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Improvement In Corn And Cotton-Seed Planters.
This patent is an upgraded corn and seed planter machine that plants corn, cotton, and other types of seeds for mass production. The machine is aligned with the surface of the ground. It does not converse with the plows that are attached to it, freeing up the machine to release seeds proficiently with ease.
Date:
April 9, 1878
Creator:
Adams, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cloth-Registers
Patent for an improvement to a cloth-register that indicates the measurement in yards of particular goods. Includes illustration and description.
Date:
September 2, 1879
Creator:
Harrison, Abraham
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Convertible Cotton-Planter.
Patent for improvement in convertible cotton-planters. The mechanism has a seed-dropping mechanism and a rear or side plow covers the dropped seed.
Date:
December 20, 1877
Creator:
Willie, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements In Machines for Distributing Compounds for Destroying Cotton-Worms
Patent for improvements on machines to distribute poison for cotton worms in the field. It consists of vibrating,sifting boxes combined with a suspension bar which is secured to the front of a horse saddle so the rider can shake the boxes to distribute poison powder to two rows of crops at a time.
Date:
March 16, 1875
Creator:
Willie, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Revolving Cotton Lint Rooms.
Patent for improvement in cotton-lint rooms. These rooms are used with gins that seperate the seeds from the cotton.
Date:
May 13, 1873
Creator:
Crenshaw, William T.
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 Truss-Bridges.
Patent for an improved method of truss-bridge construction, "whether made with a single or double roadway and with or without a sidewalk upon one or both sides, so as to enable them to be made with less material and less expense than when made in the ordinary manner, and which shall at the same time have an equal or greater strength." (Lines 14-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 17, 1874
Creator:
Miner, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Metallic Window-Blinds.
Patent for "a blind which acts both as a barrier to the progress of flames attacking windows and as a convenient shutter for the common purposes, and is adapted to be adjusted and securely locked in an open or closed position." (Lines 21-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 10, 1875
Creator:
Mackrell, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in folding tables.
Patent for combination folding tables that fold into a convenient traveling-trunk.
Date:
March 21, 1876
Creator:
Arnold, James Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Shoe-Lacings
Patent for relation to device of gaiter-boot's; nature of invention consist in the arrangment of the shoe laces; whereby the shoe laces be properly laced. Proptions of the lace between the eyelet on the left side of the opening be drawn over and placed on hooks or bottons situated on the right side are in like manner placed on hooks or buttons on the left side.
Date:
June 6, 1876
Creator:
Lindemann, August W. H.
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 Fire-Tongs.
Patent for improvement in fire-tongs with legs forked below the joint and riveted together.
Date:
June 16, 1874
Creator:
Kenney, Martin M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Worm-Poison Distributers.
Patent for new and valuable improvement in cotton-worm-poison distributer (distributor) to secure to a saddle upon a horse.
Date:
December 29, 1874
Creator:
Willie, William T.
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 Compounds for Destroying Caterpillars.
Patent for an insecticide compound that combines Paris green, flour, and lime, which allows the poison, arsenic, to better adhere to cotton plants. Includes instructions.
Date:
January 14, 1873
Creator:
Whisenant, Green F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cleaners.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-cleaner that enhances the performance of cotton cleaning. It includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 4, 1873
Creator:
Ralston, Joe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gate-Hinges.
Patent for an improvement in the design of gate-hinges, including illustrations.
Date:
April 15, 1873
Creator:
Stone, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds.
Patent for a "compound for killing the cotton-worm and other insects that infest, eat, and damage the leaves of the cotton-plant," which "consists in combining a poisonous, an adhesive, and a diffusive ingredient in one and the same compound." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 17, 1873
Creator:
Royall, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Corn Planters.
Patent for improvement to cotton and corn planters, including a hinged or pivoted frame to carry the plows which can be adjusted by foot levers. Illustration included.
Date:
November 11, 1873
Creator:
Penington, Asa, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Choppers
Patent for improvement in cotton choppers creating a more effective machine relating to the cultivating and chopping of cotton. Includes labeled figures and descriptive text
Date:
August 16, 1873
Creator:
Garrett, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History