Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for a new and improved Shovel-Cultivator design with adjustable parts and various shapes of shovels, including illustrations.
Date: December 10, 1878
Creator: Smith, Matthew
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Binding Grain (open access)

Machine for Binding Grain

Patent for improvement in machines for binding grain for reapers.
Date: February 13, 1875
Creator: Tucker, Argyle W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Sulky-Plows. (open access)

Improvement In Sulky-Plows.

This pantent was created for the construction and preperation of a sulky plow cultivator. The invention was created for new and mechanical improvements.
Date: April 9, 1878
Creator: Tucker, Argyle W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sulky Attachments for Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Sulky Attachments for Plows.

Patent for improvement in sulky attachments for plows. This invention allows farmers to "apply any kind of plow to the sulky-frame" (1).
Date: August 21, 1876
Creator: Langsford, Samuel P. & Stroud, Wiley N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Folding Store-Shelves. (open access)

Improvement in Folding Store-Shelves.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in Folding and Portable Store-Shelving" (lines 3-5), including illustrations.
Date: February 9, 1875
Creator: Key, Minter P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Clay Grinder and Mixer. (open access)

Improvement in Clay Grinder and Mixer.

Patent for a new clay grinder and mixer design which "will be found to be especially useful in connection with brick-machines" (p. 2) including illustrations.
Date: May 27, 1879
Creator: Kennedy, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Agricultural Implements. (open access)

Improvement in Agricultural Implements.

Patent for improvements to a corn and cotton-seed planter with instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 2, 1879
Creator: Neal, Nathan P. & Stroud, Wiley N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements in the plow with a heated mold-board to prevent sticking, including illustrations.
Date: March 11, 1879
Creator: Tucker, Argyle W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Hoes. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Hoes.

Patent for a cotton-hoe with interchangeable blades (one smaller and the other larger), for "chopping cotton" (line 15) and garden use, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date: March 5, 1878
Creator: Moore, Joseph M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvemnt in Cotton-Gin Feeders (open access)

Improvemnt in Cotton-Gin Feeders

Patent for new improvements to the cotton-gin making the feeders simpler to use especially for the well versed.
Date: August 29, 1877
Creator: Dorris, Stephen J.
System: The Portal to Texas History