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Improvements in Mattress-Stuffers.
Patent for an improved mattress stuffer with a horizontal case and a hinged cover.
Date:
April 2, 1872
Creator:
Watson, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Transplanters
Patent for an improvement in transplanters, intended for use in transplanting cotton or other plants.
Date:
May 28, 1872
Creator:
Cook, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Nail-Extractors.
Patent for an improved instrument for extracting nails which "will increase its effectiveness in equal ratio with the resistance offered by the object under operation" (lines 13-16) including instruction and illustrations.
Date:
May 14, 1872
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Paper-Clips.
Patent for the improvement of paper-clips, made out of a single piece of metal. It includes a description and illustration.
Date:
June 4, 1872
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fences
Patent for an improvement in fences through the manufacturing of a fence or fence-paneling of hoop-iron, so that it may be sold in sections of any desired length, rolled up in compact form, easily and cheaply transported to any distance, and put up by the farmer with rapidity and facility.
Date:
June 4, 1872
Creator:
Brown, Floyd G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mattress and Cushion Tackers.
Patent for improvement in fasten materials that are used for mattresses or cushion together without being drawn through and lifted by the needles. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 2, 1872
Creator:
Watson, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fences.
Patent for improvement in rail-fence by using “triangular-shaped posted or couplings; it consists in arranging posts of a triangular form and a certain construction diagonally with the rails forming the body of each panel, so that long and short rails may be utilized.” (Lines 14-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
August 20, 1872
Creator:
Willie, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fences.
Patent for a new arrangement of posts, rails, and false posts in fence construction. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 12, 1872
Creator:
Stone, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties
Patent for an improvement in cotton-bale ties which consists of the construction of the loop-plate.
Date:
May 14, 1872
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Button-Hole Scissors.
Improved Button Hole scissors, where the scissors may be "adjusted vertically for suitable Cutting Hole length"(pg 2). The scissors have a "v-shaped" button hole cutter that can be adjusted to pierce the fabric at a desired depth and a tracing wheel.
Date:
February 27, 1872
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History