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Improvement in Processes of Reducing Asphaltum to Liquid.
Patent for improved “process of reducing asphaltum to a liquid and holding the same in a fluid condition without heat or the use of dead-oils” (lines 31-34).
Date:
April 20, 1875
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Sprinklers.
Patent for "the combination, in a cotton-sprinkler, having a fluid-vessel, of flexible ejecting hose, having flaring nozzle sprinklers, with hooks or fastening devices for holding the nozzles in elevated positions upon the vessels, whereby the driver has perfect control both over the flow and direction of the fluid, and is thereby enabled to inject the fluid upon the two rows of plants, without regard to their height or the uncertain movement of the horse between the rows, and to stop the flow by elevating and hooking the ejecting-hose to the upper corners of the vessel, thus rendering the device much more effective in directing the fluid than could possibly be effected by fixed distributing perforated cocks, and preventing unnecessary waste of the fluid." (Lines 13-30) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 18, 1875
Creator:
Ramsey, Croghan A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Scrapers and Choppers.
Patent for "the invention of a new and useful Improvement in Combined Cotton Scraper and Chopper" (lines 3-5), including illustrations.
Date:
February 23, 1875
Creator:
McClaugherty, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for "cotton-presses of the upright kind; and the nature thereof consists in combining, with a pulley-wheel keyed upon the shaft of a gear-wheel actuating the follower-screw, and a larger pulley-wheel keyed upon the shaft of a gear-wheel actuating a cog-wheel upon the end of an actuating-shaft, having its bearings at one end in the press-frame, and at the other in a vibrating lever, whereby the said friction-pulley can be brought to bear against the larger pulley, for the purpose of running up the follower, or against the small pulley for the purpose of running it down, by drawing the said level inward or outward." (Lines 15-30) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 6, 1875
Creator:
Knowles, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Scrapers, Choppers, and Cultivators.
Patent for "a new and useful Improvement in Combined Cotton Scraper, Chopper, and Cultivator" (lines 4-6) including illustrations.
Date:
November 2, 1875
Creator:
McClung, Richard L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for improvement in cotton-presses that relates to a specific combination toggle arms connected to a platen with a ball-and-socket or other joint and sliding guide rods.
Date:
November 9, 1875
Creator:
Bearce, Larned S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for "a press by means of which the cotton can be backed and pressed into the bale in small quantities at a time, by alternating pressing a quantity, then lifting the follower, and inserting more, and pressing again, and so on until the bale is formed." (Lines 19-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 16, 1875
Creator:
Frost, Willis Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for improvement in cotton-presses, which increases convenience by using detachable parts to facilitate insertion of material and a windlass with a system of cords and levers to increase compression of cotton.
Date:
November 30, 1875
Creator:
Wallace, Wesley W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses
Patent for a new and useful improvement in a cotton press. "Our invention has for its object to furnish an improved press for baling cotton as it comes from the gin, &c., &c." (lines 14-16).
Date:
January 5, 1875
Creator:
Crenshaw, William T. & Carothers, Robert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Patent for an improvement in cotton-seed planters, including illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1875
Creator:
Miller, Benjamin, F. & Reeves, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles.
Patent for improvements to carriage wheels, relating to the socketing ring that braces the spokes between the hub and the rim. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1875
Creator:
Nelson, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Bench-Vises.
Patent for "a new and Improved Sliding-Carriage Vise for Carpenter's Bench" (lines 3-5) includign instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 27, 1875
Creator:
Rimbold, Pierre
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Cotton-Gins
Patent for improvement in the Cotton-Gin with moveable brushes. This object is designed to make the brushes on the cotton machine move closer to the saw when they become shortened from constant use. This will improve the quality of the machine like a brand new equipment.
Date:
June 22, 1875
Creator:
Koehl, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in fluting-iron
Patent for an improvement in fluting iron, involving a hollow smoothing and glossing iron.
Date:
February 27, 1875
Creator:
Fisher, William F. & Brown, Amos C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History