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Improvement in Cotton-Cultivator.
Patent for improvements in cotton cultivators.
Date:
August 13, 1867
Creator:
Adams, Jesse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.
Patent for an improvement in cotton and hay presses with elevated levers. It includes a description and illustrations.
Date:
November 21, 1871
Creator:
Sivley, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Millstone-Dress.
Patent for an improved millstone dress which allows "the grain [to be] more thoroughly ground, and a larger product of flour [to be] obtained from a given quantity of grain." (Lines 11-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 24, 1868
Creator:
Gaines, James W.
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Levers for Presses.
Patent for improvements on locks and fasteners of shutters.
Date:
March 3, 1873
Creator:
Gates, Joseph P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns.
Patent for improving a butter church mechanism.
Date:
September 24, 1872
Creator:
Messick, William P. & Messick, Harvey T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling-press meant to bale cotton. In this machine, "the power as applied to the plunger is increased in proportion to the resistance offered by the material being baled and whereby the forward movement of the plunger is automatically checked at the limit of its path and is returned to its initial positioin without effort upon the part of the operator" (lines 10-17).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Anderson, Alva E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bit for Well-Drilling Apparatus.
Patent for an expansion bit for a well-drilling apparatus that can be "adjusted and removed without without withdrawing the well tubing, and to provide means whereby a bit capable of drilling a hole sufficiently larger than the well tubing to accommodate a casing may be introduced through the tubing" (lines 11-16).
Date:
April 3, 1894
Creator:
Horton, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling-press for cotton and uses a compression chamber and a head or compressor block to compress the cotton. The invention is more effective and more expeditious than other baling-presses.
Date:
June 5, 1894
Creator:
Anderson, Alva E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design relates "especially to that class known as 'gravity-pin supports;' and the object thereof is to provide improved means for supporting the pin so that it can be operated from the top of the car, or so that it will drop automatically when two cars come together" (lines 9-14). It consists, "with the coupling-pin and a supporting-arm pivotally connected to the draw-head and to the upper end of said pin, of a weight carried by said arm, and means . . . for supporting said weight and for tripping it" (lines 6-12).
Date:
November 18, 1890
Creator:
Epperson, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvements in car-couplings by using a combination of “a rod pivoted at its front end to the side of the draw-head and pivotally connected at its rear end..... when the draw-head is driven to the rear by the force of the blow received in coupling with another draw-head, the lug will be pressed to the front,” (lines 30-40) illustration is included.
Date:
March 17, 1891
Creator:
Bright, Tom Full
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clevis.
Patent for improvements in clevises in which a clevis can be used upon plows or harrows. When it is used, it “will obviate the necessity of using links or open rings in connection with the clevis and the singletree, as well as enable the plowman to cause his plow to run in the soil any desired depth or to cut a narrow or wide furrow.” (Lines 16-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 28, 1891
Creator:
Bruton, Alonzo D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound for Removing Grease and Stains.
Patent for a compound to remove grease and stains from wood and fabric. Includes instructions.
Date:
August 21, 1891
Creator:
Cox, George S. & Lewis, Georgia M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Bed Elevator
Patent for a wagon-bed elevator that "is to provide an elevator for wagon-beds by means of which a single person can raise the bed from the wagon to any desired height and leave it suspended in position where it can be readily lowered upon the wagon again at any time" (p. 2).
Date:
July 24, 1888
Creator:
Holliday, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus.
Patent for an improved, simple, and efficient well sinking or drilling mechanism, especially meant for bit-securing devices, and the drill bits can be easily removed without removing the well tubing from the hole. The inventor uses "a stem or core carrying the drill bit and adapted to fit snugly in the bore of the tubing, together with a simple combination of devices whereby such stem or core can be locked against longitudinal and rotary movement by the manipulation of an operating rod which extends to the top of the well" (lines 16-22).
Date:
May 8, 1894
Creator:
Horton, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus.
Patent for an Artesian or oil well drilling apparatus that has a detachable drill-bit in its tubing and has an "improved means whereby an expansion drill bit or blade of any preferred construction can be secured to or detached from the drill tubing without removing the latter from the well" (lines 12-15). The tubing does not accidentally detach, and the tubing can rotate in either direction.
Date:
October 2, 1894
Creator:
Horton, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus.
Patent for a well-drilling apparatus that easily attaches drill-bits to the ends of drill-tubes without removing the tubes from the well. It is meant for Artesian well-boring machines.
Date:
April 9, 1895
Creator:
Horton, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus.
Patent for a well-drilling apparatus meant "to provide improved means for adjusting and withdrawing drill-tools without removing the drill-rod to provide a folding reamer and means for adjusting the blades thereof, and to provide means for conveying water to the drill, whereby the drillings are carried up outside of the drill-rod or barrel" (lines 9-16).
Date:
December 24, 1895
Creator:
Horton, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus.
Patent for a well-drilling apparatus for boring Artesian and other wells. It is meant to "provide simple, efficient, and durable means for expanding or spreading the reamer-blades after the bit-carrying devices have been lowered sufficiently to arrange the reamer-blades below the plane of the lower end of the tubular drill-rod" (lines 10-17). Water pressure is also used to remove the cuttings from the boring-blades. Sections of cable that suspend and lower drill-bit carrying parts into the drill-rod are supported, and sections of drill-rod can be attached and added to the drill-rod. The method of securing the reamer-blades to the reamer-stock is improved with this patent. The parts fit snugly together and prevent water from getting into the drill-rod.
Date:
February 18, 1896
Creator:
Horton, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap.
Patent for "a trap of the character mentioned simple and efficient means for closing the entrance thereof, whereby an animal or fowl passing therethrough shall be prevented returning, and thus be held in the trap, and, further, to so construct such means as to permit the door of the trap remaining in an open position except when the animal or fowl attempts to pass out through the same, thereby affording a free passage to the interior of the trap and presenting and inducement for other animals or fowls to enter." (Lines 13-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 19, 1897
Creator:
Williams, Lloyd Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hunting Lamp.
Patent for a new and improved lantern for hunting. This design "is to produce a light, cheap, and convenient lamp that can be carried upon the head with greater comfort, and at the same time be more efficient than any heretofore known" (lines 10-13).
Date:
December 20, 1881
Creator:
Brittan, Edward H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Compress.
Patent for a simple, strong, durable, and powerful steam-powered compress for cotton bales that compresses them into standard size and density.
Date:
April 4, 1893
Creator:
Bryant, William hodge
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Extinguishing Fire
Patent for a method to extinguish fire. In a fire event, a container holding sulfur and alum is added to a tank holding water, soda and salt which will create pressure and eject the water in the tank.
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Millis, Hiram S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle.
Patent for a new and improved puzzle. This design consists in a "trick-puzzle, the same consisting of one false and three true members, each of a stiff wire bent at its center into a loop or ring, with its ends extending therefrom and standing approximately parallel, the bends of the true members being in one direction and of the false member in the opposite direction" (lines 5-12).
Date:
July 12, 1892
Creator:
Walker, William Turner.
System:
The Portal to Texas History