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Dressing Millstones.
Patent for "a new and improved mode of dressing millstones for the purpose of grinding every kind of grain into meal flour &c., &c." (lines 4-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1851
Creator:
Gaines, Edmund P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seeding-Machines.
Patent for the improvement of seed-planters using a rotary system to distribute seeds from a drum and into the soil, including illustration.
Date:
September 4, 1860
Creator:
Park, A. R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for a plow called the "The Texas Cultivator" (line 7) that uses left and right wings and diamond plows that may be used to plow either side of stock to eliminate additional operators and time for the same job, including illustration.
Date:
June 4, 1861
Creator:
Cain, Shugar M. & Stelfox, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Saw-Gummer.
Patent for a machine that uses a grindstone to sharpen rotary saws. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 4, 1865
Creator:
Fosterm A. K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brick-Machines.
Patent for improvement in brick machines by “providing the mixing and grinding-shaft with arms at the bottom, adapted in form and arrangement for pressing the clay through the openings, in the bottom of the curb, into the moulds, below, which rest on ways above a sliding carrier, provided with brackets, for forcing the moulds out.” (Lines 26-34) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 4, 1869
Creator:
Morgan, Asa
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles.
Patent for improvement in buckles “which does not require to be sewed to either of the straps which it is to connect, and which will securely fasten and hold the said straps of bands in any desired position.” (Lines 16-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 4, 1869
Creator:
Richer, F. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machine for Cutting Stalks in the Field Preparatory to Plowing.
Patent for improvement in machine for clearing cotton and corn-fields of the stalks after the crops have been gathered by “providing a revolving drum or roller with knives, set spirally around it, which cut the stalks of cotton or corn-fields into pieces of any desired length, for the purpose of being plowed under the surface for fertilizing, by rolling it over them.” (Lines 14-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 4, 1869
Creator:
Wright, Reuben
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wrench.
Patent for improvements in monkey wrenches.
Date:
May 4, 1869
Creator:
Richer, F. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Photographing Children
Patent for an improvement in machines for taking Photographs of small children.
Date:
July 4, 1871
Creator:
Sloan, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cleaners.
Patent for improvements to cotton picking and cleaning before the cotton is ginned.
Date:
July 4, 1871
Creator:
Sims, Zachariah B.
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
Improvement in Paper-Clips.
Patent for the improvement of paper-clips, made out of a single piece of metal. It includes a description and illustration.
Date:
June 4, 1872
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cleaners.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-cleaner that enhances the performance of cotton cleaning. It includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 4, 1873
Creator:
Ralston, Joe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse-Powers.
Patent for improvements made to motors that power machinery, called "horse-powers." The specific improvements made are in the arrangement of mechanical pulleys from which the motor derives power, arranged in such a way that will not significantly increase the size or cost of the machine.
Date:
February 4, 1873
Creator:
Müller, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Stretching Wire Fences.
Patent for stretching wire from post to post in the construction of wire fencing, which includes directions how to secure the wire, includes illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1873
Creator:
Mangham, Josiah T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Floor-Clamps.
Patent for an improvement in floor clamps, including illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1873
Creator:
Foster, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Making Plow-Irons.
Patent for an improvement in the design for machines for manufacturing plow irons, including illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1873
Creator:
McGinty, James M. & Nolan, Thomas.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns.
Patent for "a new and Improved Churn" (lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date:
August 4, 1874
Creator:
Ewing, Nathaniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for "an Improved Cotton-Bale Tie" (line 5) including illustrations.
Date:
August 4, 1874
Creator:
Krone, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements In Ironing-Machines
Patent for new and useful improvements in the ironing machine. Machine has carrying case that is mounted on wheels and allows the iron to move over garments as it straightens out wrinkles.
Date:
May 4, 1875
Creator:
Perrenot, George F
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Railroad-Switches.
Patent for a railway switch for wooden or iron railway-tracks.
Date:
September 4, 1877
Creator:
Harding, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breech-Loading Fire-Arm
Patent for a new and improved breech-loading firearm. This design "consists in the devices for opening the breech-block and ejecting the cartridge-shell by one and the same motion that cocks the gun, and also in a spring and pitman arranged with the breech-block" (para. 2).
Date:
December 4, 1877
Creator:
Petmecky, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combination-Hoes.
Patent for "hoes in which the blade is made detachable from the handle-eye, and the latter made to receive several blades or other attachments." (Lines 13-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 4, 1877
Creator:
Nelson, David A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wagon-Brakes.
Patent for "wagons which have brakes applied to them, so constructed that in descending a grade the brakes will be automatically applied, and, in moving on a level or ascending a hill, the brakes will be relieved from the wheels." (Lines 6-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 4, 1877
Creator:
Hart, Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History