August 30, 1873
Creator:
Cassiano, Ygnacio I.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combination-Padlocks.
Patent for "a padlock in which the permutation locking device is not permanently connected to the hasp; and said invention consists of a permutation device the fixed ends whereof are provided with sockets to receive the ends of a separate hasp, and be locked therewith by a notched bolt passing through the permutation device and both ends of the hasp, whereby the usual hinged connection of the parts is avoided, and the padlock made more secure and cheaper than when the parts are permanently united." (Lines 6-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 23, 1873
Creator:
Hall, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroying Attachments for Cultivators.
Patent for "a fan or blower conjoined with a box containing any of the various powdered poisons used for destroying vermin which infest growing plants, as cotton, potatoes, &c., operated by a pulley and band, running from the axle of the blower to a wheel on the supporting-axle of the cultivator, seeder, or other machine to which the apparatus may be attached." (Lines 19-27) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 30, 1873
Creator:
Hurd, Charles T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Choppers
Patent for improvement in cotton choppers creating a more effective machine relating to the cultivating and chopping of cotton. Includes labeled figures and descriptive text
Date:
August 16, 1873
Creator:
Garrett, Joseph M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating car-axles
Patent for an improvement in axle lubrication involving an oil-elevator, axle-box and journal-box. Includes illustrations.
Date:
January 7, 1873
Creator:
Morris, Joseph R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for a new and improved baling-press including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 30, 1873
Creator:
Jackson, Thomas R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Presses
Patent for an improvement in cotton and hay presses.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Leoneard, Thomas Dunlap
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Plows.
Patent for improvements in plows with removable curved flanges.
Date:
July 29, 1873
Creator:
Sims, Zachariah B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bleaching Resins.
Patent for a process to "bleach, clarify, and refine the commonest and lowest grade of resin, and such is now known to the trade as black resin, as to produce therefrom, by a cheap and simple means or process, an article as pure as extra pale, or resin which is the product of the virgin dip, and which for use in all the arts where the finest quality of resin is desirable or required, is equally as valuable." (Lines 14-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 27, 1873
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bridges.
Patent for an improvement in Bridges and Self-Supporting Roofs and Girders. The invention provides instruction for "the construction of truss-bridges and self supporting roofs and girders"..."by nailing or bolting securely together successive layers of plank joined at different points."
Date:
May 26, 1873
Creator:
Davis, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History