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Improvement in Presses.
Patent for new improvement in press, including illustration.
Date:
February 10, 1874
Creator:
Fields, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Box and Bale Hooks.
Patent for "a guard or shield, of leather or other equivalent material, combined with the handle or shank of the hook used for turning or otherwise handling bales or boxes, &c., to prevent the hands from rubbing or pressing against the bale or box, whereby the are often injured." (Lines 6-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 26, 1874
Creator:
Knight, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Processes for Preserving Wood.
Patent for preserving wood from the ravages of marine insects (lines 7-8).
Date:
July 28, 1874
Creator:
Archer, Roger W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings.
Patent for an improvement in railroad-car couplings, including illustration.
Date:
January 13, 1874
Creator:
Jackson, Thomas Rivers
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gang-Plows.
Patent for an improved gang-plow with an adjustable crank-axle, mechanism to raise and lock the plows, and a brace for increasing rigidity.
Date:
January 27, 1874
Creator:
Cummins, Allison G. & Cummins, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Chair-Backs.
Patent for chair back.
Date:
March 10, 1874
Creator:
Perrenet, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings.
Patent for an improvement in link and pin car-couplings, including illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1874
Creator:
Moyer, Alexander L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings.
Patent for car-couplings.
Date:
December 22, 1874
Creator:
McCormick, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Putting Up Caustic Alkalies.
Patent for a method of packaging caustic alkalies inside of treated paper or wood. This patent describes the mixture and use of this treatment.
Date:
December 22, 1874
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.; Middleton, George W. & Smith, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Presses.
Patent for the improvement of cotton presses to bale cotton and other materials, including illustrations.
Date:
May 12, 1874
Creator:
Brown, Bartlett W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for "a new and Improved Cotton-Press" (lines 4-5) with illustration.
Date:
July 28, 1874
Creator:
Salmon, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Planters.
Patent for a cotton-planting machine which "consists in a distributing-drum, having seed-openings through it, and inclined distributing-agitators inside of it, said drum being applied to turn in a frame which is pivoted to the beam of a shovel-plow, whereby the roller will accommodate itself to inequalities of surface passed over, and uniformly discharge the seed in the drill-rows, after which a drag or coverer will cover up the seed." (Lines 18-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 13, 1874
Creator:
Remsen, Byron & Russell, John E. S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Planters
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in Cotton-Planter" (lines 3-4) with "construction and means to adjust the furrow-opener" (lines 6-8) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 13, 1874
Creator:
Troat, Oliver H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for "an improved cotton-press, which is mainly devised for use on smaller cotton-plantations for baling smaller crops in a very convenient and rapid manner, with considerable economy in power and hands." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 24, 1874
Creator:
Koehl, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Reissued patent for a new and useful improvement in cotton press: "The invention consists in operating the nut of a follower-screw by means of a drive-pinion, whose own shaft is actuated alternately in opposite directions, by a friction-wheel" (lines 13-16).
Date:
March 31, 1874
Creator:
Knowles, William Wadsworth
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Stalk Cutters.
Patent for an improvement to cotton-stalk cutters by way of an improved framework.
Date:
August 9, 1874
Creator:
Johnston, George; Cairns, John & Johnston, Michael K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Imporvement in Combined Spades and Hoes.
Patent for a new combination/convertible spade and hoe design with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 11, 1874
Creator:
Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements In Bale-Ties
Patent for improved Bale-Ties which is designed to unite the two ends of a binder placed around a compressed mass of cotton, hay, or moss.
Date:
November 24, 1874
Creator:
Reese, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History