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Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machine.
Patent for a new and improved band-cutting and feeding attachment for thrashing machines. This design receives grain bundles "upon an endless traveling apron provided with teeth or claws, and by it conveyed under rotary cutters, which sever the bands, the grain being then scattered or spread out by a vibrating rake into a thin sheet as it passes to the toothed cylinder. The invention relates more particularly to the construction and arrangement of parts" (paras. 3-4).
Date:
November 27, 1877
Creator:
O'Neall, James Madison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Tie Clamps.
Patent for an instrument that tightens the ties used for bales of cotton.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Leoneard, Thomas Dunlap
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement inTables.
Patent for improvement in tables which "consists in the arrangement and combination of parts that will be more fully described hereinafter, whereby the table can be taken apart, packed in a small compass for transportation, and then put together again by an inexperienced hand” (lines 11-17).
Date:
November 19, 1878
Creator:
Melcher, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tire-Tighteners.
Patent for improvement in tire-tighteners to contract a tire upon its felly without removal.
Date:
November 27, 1876
Creator:
Martin, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in the Manufacture of Fertilizers.
Patent for a process of treating waste animal matter from tallow-rendering factories with plaster-of-paris for use as fertilizer.
Date:
November 25, 1873
Creator:
Stevens, Hennell
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 Vises
Patent for new construction for vises that will "enable the vise to be set and secutured in any desired position and thus hold the work in a position convenient to the operator" (lines 8-10).
Date:
November 4, 1879
Creator:
Zanetti, Fortonato C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Toilet-Cabinets
Patent for improved toilet cabinets in order to better arrange "cabinets for containing sewing, writing, and shaving materials and various other articles" (lines 8-10). Provides instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 4, 1879
Creator:
Zanetti, Fortonato C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Screw-Propulsion.
Patent for "a new and useful Improvement in Screw-Propellers and their adaptation to the hulls of vessels" (lines 4-6) including illustrations.
Date:
November 9, 1875
Creator:
Wilson, Joseph Erwin
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 Screw-Taps.
Patent for "a tool that shall combine the features of an expanding tap and reamer for reaming and tapping holes of different sizes" (lines 29-32) with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 7, 1876
Creator:
Melvin, Josiah Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dining-Tables.
Patent for an improved dining table with a rotating food service, a water reservoir and fountain, and an elevated wine bucket. Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 14, 1876
Creator:
Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Earth-Boring Apparatus.
Patent for improvement in well-boring machines in which it can be “rapidly bore through earth or rock holes of any desired size or depth, for the purpose of procuring water.” (P. 1, lines 9-12) Illustration is included.
Date:
November 21, 1876
Creator:
Yarborough, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Farm-Fences.
Patent for "a new and useful improvements in Fences"
Date:
November 28, 1876
Creator:
Sullivan, J. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Patent for "revolving-cylinder seed-planters; and its object is to furnish a strong and durable implement adapted to plant with precision various kinds of seed, and the wheels of which are not liable to become clogged with earth." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 13, 1877
Creator:
Burris, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Earth-Augurs.
Patent for a new auger design for "boring and excavating wells" (lines 15-16), including illustrations.
Date:
November 20, 1877
Creator:
Yarborough, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sheet-Metal Hames
Patent for improvement in hames by constructing them of sheet metal in order to prevent flatenning and wear on the hame. Explains how sheet metal hames are also flexibile in many attributes and because of this they are beneficial in many ways. Illustrations provided.
Date:
November 4, 1879
Creator:
Brown, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Lighters.
Patent for a device which allows the lighting of "fires, lights, blasts, &c., by a person located some distance from the object to be ignited." (lines 7-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 18, 1879
Creator:
Craig, Samuel M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saw-Sets
Patent for an improvement in a device which sets the teeth of a saw, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 18, 1879
Creator:
Holton, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mixing Mineral and Fossil Substances with Bituminized Clay to Form a Plastic Material.
Patent for mixing mineral or fossil substances with bituminated clay, creating a product that "is a dense, durable, and economical composition, suitable for building both small and massive structures, and for other purposes" (lines 54-57).
Date:
November 11, 1873
Creator:
Lea, Pryor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing-Machines.
Patent for an ironing machine that includes a "movable table operated by a crank" (lines 16-17). Illustration included.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Cottingham, Gideon W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for improving on a plowing device. This apparatus has four independent and adjustable shovels attached together to work to cultivate a field.
Date:
September 6, 1873
Creator:
Cavett, Richard S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saddles.
Patent for re-enforcing and strengthening the front of a saddle.
Date:
September 13, 1873
Creator:
McGrath, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Gumming Saws
Patent for improvement in dressing and gumming saws, specifically saws used in a mill either circular or vertical. Patent includes labeled figure drawings and text descriptions.
Date:
November 8, 1873
Creator:
Jackson, Thomas S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History