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Wire Fence.
Patent for wire fencing using wooden and iron posts to be more readily seen by cattle, including illustration.
Date:
November 8, 1853
Creator:
Meriwether, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Bed-Bottom.
Patent for the improvement of bedsteads using a spring bottom-construction with zig-zag wire, including illustration.
Date:
August 8, 1854
Creator:
Meriwether, William Hunter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Water-Wheel.
Patent for the improvement of the water-wheel using curved buckets over a spiral water passage to increase power and volume, including illustration.
Date:
February 8, 1859
Creator:
Littlepage, C. V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Pump.
Patent for a "submerged pump of very simple construction... one which will be efficient in its operation and not liable to get out of repair" (lines 16-20), illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1859
Creator:
Fagan, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Grain-Meter.
Patent for a more efficient grain-meter. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 8, 1867
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hot-Air, Steam, and Water-Gauge.
Patent for improvements in hot air, harmonic steam, and water gauges: "In this invention several tubes pass through the boiler, some under and some above the water, through which currents of air are induced by the heat of the water or steam surrounding them" (lines 8-9).
Date:
October 8, 1867
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn-Planters
Patent for a construction that will act as a plow, and aid in the process of planting corn. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
September 8, 1868
Creator:
Kidd, I. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Anchor for Animals.
Patent for improvement in animals’ anchor in which it allow the animals to graze without being twisted or wound up the rope by using the combination of a swiveled loop and a pivoted loop with each other, and a pin. “This pin is made with four wings, or radial longitudinal flanges, tapering to a point at its lower end and is readily forced into the ground, and easily drawn out, but will resist a very strong side-draught.” (Lines23-27) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 8, 1869
Creator:
Raiford, P. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Transmitting Power.
Patent for a new invention which uses a combination of radiation and levers in order more efficiently transmit power. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 8, 1870
Creator:
Williams, Blasius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mill-Stone Dress.
Patent for Mill Stone Dressing- the pattern on a mill stone for the better grinding of grains into flour. The furrows and grooves of the new design allow grain to be "milled... at greater speed (and)even distribution."
Date:
March 8, 1870
Creator:
Loy, G. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Scrapers and Choppers.
Patent for improvement in cotton scrapers and choppers by way of the innovative placement of plows.
Date:
November 8, 1870
Creator:
Hale, Nathan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bedsteads.
Patent for the improvement of bedsteads in order to make them more convenient and durable.
Date:
August 8, 1871
Creator:
Baldwin, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Hay-Presses.
Patent for improving the cotton and hay press.
Date:
August 8, 1871
Creator:
McGowen, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns.
Patent for improvement in churns by using an oblong box with a diamond-shaped dash fixed in the box. The churning is done by rapidly swing the box back and forth until butter is obtained. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 8, 1872
Creator:
Cottingham, Gideon W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Chopper
Patent for an improved Cotton Chopper. The device is horse drawn with adjustable wheels, plows and drivers seat (pg 2). Illustration Included.
Date:
October 8, 1872
Creator:
Matthews, Ebenezer T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tents.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in military tents that relates to folding tents including illustrations.
Date:
April 8, 1873
Creator:
Turner, Ephraim M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Extension Hat-Brims.
Patent for a "new and Improved Extension Hat Brim" (lines 3-4) with folding arms to extend the brim, including illustrations.
Date:
July 8, 1873
Creator:
Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in extension hat-brims.
Patent for "a new and Improved Extension Hat-Brim" (lines 3-4) which can be extended or folded back by the wearer. Includes illustrations.
Date:
July 8, 1873
Creator:
Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
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
Improvement in Floating-Docks.
Patent for an elliptic floating dock.
Date:
December 8, 1874
Creator:
Marcusey, Edward; Herbert, Dozier G. & Bunting, R. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for improvement in bale-ties, with description and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1875
Creator:
Chadwick, Edwin D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bottle-Stoppers.
Patent for "an improvement in the bottle-stopper of Westel E. Hawkins, patented under date of August 4, 1874, and numbered 153,769" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1875
Creator:
Shaw, Michael W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brick-Molds.
Patent for improvement in brick-molds, with description and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1875
Creator:
Singer, Edgar C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in Adjustable Cultivators"
Date:
February 8, 1876
Creator:
Price, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History