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Harrow.
Patent for a harrow that has "teeth bars or beams and teeth [that] may be readily cleared of rubbish and other obstacles which tend to clog the teeth and interfere with the efficient working of the harrow" (lines 16-20).
Date:
June 16, 1895
Creator:
Faris, John Wesly
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Earth-Auger.
Patent for an earth-auger meant to dig post-holes. It has a lateral "cutting-edge and a continuous cutting-edge from its point to its top, said cutting-edge receding continuously and uniformly from the axis of rotation of the tool, whereby it cuts from the center outward and gradually widens or increases the diameter of the hole at any given point until this point is reached by the periphery of the ears or basin at the top of the bit, and, furthermore, to provide means for packing or smoothing the sides of the hole" (lines 13-23).
Date:
January 28, 1896
Creator:
Pederson, Hans
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Cooling Milk and Butter.
Patent for improvements in devices for cooling milk and butter by using textile materials to cover the buckets or pails that contain milk or butter or other food articles, then saturated these textile covered buckets or pails with water; thus reducing the temperature of the articles contained in the buckets or pails, owing to evaporation. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 21, 1891
Creator:
Hall, Charles T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Desk Attachment for Chairs
Patent for a desk attachment for beds or chairs for which any seated article of furniture can be turned into a desk and adjusted forward or vertically for comfort.
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Hutton, Milton C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cuspidor.
Patent for a simple cupsidor that attaches to the floor of railway cars and other places and can be easily cleaned. They are designed to be installed in a line and connected so they can be opened and cleaned at the same time. A valve and a tube hold and empty the contents of the cupsidor.
Date:
May 16, 1893
Creator:
Simmons, David Pitman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be cheap and simple in its construction and thoroughly effective in its operation. The invention consists in the improved construction and combinations of parts" (lines 10-15).
Date:
May 13, 1884
Creator:
Smoot, John Devers
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvement in car-coupler particularly to that known as “swing-pin.” This is how it works “a pin comprises a pin proper whose upper end is connected by a chain with the front end of the arm on a horizontal rod. The body of this pin passes through a catch, from which it may be removed.” (Lines 40-45) “The catch has a transverse pin and a rounded upper edge, terminating in a shoulder at its front end and a tongue at its rear end.” (Lines 46-49) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 15, 1891
Creator:
Harrington, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Plow.
Patent for a sectional moldboard plow that is "capable of being easily taken apart and put together when it is desired to replace the points or shares" (lines 18-20). It also has "a socket which is removably held to the bar of the cultivator and which is provided to hold the removable boards" (lines 22-25). The bar can fit double-cut or sweep plows.
Date:
January 19, 1897
Creator:
Hayslip, De Witt Clinton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain Holder.
Patent for a new and improved curtain-holder. This design "has relation to that class of curtain-holders which are adapted to hold or clasp the lower part of a window-curtain, so as to hold it up against the window frame or casing when it is desired to spread the curtains apart, and has for its object to so construct a device of that class that the holding hook or catch which clasps the folds of the curtain may be turned down so as to be out of the way when the device is not in use" (lines 22-31).
Date:
December 22, 1885
Creator:
Wilson, Nelse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Implement.
Patent for "agricultural implements to be used for tilling the soil and planting, either separately or at one and the same operation, and has for its object to reduce the expense incurred by the general practice of first preparing the land for planting and subsequently sowing the seed. By this inventions the land can simultaneously prepared and the grain deposited therein." (Lines 8-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 2, 1897
Creator:
Dycus, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker.
Patent for machine for picking cotton that is simple in construction and comparatively inexpensive.
Date:
November 10, 1891
Creator:
Hyde, Thomas Burke
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.
Patent for "an improved machine for scraping, chopping, and cultivating corn and cotton" (lines 10-12) with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 14, 1876
Creator:
McCormick, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gang-Plows.
Patent for "a novel means of hanging the gang of plows beneath the draft-frame, in combination with levers and link-connections, whereby the plows can be adjusted to run at any desired depth, and firmly held after the adjustment." (Lines 18-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 21, 1875
Creator:
McCormick, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gang and Sulky Plows.
Patent for improvements in gang and sulky plows which "consists in an axle having the double crank of the transporting-wheel journaled upon the outer bend of said crank, working between the side beams of the plow-frame, and the connecting-rods pivoted, respectively, to the said bars and to the end and inner bend of said crank" (lines 17-23). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 8, 1878
Creator:
McCormick, John Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saddle-Blankets
Patent for improvement of saddle blankets through use of a layering of canvas and rubber. Illustrations of blanket in multiple profiles included.
Date:
December 5, 1876
Creator:
McCormick, John Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Walking-Planters
Patent for improvements of a new walking planter where the design is much improved to that of the cotton planters. The new improvements of the walking planter are much safer because of the hopper that is in the new and improved equipment, including illustrations.
Date:
August 20, 1877
Creator:
Brown, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows
Patent for a new design for a subsoil plow. Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
December 27, 1870
Creator:
Clifton, Josiah
System:
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