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Improvement in Hand-Vises.
Patent for hand vise to use as a tool for mechanics to hold small articles, can be attached to bits or augers for gauging the depth of a hole bored, and also for countersinking such holes for screws.
Date:
November 19, 1872
Creator:
Overton, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for "a new buckle or tie for holding the ends of the bands of cotton-bales" (lines 18-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 19, 1871
Creator:
Brown, Floyd G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Methods of Forming Saw-Teeth.
Patent for "a rule for giving to the backs of saw-teeth such an angle as will allow the teeth to be made of proper strength and at the same time to be chambered out and pointed so that they will cut the wood like chisels instead of scraping or tearing the wood." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 19, 1871
Creator:
Littlepage, Caleb V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saws.
Patent for improvements to circular or straight saws that steady the saw and prevent vibration and buckling. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 19, 1871
Creator:
Littlepage, Caleb V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Soldering-Irons.
Patent for "an apparatus to be used with the common soldering-iron, whereby the same can be heated and kept heated continually while the iron is used." (Lines 6-9) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 19, 1871
Creator:
Williams, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators.
Patent for the improvement of wheel-cultivators, combining a plow and cultivator. It includes a description and illustration.
Date:
September 19, 1871
Creator:
Viars, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Scrapers.
Patent for the improvement of a cotton scraper "for general cultivation of drill-husbandry" (lines 17-18) and cotton crops, including illustration.
Date:
February 19, 1861
Creator:
Shepard, Josiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Extracting Cotton and Corn Stalks.
Patent for the improvement of pulling the roots of cotton and corn stalks while minimizing the damage to the soil, including illustration.
Date:
February 19, 1861
Creator:
Bishop, Josiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Excavating and Grading Machine.
Patent for a cultivating machine that pulverizes colds of soil using a revolving cylinder of blades, including illustration.
Date:
July 19, 1859
Creator:
Morrel, Z. N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Gins.
Patent for the improvement of the cotton-gin by the arrangement of two cylindrical brushes and rollers to reduce damaging the staple of the cotton, illustrations included.
Date:
April 19, 1859
Creator:
Gottheil, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History