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Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for an improved cotton-bale tie, which is a metallic hoop having an opening and protruding metal lugs on one end through which the other end, having openings that correspond to the lugs, is passed and secured with same.
Date:
July 13, 1875
Creator:
Dawson, Paul R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Resin Boxes and Coolers.
Patent for improvement in receptacle for oils, molasses, or thick liquid that permit liquid to be surrounded by steam or water and changeable temperature.
Date:
May 13, 1873
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
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 Railroad-Gates
Patent for a new and improved Railroad-Fence Gate that prevents cattle from escaping from farm areas, including illustrations.
Date:
May 13, 1879
Creator:
Hahn, Henry & Gaston, Anderson Lewers
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Carriage-Axles.
Patent for improvements to carriage axles which include the addition of a sleeve, bearing, and linch-pin device.
Date:
June 13, 1871
Creator:
Wagner, Ernest Friedrich
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 Watchmakers' Lathes.
Patent for the improvement of watchmakers' lathes by way of an adjustable bed.
Date:
March 13, 1876
Creator:
Williams, Daniel M.
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