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Improvement in Cotton and Corn Planters.
Patent for a new and improved cotton and corn planter design with an axle that has agitators, including illustrations.
Date:
December 10, 1878
Creator:
Hall, James Madison
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Condensers.
Patent to improve the compressing-roller design in a cotton gin, to keep the mechanisms from clogging. This is an addition to a previous patent by the same inventor that improved methods of cleaning the cotton. It includes an explanation with references, and illustrations.
Date:
December 10, 1878
Creator:
Donovan, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for a new and improved Shovel-Cultivator design with adjustable parts and various shapes of shovels, including illustrations.
Date:
December 10, 1878
Creator:
Smith, Matthew
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Addressing-Machines.
Patent for a new and improved design of addressing-machine which is intended for use in newspaper offices and business purposes in general. It includes illustrations.
Date:
December 17, 1878
Creator:
Piner, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wood Pavements.
Patent for a new and improved construction of Bois D'Arc Pavement, which uses two layers of planks that cross at right angle as a base, sand to hold bois d'arc blocks in place and fill gaps in between, and coal-tar covering planks to prevent sand from shifting. It includes illustrations.
Date:
January 14, 1879
Creator:
Shellenberger, Samuel Luther
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Grub-Plow and Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a device to remove grubs from soil, which consists of an adjustable gage-wheel and a cutter to remove grubs and to cut roots. The cutter can be also used to cut cotton-stalks. It includes illustrations.
Date:
January 14, 1879
Creator:
Talley, Reuben Jones
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Door-Securers.
Patent for a new and improved safety-locks for doors which consists of only three parts: a screw with sharp points, a nut, and a guard pivoted to the nut. It includes illustrations.
Date:
January 21, 1879
Creator:
Hine, Miller J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Shawl-Strap and Head-Rest
Patent for a head rest to be used in cars and other places and can be attached to a seat or shawl, including illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1879
Creator:
McLane, Hiram H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design utilizes a strap-iron binder with notches along the sides that allow for a bail to clamp firmly within them; thus, the bale is fastened.
Date:
December 30, 1879
Creator:
Johnson, Jordan
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton - Bale Ties
Patent for tying the ends of cotton bale wires or bands.
Date:
September 22, 1874
Creator:
Szabo, Alexander A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bale-tie that eliminates the need for buckles. This design achieves this with a hook and a U-shaped piece of iron to be riveted to the band, thus fastening the bale without buckles.
Date:
January 29, 1878
Creator:
Lenard, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Driving Light Machinery from an Irregular Power.
Patent for light machinery that runs on irregular power. Device stores power produced by wind-wheel.
Date:
March 19, 1878
Creator:
Everhart, Martin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machine.
Patent for a new and improved band-cutting and feeding attachment for thrashing machines. This design receives grain bundles "upon an endless traveling apron provided with teeth or claws, and by it conveyed under rotary cutters, which sever the bands, the grain being then scattered or spread out by a vibrating rake into a thin sheet as it passes to the toothed cylinder. The invention relates more particularly to the construction and arrangement of parts" (paras. 3-4).
Date:
November 27, 1877
Creator:
O'Neall, James Madison
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-tie
Patent for improvement in the construction of hooks used to join the ends of ties "for packages or bales of cotton, hemp, rags, or other substances in which a divided metallic band or hoop encircling the package or bale is used, and the ends whereof are joined by a hook at one end of said band, arranged to interlock with any one of a series of mortises in the other end of the band" (para. 2).
Date:
August 8, 1876
Creator:
Davis, Waters S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Gin Flues
Patent for a new and improved cotton ginning appartatus using a set a valves to throw lint-cotton into different rooms without stopping the gin (line 2), including illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1872
Creator:
Gaines, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Steaming and Cleansing Barrels, & c.
Patent for an improved apparatus for steaming and cleaning barrels for the reception of resin, turpentine, oils, molasses, sirups, and other like liquids.
Date:
May 5, 1873
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Extension Hat-Brims.
Patent for a "new and Improved Extension Hat Brim" (lines 3-4) with folding arms to extend the brim, including illustrations.
Date:
July 8, 1873
Creator:
Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Bale-Rolling Attachment for Compress.
Patent for improvement in automatic bale-rolling attachments for compressors.
Date:
September 21, 1875
Creator:
Reisel, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Transmitting Power.
Patent for a new invention which uses a combination of radiation and levers in order more efficiently transmit power. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 8, 1870
Creator:
Williams, Blasius
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planters.
Patent for improvement in corn and cotton planting machinery, including illustrations.
Date:
August 20, 1872
Creator:
Svenson, Bengt Johan
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheel-Plows
Patent for a wheel plow designed to be simple, durable, easily controlled, and of light draft.
Date:
June 19, 1877
Creator:
Amonett, Ammon A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Water-Wheels.
Patent for improvements in the construction of water-wheels, including illustrations.
Date:
January 8, 1878
Creator:
Cross, David L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Whiffletree-Fastenings.
Patent for the improvement of whiffletree fastenings, relating to the means by which single-trees are attached to a double-tree. It includes a description and illustration.
Date:
June 11, 1872
Creator:
Ahrenbeck, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles.
Patent for new and useful improvement in wagon hubs that includes one-piece attachment and spokes that can be cut by metal strips by exposed to no injury, including illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1873
Creator:
McNalley, Michael
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History