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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
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
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 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
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 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 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
Harrow Attachment.
Patent for a harrow attachment "that is efficient and durable, cheap to manufacture, and can be readily placed on or removed from cultivators" (lines 19-22).
Date:
August 17, 1911
Creator:
Smith, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn Swing Fan
Patent for Lawn Swing Fan
Date:
December 12, 1916
Creator:
Porter, Harrison B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planting Attachment for Cultivators
Patent for a planter attachment for cultivators that will automatically discharge seeds as the cultivator breaks up the soil. The design aims to keep the planter mechanism vertical regardless of the angle at which the cultivator is being used, and allows the planter to be readily attached to and operated with existing cultivators without requiring any adjustments to the construction of the cultivators.
Date:
March 9, 1920
Creator:
Passmore, Herbert J. & Neyland, William M.
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
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
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
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
Hat-Box
Patent for improved collapsible hat box, which may be folded into a small compact mass.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Fechner, Albert H.
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
Feed-Trough
Patent for feed trough. This is an improvement to the feed trough which already exists. This trough is "cylindrical in form" and allows for easier and cleaner access for those tending to the animals.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Fechner, Albert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheep-Shears.
Patent for sheep shears that have a knife that goes in a circular motion and keeps dirt out of the inner parts of the shears.
Date:
July 25, 1911
Creator:
Bechtol, William Scott
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shade-Adjuster.
Patent for a new shade adjuster to allow for a fixed adjuster and detachable portion for attaching shade, including illustrations.
Date:
June 16, 1914
Creator:
Fechner, Albert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for Wrench
Date:
September 12, 1916
Creator:
Ponton, Henry H
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feeding Mechanism for Cotten-Gins
Patent related to cotton ginning plants, providing an improvement to the "mechanism controlling the feeding of the cotton supplied to the gins" (lines 13-14).
Date:
September 23, 1913
Creator:
Riemenschneider, Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History