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Bale-Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design utilizes a strap-iron binder with notches along the sides that allow for a bail to clamp firmly within them; thus, the bale is fastened.
Date:
December 30, 1879
Creator:
Johnson, Jordan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in the Propulsion of Vessels.
Patent for improvement in vibrating propellers with continued paddle action that can be attached to a line of boats.
Date:
December 30, 1873
Creator:
Macowitzky, Charles P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spectacle-Frames.
Patent for "spectacle-frames in which the bows are turned into a coil near the points where they are connected to the lens-hoops for the purpose of forming spring-joints, instead of the ordinary pivot-joints." (Lines 6-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 30, 1875
Creator:
Stewart, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Double-Bitted Drills.
Patent for "an easy mode of straightening wells while drilling them through rock or earth, and also for enlarging the same into a cistern when it is desired to keep on hand a large supply of water." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1876
Creator:
Yarbrough, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sewing-Machine Shuttles
Patent for an improved sewing-machine shuttle, which shuffles the bobbins back and forth among one another. This makes sewing faster for easier for any person who sews.
Date:
June 30, 1877
Creator:
Nott, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Shackles.
Patent for a shackle for the hands and feet that is designed to prevent the use of objects in order to escape.
Date:
September 30, 1870
Creator:
Belcher, Melvin Anderson & Perrenot, George Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mold-Boards for Plows.
Patent for an improved design for plow mold-boards that involves using holes and a water pump to keep the mold-board clear of earth.
Date:
December 30, 1879
Creator:
Fields, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meats and Vegetables
Patent for "improvement in apparatus" for the use of "preserving meats, vegetables, fruits &c." (lines 5, 16-17) including construction specifications and illustrations.
Date:
January 30, 1872
Creator:
Maxwell, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for "an improved fastening or tie for cotton-bales, &c.; and it consists of two angular plates, secured at the rear part to one end of the band generally used in baling cotton, &c., and the front part thereof being provided with V-shaped jaws, which engage with angular slots in the opposite end of the band." (Lines 12-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 30, 1877
Creator:
Hanson, Asbury J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroying Attachments for Cultivators.
Patent for "a fan or blower conjoined with a box containing any of the various powdered poisons used for destroying vermin which infest growing plants, as cotton, potatoes, &c., operated by a pulley and band, running from the axle of the blower to a wheel on the supporting-axle of the cultivator, seeder, or other machine to which the apparatus may be attached." (Lines 19-27) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 30, 1873
Creator:
Hurd, Charles T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Worms in the Cotton-Plant.
Patent for a method of "destruction of the cotton-worm, and this object is accomplished by sprinkling the plants on which the worm feeds with a solution of arsenic in water." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions.
Date:
June 30, 1874
Creator:
Mitchell, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hame-Fastenings.
Patent for improvements in economical and durable hame-fastening.
Date:
July 30, 1878
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churn-Motors
Patent for an improvement in churn-motors, which would allow for the motor to run faster or slower as needed, with illustration.
Date:
July 30, 1878
Creator:
Alexander, Julius A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse-Powers
Patent for improvement in horse-powers through gravity and tread-power of a farm animal, for use as a power source for farm equipment, with illustration.
Date:
August 30, 1878
Creator:
Blain, John Harvey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Land-Roller and Harrow.
Patent for an improved version of a combined land-roller and harrow that allows for easier cleaning of its parts and adjustment of its rollers.
Date:
September 30, 1879
Creator:
Smith, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Portable Steam-Engines.
Patent for an improved design related to reversible steam-engines meant to economize the space required by the engine and to provide a firm foundation that will allow it to be portable.
Date:
December 30, 1879
Creator:
Kriebel, Hosea K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for a variety of cotton-bale ties that has has a series of notches and pins that lock together when the ends are brought together.
Date:
December 30, 1879
Creator:
Singer, Edgar C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties
Patent for a new and improved cotton bale tie utilizing a simple and fast pronged buckle tie which is simple and cheap to manufacture.
Date:
January 30, 1875
Creator:
Jones, Henry Bradley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Air-Cooling Apparatus.
Patent for "the construction and arrangement of a refrigerator for the purpose of cooling and maintaining a low and dry temperature, for preserving fresh meats and vegetables, and for cooling rooms for any purpose." (Lines 10-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 30, 1875
Creator:
Hyatt, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for improvement in bale-ties. "This invention relates to that class of ties or hoops for cotton-bales, in which the band of hoop iron is provided with rigid hooks, studs, or buttons, and matching perforations as means for adjustably uniting the ends."
Date:
October 23, 1875
Creator:
Powell, Amos N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings.
Patent for an improvement in car-couplings with illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1876
Creator:
Darrow, Nicholas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings.
Patent for an improved train car-coupling, including illustrations.
Date:
March 30, 1875
Creator:
Garrett, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pumps.
Patent for improvement in the means by which cotton plants are watered, protected from pesticides and fires. It provides for a mechanism by which poison and water may be more easily distributed to the plants.
Date:
July 30, 1878
Creator:
Helmecke, Friederich Andreas
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