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Saw Gummer.
Patent for a new and improved saw gummer. This design "is to improve the action and prolong the usefulness of the bit and dies, and to prevent the clippings from interfering with the operation of the machine" (lines 26-29).
Date:
July 28, 1885
Creator:
Clopton, John Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle for Cotton Pickers.
Patent for a new and improved vehicle for picking cotton. This design "consists in a three-wheeled vehicle provided with a seat, in combination with a suitable frame which is supported at one end upon two wheels, and which is loosely attached at its other end to the axle of the three-wheeled vehicle, and which is used for carrying the bag or basket which is to hold the cotton . . . thus enabl[ing] persons to pick cotton who have weak backs" (lines 15-28).
Date:
February 27, 1883
Creator:
Reid, John Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin Saw Gummer.
Patent for a new and improved gin saw gummer. This design "consists in constructing a gin-saw gummer of a base-block, having a slot to receive the saw, and carrying the dics or stationary cutters, the guide-bar and shoe, the weight-bar, the pivoted bar, carrying the cutter and the gage, the lever and cam for operating the cutter-bar, and the feed mechanism" (lines 23-29).
Date:
March 1, 1881
Creator:
Clopton, John Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Telegraph-Sounder
Patent for "a sounder wherein a finger-lever and sounding-lever are combined together with a spring" (lines 13-15) and is "adapted for the use of learners for practicing the manipulation of a telegraph finger-key" (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 22, 1880
Creator:
Clopton, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for an improved washing machine: "The invention consists in combining a lower cylinder having longitudinal spiral grooves with an upper cylinder having longitudinal straight grooves and holes" (lines 14-17).
Date:
January 20, 1880
Creator:
Dorris, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow designed with an implement to allow user to remove excess dirt from the blade as the plow is being used.
Date:
April 1, 1879
Creator:
Dyer, Charles V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Remedies for Dropsy.
Patent for a medical compound to alleviate dropsy, consisting of grape-vine, spirits of niter, oil of grape-vine, extract of Spanish apple root, and common salt. Includes instructions.
Date:
November 14, 1876
Creator:
Lawhon, David W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for "cotton-presses of the upright kind; and the nature thereof consists in combining, with a pulley-wheel keyed upon the shaft of a gear-wheel actuating the follower-screw, and a larger pulley-wheel keyed upon the shaft of a gear-wheel actuating a cog-wheel upon the end of an actuating-shaft, having its bearings at one end in the press-frame, and at the other in a vibrating lever, whereby the said friction-pulley can be brought to bear against the larger pulley, for the purpose of running up the follower, or against the small pulley for the purpose of running it down, by drawing the said level inward or outward." (Lines 15-30) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 6, 1875
Creator:
Knowles, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Reissued patent for a new and useful improvement in cotton press: "The invention consists in operating the nut of a follower-screw by means of a drive-pinion, whose own shaft is actuated alternately in opposite directions, by a friction-wheel" (lines 13-16).
Date:
March 31, 1874
Creator:
Knowles, William Wadsworth
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for an improvement in plow design, including illustrations.
Date:
February 25, 1873
Creator:
Nichols, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Belt-Fasteners.
Patent for new and useful improvements in Belt-Fasteners. Illustration is included.
Date:
November 28, 1871
Creator:
Olmsted, Marcellus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pen-Holders.
Patent for new improvements on the design of the pen-holder, including illustrations.
Date:
January 24, 1871
Creator:
George, Alfred M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Tongs
Patent for a part to prevent the legs of fire-tongs from lapping or crossing each other.
Date:
January 17, 1871
Creator:
George, Alfred M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for a cotton press that is constructed using fewer parts than other models. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 30, 1870
Creator:
Knowles, William Wadsworth
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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-Choppers.
Patent for improvements in cotton choppers.
Date:
April 28, 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