Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.

Patent for an improvement in cotton and hay presses with elevated levers. It includes a description and illustrations.
Date: November 21, 1871
Creator: Sivley, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Gin Flues (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Gin Flues

Patent for a new and improved cotton ginning appartatus using a set a valves to throw lint-cotton into different rooms without stopping the gin (line 2), including illustration.
Date: August 13, 1872
Creator: Gaines, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns. (open access)

Improvement in Churns.

Patent for improving a butter church mechanism.
Date: September 24, 1872
Creator: Messick, William P. & Messick, Harvey T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Levers for Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Levers for Presses.

Patent for improvements on locks and fasteners of shutters.
Date: March 3, 1873
Creator: Gates, Joseph P.
System: The Portal to Texas History