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Improvement In Corn And Cotton-Seed Planters.
This patent is an upgraded corn and seed planter machine that plants corn, cotton, and other types of seeds for mass production. The machine is aligned with the surface of the ground. It does not converse with the plows that are attached to it, freeing up the machine to release seeds proficiently with ease.
Date:
April 9, 1878
Creator:
Adams, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Barreling Soap-Stock.
Patent for "an apparatus for filling barrels with soap-stock or other thick liquid of similar consistency, the object being to provide a machine whereby the barrels may be filled quickly through the bung-hole." (Lines 12-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 9, 1897
Creator:
Ahrenbeck, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in folding tables.
Patent for combination folding tables that fold into a convenient traveling-trunk.
Date:
March 21, 1876
Creator:
Arnold, James Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spool
Patent for a spool made by folding one piece of material into the correct shape.
Date:
February 4, 1913
Creator:
Aven, Scottie Hill
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Baling-Press.
Patent for improvements in portable press by dividing the pressing-chamber into two parts, one of which is fixed to the wagon-frame, the other part is movable. “The movable part contains the follower, adapted to be titled with it, and operated by the winding-drum, cords, wheel and the wings, working in the horizontal slots in the sides of these parts.” (Lines 81-85) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 12, 1869
Creator:
Berkeley, J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hay and Cotton-Presses.
Patent for improvements in presses for hay, cotton and similar substances, by making the machine portable and the box that holds hay or cotton is adjustable vertically and horizontally. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 5, 1869
Creator:
Berkeley, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Cotton-Seed Hulls
Patent for "a simple and durable plant capable of use in carrying out a dry process of reducing the hulls to a finely-divided condition" (lines 8-13).
Date:
October 21, 1890
Creator:
Bohn, Emil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Treating Cotton-Seed Hulls
Patent for "to utilize a heretofore waste product, and by means of a dry process to reduce the same to fine particles, which, being capable of felting, constitute stock" (lines 14-18).
Date:
September 23, 1890
Creator:
Bohn, Emil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a sliding gate with an improved track rail.
Date:
July 28, 1908
Creator:
Bohne, Fritz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an automatic car-coupling that is designed to be operated from either side of the car. The danger of an operator passing between cars to couple or uncouple the cars is avoided in this invention, and the coupling can be adapted to couple cars that have draw-bars to unequal height. The coupling can be manually operated if wished.
Date:
January 28, 1896
Creator:
Boyd, James S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for "car-couplers of the link-and-pin type which couple automatically and are provided with unlocking-levers operated from the top and side of a car, and designed to avoid the necessity of passing between the cars to couple or uncouple the same." (Lines 11-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 28, 1896
Creator:
Boyd, James S.
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 Fences
Patent for an improvement in fences through the manufacturing of a fence or fence-paneling of hoop-iron, so that it may be sold in sections of any desired length, rolled up in compact form, easily and cheaply transported to any distance, and put up by the farmer with rapidity and facility.
Date:
June 4, 1872
Creator:
Brown, Floyd G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design "consists in a friction roller held loosely between two nuts, or between a nut and any object to be held by a bolt, which roller, when the nut or lock-nut is screwed down upon it, binds the nut or nuts upon the bolt and locks them securely thereon" (lines 11-16).
Date:
January 20, 1885
Creator:
Campbell, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spindle-Nut Attachment.
Patent for improvement in spindle-nut by providing “an extension to the spindle-nut, not being a washer in any sense of the word, but to all intents and purposes an integral part of said nut adapted to extend toward the outer end of the axle-box and to hold the same to its seat upon the spindle as efficiently as when the parts were new.” (Lines 35-41) Illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1903
Creator:
Carlton, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ball-Caster.
Patent for a new and useful ball caster, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 14, 1899
Creator:
Carraway, Esther P. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Trunk And Dressing-Case.
Patent for a new and useful combined trunk and dressing case. This design is to "provide a simple and efficient device of the character specified having a large amount of space for receiving different articles of wearing-apparel and for inclosing various kinds of toilet appliances" (line 9 - 14).
Date:
August 8, 1899
Creator:
Carraway, Esther P. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller Compress
Patent for roller compress. This is an "improved roller-compress,especially adapted for forming cylindrical bales from cotton-bat by winding the same in successive layers upon itself" (p. 1, lines 8-11), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 30, 1900
Creator:
Carter, E. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing Machine
Patent for an automatic weighing machine. Illustration included.
Date:
August 4, 1908
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Continuous Weighing Scale
Patent for continuous weighing scale. Illustration included.
Date:
December 4, 1906
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Condenser
Patent for a cotton condenser. This invention applies multiple cylinders for seperating bats. Illustration included.
Date:
July 26, 1904
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press
Patent for cotton press for bailing cotton employed in forming cylindrical bales from bat or sheet of cotton received from the condenser. (lines 10-13)
Date:
January 27, 1903
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bung-Extractor
Patent for "an improved extractor for the bungs of casks and barrels of all kinds, so that the same can be quickly and conveniently removed from the bung-hole" (lines 8-11).
Date:
May 14, 1901
Creator:
Cathriner, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CONCRETE-BLOCK MACHINE
Patent for "improvements in means for improving cement or concrete blocks."(ln. 12-14)
Date:
February 10, 1914
Creator:
Cathriner, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History