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18,572
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Rescuing Texas History, 2019
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The Civil War and its Aftermath: Diverse Perspectives
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States
Decade
Month
Curtain Holder.
Patent for a new and improved curtain-holder. This design "has relation to that class of curtain-holders which are adapted to hold or clasp the lower part of a window-curtain, so as to hold it up against the window frame or casing when it is desired to spread the curtains apart, and has for its object to so construct a device of that class that the holding hook or catch which clasps the folds of the curtain may be turned down so as to be out of the way when the device is not in use" (lines 22-31).
Date:
December 22, 1885
Creator:
Wilson, Nelse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "is to provide a device to enable the shovels of the cultivator to yield when they strike an immovable object—such as a stone or stump—and thereby prevent the cultivator-shovels from being broken, and more especially in time-saving in readjusting the shovel for plowing" (lines 14-20).
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Eubanks, Thomas Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "is to provide a cultivator adapted to receive a plow for breaking new land, a hopper for seeding purposes, and a leveler for breaking lumps and evening the furrows, a further object being to provide a light, durable, and economical cultivator for general farm use" (lines 16-22).
Date:
May 4, 1886
Creator:
Lloyd, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curry Comb.
Patent for a new and improved curry-comb. This design "has relation to that class of curry-combs provided with detachable and reversible handles, and has for its object to provide simple and effective means whereby the handle can be readily detached from the comb and replaced in a reverse position, or removed for the purpose of economizing for space in packing for transportation" (lines 17-24).
Date:
June 8, 1886
Creator:
Johnson, Thomas Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists "[i]n a garden cultivator, the frame having slotted arm [that is] journaled, clevis, standard with plow, slotted arm, and wheels . . . [and] handles, adjusted . . . to lower and raise said handles" (lines 59-67).
Date:
June 22, 1886
Creator:
Miltenberger, Emile Rudolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "is to provide an improved cultivator which can be very quickly and easily adjusted to adapt the device for marking out or laying off the roads or hills; to provide improved means whereby the shovels or blades are caused to always occupy the same relative position to each other, and adjust themselves when the beams of the harrow or cultivator are adjusted, and finally, to provide improved means for adjusting the shovels at any desired angle, so that they can enter or penetrate the soil to different depths" (lines 14-25).
Date:
November 23, 1886
Creator:
Sutton, James Macaulay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "the combination, with the frame bearing the standards, of caster-wheels provided with shanks, which are vertically journaled in the bars at each side of said frame and in the ends of the cross-bar, the hand-lever which is secured at the forward end of the beam and pivotally connected to the center of said cross-bar and provided with a slot near its free end, the segmental upright, and the spring" (lines 16-25).
Date:
March 29, 1887
Creator:
Brown, Thomas Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design has for its object "to render the points or shovels laterally adjustable with relation to each other and the plow-beam and to render the side rows of points or shovels reversible in position on the plow-beam" (lines 19-23).
Date:
March 29, 1887
Creator:
Kirven, Peter E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "ha[s] for its object the provision of strong and reliable means whereby any desired number of plow-shovels may be used and the distance between the said plows regulated or adjusted at will by very simple means. A further object is to provide means to enable all the plows, excepting two, to be removed, to adapt the device to be used to lay off rows at a predetermined distance apart to prepare for sowing" (lines 9-19).
Date:
August 16, 1887
Creator:
Sutton, James Macaulay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Current Regulator for Dynamo Electric Machines.
Patent for a new and improved current regulator. This design "pertains to that class of regulators in which the collecting brushes of the commutator are automatically moved around the commutator and caused to occupy different positions relatively to the maximum lines of the magnetic field between the poles and the armature; and it embraces a novel method of controlling the movement of the brushes to compensate for variations in the speed of the machine and regulate the current in accordance with the work to be done" (lines 11-21).
Date:
February 14, 1888
Creator:
Crowdus, Walter A. & Sutton, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a flat shovel and a shank, of the bead on said shovel having a transverse slot therethrough, a slotted wedge inserted between said shovel and shank, and a bolt passing through said bead, wedge, and shank" (lines 95-100).
Date:
April 10, 1888
Creator:
East, Elias
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Currycomb and Brush
Patent for a curry comb and brush. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Endsley, Horace F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator with adjustable teeth positions to allow for variation in distance between rows or different types of crops.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Vance, Sidney, F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator
Patent for a cultivator for carrying plows. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 29, 1910
Creator:
Stovall, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Covering-Machine.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in rag joiners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 4, 1899
Creator:
Vining, Lucinda
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator and Distributer.
Patent for a cotton elevating and distributing device, one that feeds cotton to multiple gins at the same time. This device is meant to save time and be simply and efficiently constructed.
Date:
November 17, 1896
Creator:
Elliott, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator and Distributer.
Patent for cotton elevators and distributors "whereby the cotton and air shall be separated in a simple and efficient manner and the air discharged from the suction-fan with the least possible degree of friction and back pressure." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1897
Creator:
Griffin, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Compress
Patent for a cotton compress. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 17, 1912
Creator:
Mode, Marshall M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator, Cleaner, and Feeder.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton elevators, cleaners, and feeders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 24, 1898
Creator:
Seifert, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Elevator.
Patent for improvement in cotton-elevators by providing means for the air-conduit and the cotton-conduit to communicate with the body of the elevator; and means for the air-conduit to communicate directly to the cotton conduit in order to effectively and uniformly distribute the cotton when fed to the gins. Thus preventing the cotton from being fed unevenly, which would clog and otherwise retard the action of the gins. (Lines 11-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 9, 1900
Creator:
Williams, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Condenser.
Patent for a cotton condenser that can receive lint cotton and form it into a continuous bat so that it can be passed from condenser to compress. It provides better quality of lint that is formed into the bat by removing dust and inferior fibers.
Date:
May 30, 1911
Creator:
Reagan, Edgar U. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin
Patent for a new and improved cotton-gin, where the rollers, feed devices, and blades will be vertically disposed and arranged in groups, and which will also simplify the construction of cotton-gins.
Date:
February 19, 1901
Creator:
Wentworth, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator and Gin Feeder
Patent for a cotton elevator and gin feeder. Illustration included.
Date:
May 24, 1904
Creator:
Sory, Benjamin D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin
Patent for a cotton gin which removes lint with air pressure. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 26, 1909
Creator:
Epps, Clinton Calvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History