Cotton-Cleaner. (open access)

Cotton-Cleaner.

Patent for a machine that uses revolving brush cylinders, stationary brushes, and stripping boards to prepare cotton for ginning, including illustration.
Date: March 12, 1861
Creator: Eastham, A. S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harvesters. (open access)

Improvement in Harvesters.

Patent for improvements in mowers and reapers.
Date: November 12, 1867
Creator: Tucker, A. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Smith's Forge. (open access)

Smith's Forge.

Patent for "The improvements consists of a cast iron box" (line 12).
Date: February 12, 1867
Creator: Risher, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Baling-Press. (open access)

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