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Improvement in Sewing-Machine.
Patent for improvements to the sewing machine. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 16, 1869
Creator:
Clever, P. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sewing Machines
Patent for "a new Improved Sewing-Machine" that "has for its object to provide more useful and efficient machines than those now in use."
Date:
November 16, 1869
Creator:
Cleaver, P. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combining Bitumen and Clay.
Patent for a method of combining bitumen, water, and clay for such purposes as plastering.
Date:
September 24, 1872
Creator:
Lea, Pryor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mixing Mineral and Fossil Substances with Bituminized Clay to Form a Plastic Material.
Patent for mixing mineral or fossil substances with bituminated clay, creating a product that "is a dense, durable, and economical composition, suitable for building both small and massive structures, and for other purposes" (lines 54-57).
Date:
November 11, 1873
Creator:
Lea, Pryor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing Apparatus
Patent for improvement to an ironing apparatus to "produce a cheap portable ironing-machine, with which any capable person (and even children) can with very liggle fatigue and labor, do the ironing for a large family in a very short time".
Date:
July 18, 1876
Creator:
Martin, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mixing Mineral and Fossil Substances with Bituminized Clay to Form a Plastic Material.
Reissued patent for a chemical process to create a plastic material made of bitumen, clay, and mineral and/or fossil substances.
Date:
September 26, 1876
Creator:
Lea, Pryor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tire-Tighteners.
Patent for improvement in tire-tighteners to contract a tire upon its felly without removal.
Date:
November 27, 1876
Creator:
Martin, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of baling presses for compressing hay for baling.
Date:
July 12, 1887
Creator:
McNeill, Charles DeWitt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press
Patent for a hay press "so that two bales will be formed in the press. . .thereby saving time and labor, and also to simply the construction of the parts without the sacrifice of power, strength, and durability" (lines 15-20).
Date:
February 5, 1889
Creator:
Champion, William Smith
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press
Patent for improvements in hay presses "to simplify and cheapen the construction and render it more efficient in the formation of the hay into bales" (lines 16-18).
Date:
September 3, 1889
Creator:
McNeill, Charles De Witte
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvement in automatic car-couplings “in which the coupling-pin (worked by a rope or chain) is guided in a vertical tube extending upward from the draw-head, and is supported in position for coupling by a block sliding with the draw-head,” (lines 9-14) includes illustration.
Date:
April 14, 1891
Creator:
Angerstein, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compressed-Air Water Elevator.
Patent for a new improvements to compressed-air water-elevators, including illustrations.
Date:
June 1, 1897
Creator:
Bechtol, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine.
Patent for improvements to cotton picking machines "of that class in which the cotton-boll is caught on the end of a revolving picker" (lines 11-12). Improvements include a combination of a revolving drum with hollow tubular arms attached to the drum, as well as revolving pickers attached to those arms. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 27, 1897
Creator:
Haring, Peter Paul.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for "improvements in baling presses: and it consists in a press having a suitable frame, a box mounted thereon having a hinged front and a hinged side." (lines 11-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 17, 1900
Creator:
Stopple, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a hand-lever baling press.
Date:
December 25, 1900
Creator:
Williamson, Charles Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press
Patent for a baling press that improves the baling of hay. The baling press is capable of receiving continuous stream of hay providing the maximum of leverage for operating the press plunger. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Stopple, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer
Patent for an insect destroyer. Illustration included.
Date:
April 4, 1905
Creator:
Moore, Isham S. & Pace, Azie E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picking Machine
Patent for a cotton picking machine. Illustration included.
Date:
August 8, 1905
Creator:
Haring, Peter Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picking Machine
Patent for a cotton picking machine. Illustration included.
Date:
August 8, 1905
Creator:
Haring, Peter Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Holder for Mechanics' Rules.
Patent for a wearable holster for a mechanics' ruler. It aims to protect the ruler, make it easier to carry and is quickly removable. Including illustration.
Date:
August 15, 1905
Creator:
Whitby, Joseph P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Board
Patent for an ironing board. Illustration included.
Date:
March 12, 1907
Creator:
Riedel, Edward C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Weevil Destroyer
Patent for a cotton boll weevil destroyer. Illustration included.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Bergmann, Bertha
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clamp.
Patent for a clamp "for use in in connection with hoisting-tackle for raising or lowering well-pipes..."(lines 9-10) that has one side attach to the pipe and the other side be releasable from the pipe.
Date:
April 9, 1907
Creator:
Danforth, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Package Gripper and Holder.
Patent for a package gripper for reaching items on high shelves without climbing a ladder.
Date:
October 15, 1907
Creator:
Fell, Julius P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History