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States
Decade
Month
Improvement in Corn-Planters
Patent for a construction that will act as a plow, and aid in the process of planting corn. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
September 8, 1868
Creator:
Kidd, I. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Scrapers.
Patent for improvement in cotton-scrapers by using the combination of horizontal bars, cams, and a beam which consist of ploughs to construct the cotton-scraper; when the “cams revolve and give a lateral and forward motion to the horizontal bars, the beam and the ploughs. As it works backward and forward, the ploughs each describe a zigzag line which cross and leave a hill in diamond-shape undisturbed.” (Lines 21-24) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 28, 1868
Creator:
Kidd, I. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tanning.
Patent for improvements in tanning materials: "extractive matter for the manufacture of leather from the wood and bark of the mesquit - a tree of extensive growth on the prairies of western and north western Texas" (lines 9-13).
Date:
December 5, 1865
Creator:
Park, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvment in Cotton Cultivator.
Patent for improvements in cotton cultivators: "designed more especially for cultivating cotton, scraping the earth away from the young plants, and thinning out the same" (lines 11-12).
Date:
December 18, 1866
Creator:
Foster, A. K. & Foster, B. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vitreography.
Patent for an invention that is similar to an adhesive, which aids in the ornamentation of windows. The patent includes a description, instructions, but no illustration(s).
Date:
March 26, 1867
Creator:
Stremme, C. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Engines.
Patent for improvements in rotary engines.
Date:
June 5, 1866
Creator:
Hughes, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fences.
Patent for improvements in fences: "simple and cheap construction, strong, and durable" (lines 21-22).
Date:
August 28, 1866
Creator:
Seabaugh, Conrad
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Field Threshing-Machine.
Patent for "a new threshing-machine, which is arranged upon wheels, so that it can be drawn over the field" (lines 12-15) and make the process for which it was built: more efficient. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
December 31, 1867
Creator:
Tucker, A. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machine for Drawing and Spinning Cotton
Patent for a machine that improves the process of spinning and drawing cotton. The patent includes an illustration and instructions.
Date:
August 25, 1868
Creator:
Fuller, Jim B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Joining and Fitting Hoof-Hooks.
Patent for "a new and improved Hoof-Hook or cleaner, for cleaning the hoofs of horses and mules" (line 3) including instructions and an illustration.
Date:
September 15, 1868
Creator:
Stanley, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for a new cultivator in the form of a wheel, which includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
September 29, 1868
Creator:
Stroud, J. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Saw-Gummer.
Patent for a machine that uses a grindstone to sharpen rotary saws. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 4, 1865
Creator:
Fosterm A. K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Steering and Turning Apparatus for Vessels.
Patent for improvements in steering vessels: "by means of rotary paddle wheels the blades of which are arranged parallel to keel" (lines 21-23).
Date:
May 29, 1866
Creator:
Forshey, Caleb G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gun-Locks.
Patent for gun locks: "This invention relates to the arrangement of a complete hair trigger for Colt's revolving pistols, which is so constructed that it may be adjusted to anyone of said pistols without the assistance of a gunsmith, the only tool required for the purpose being a screw driver." (lines 21-26.)
Date:
September 11, 1866
Creator:
Schenck, F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Baling Press.
Patent for improvement in baling press "for compressing cotton, hay, and other substances for baling" (lines 10-11).
Date:
November 20, 1866
Creator:
Gillis, C. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cultivator.
Patent for improvements in cotton cultivators.
Date:
August 13, 1867
Creator:
Adams, Jesse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Mode of Extracting Essences.
Patent for improvements in extracting essences from objects inserted into a new contraption. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1867
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Coffee-Pot.
Patent for improvements to a coffee pot. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
August 20, 1867
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Planter and Cultivator.
Patent for "a simple, practical combined planter and cotton and corn cultivator, which shall be easily adjusted and operated, and shall be cheap and durable" (lines 11-12). The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
August 20, 1867
Creator:
Adams, Jesse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Ship-Viameter.
Patent for improvements in ship viameters.
Date:
August 27, 1867
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hot-Air, Steam, and Water-Gauge.
Patent for improvements in hot air, harmonic steam, and water gauges: "In this invention several tubes pass through the boiler, some under and some above the water, through which currents of air are induced by the heat of the water or steam surrounding them" (lines 8-9).
Date:
October 8, 1867
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harvesters.
Patent for improvements in mowers and reapers.
Date:
November 12, 1867
Creator:
Tucker, A. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.
Patent for improvements in cotton choppers.
Date:
April 28, 1868
Creator:
Kidd, I. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harvesters.
Patent for improvements in reaping and mowing machines.
Date:
May 5, 1868
Creator:
Ramsey, Jo.
System:
The Portal to Texas History