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Improvement in Machines for Distributing Fertilizers.
Patent for the improvement of fertilizer-distributer which dispense fertilizers from a hopper with revolving arms that is mounted on top of a plow like machine, which would allow the fertilizers fall into the furrow. Including illustration.
Date:
September 27, 1859
Creator:
Morrel, Z. N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Securing Iron Bands on Cotton-Bales.
Patent for the improvement of cotton-bale fastenings by using a metal plate and a flange to fasten and unfasten the bale without any other tools and with ease. Including illustration.
Date:
September 27, 1859
Creator:
Pyle, C. W.
System:
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Improvement in Kilns.
Patent for an improvement in the construction of kilns.
Date:
September 27, 1870
Creator:
Taylor, Peter C.
System:
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Improvement in Permutation Locks.
Patent for improvements to permutation locks by various means.
Date:
September 27, 1870
Creator:
Hall, William
System:
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Improvement in Trusses.
Patent for improvements in the wiring and metal plates in self-adjusting trusses.
Date:
September 27, 1870
Creator:
Baker, William
System:
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Improvement in Washing-Machines.
Patent for the improvement of the structure of washing machines. The illustration and description show that an improved washing machine, formed by the combination of the open or ribbed roller F F and handles G g1 g2 with the box A B and perforated false bottom E.
Date:
September 27, 1870
Creator:
Harper, Elijah S.
System:
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Safety Spout for Lamps.
Patent for a new and improved safety spout for lamps. This design is for an angled tube with a mouth to receive oil and a threaded end to screw onto an oil lamp. This allows for the lamp to be safely refilled while lit.
Date:
September 27, 1881
Creator:
Ingle, Ezra W.
System:
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Car Berth.
Patent for a new and improved car berth. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a car formed with an opening, recess, or compartment, of a berth consisting of a series of parallel slats connected together by flexible connections and adapted to be rolled up . . . and end supports adapted to be independently folded each upon itself, so that they may be concealed below the rolled berth, the inner side of the berth and the inner ends of the supports being secured within the opening" (lines 49-58).
Date:
September 27, 1887
Creator:
Tull, Francis Schales
System:
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Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "the link having a hooked front end, the lever, spring between the front end of the lever and the link, slide-bar pivoted to the rear end of the lever, the spring-actuated latch on the said bar, having the pin thereon to engage in a socket in the bottom of the car, and the retractile spring at the outer end of the lever" (lines 11-19).
Date:
September 27, 1887
Creator:
Stovall, John David & Whittington, William Calvin
System:
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Washing-Machine
Patent for a new clothes washing-machine, with illustrations.
Date:
September 27, 1887
Creator:
Schrib, Juni.
System:
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Carrier Iron for Draw Bars.
Patent for a new and improved carrier iron for draw-bars. This design "is to provide an improved draw-bar support exceedingly strong and durable in construction and very cheap and simple which will prevent spreading of the draft-timbers or sagging of the draw-bar and which can be reversed" (lines 19-24). It consists in "[t]he combination, in a car, of the draft-timbers, the draw-bar between the same, and the loop-shaped carrier-iron in one piece embracing said timbers and passing above and below and supporting the draw-bar and secured to said timbers by bolts" (lines 78-83).
Date:
September 27, 1892
Creator:
Minton, William Dryden & Douglas, Alexander Stewart
System:
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Gate.
Patent for an improvement to gates so as "to simplify and improve the construction of swinging gates and to enable the same to be readily operated without necessitating a persons leaving a vehicle or dismounting" (lines 9-13).
Date:
September 27, 1892
Creator:
Smith, Thomas M.
System:
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Insecticide Distributor.
Patent for a new and improved bug sprayer. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a base, a bellows mounted thereon, a receptacle arranged in advance of the bellows and adapted to contain poison to be distributed, a forwardly-projecting discharge-tube, laterally-extending discharge-tubes comprising inner rigid sections, outer rigid sections having series of discharge-nozzles, and flexible couplings connecting the rigid sections, and the braces having their inner ends pivoted to the base and their outer ends pivoted to the outer sections and supporting the same" (lines 75-86).
Date:
September 27, 1892
Creator:
Talley, Reuben J.
System:
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Pump.
Patent for "a pump that is simple, durable, and efiicient, which can be manufactured at a comparatively small cost, and which can be readily cleaned and repaired. It consists, preferably, in a double-cylinder pump that is adapted to operate by a direct lift without a valve in the plunger" (lines 8-15).
Date:
September 27, 1892
Creator:
Tom, Joseph C.
System:
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Vest and Drawers Holder.
Patent for new and improved suspenders. This design consists, "[a]s an improved article of manufacture, the vest and drawers holder . . . consisting of the main bar having the arm bent downward from its upper end and provided with a clasp for connecting with the drawers, the main bar being also provided near its upper and lower ends with safety-pins for connection with the vest" (lines 60-67).
Date:
September 27, 1892
Creator:
Lustig, Albert
System:
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Wire Stretcher and Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher and fastener. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a bar constructed of metal and provided at one end with a claw and having its other end bent at right angles to form an arm provided with a slot or bifurcation forming prongs, one of the prongs being longer than the other, the stud secured to the bar on the side opposite the arm and arranged adjacent to the same and forming a hammer-head, and a handle arranged on the same side of the stud and located adjacent to the claw" (lines 55-65).
Date:
September 27, 1892
Creator:
Chamberlain, George
System:
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Cultivator.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 27, 1898
Creator:
Owens, John H.
System:
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Design for a Clothes-Pounder.
Design patent for a clothes-pounder that consists of a hollow conical body provided at an immediate point with a downwardly-dished diaphragm.
Date:
September 27, 1898
Creator:
Crooker, Heman D.
System:
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Portable Folding Mirror-Stand.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements portable folding mirror stands, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 27, 1898
Creator:
Lane, Sophie A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Protecting Shores.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in protections for river banks and coast washing, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 27, 1898
Creator:
Brooks, Samuel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Clamp.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in rail clamps or braces, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 27, 1898
Creator:
Henigan, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine.
Patent for a new and improved rotary engine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 27, 1898
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine.
Patent for a new and improved rotary engine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 27, 1898
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
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Spring Attachment for Suspenders.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in springs attachments for suspenders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 27, 1898
Creator:
Lightner, Charles E.
System:
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