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Improvement in Gang-Plow. (open access)

Improvement in Gang-Plow.

Patent for improvement in gang-plow by using an adjustable slotted cross-bar to enable the “plow-beams to oscillate, so that their landsides are always vertical, however uneven the ground may be.” (Lines 20-21) “This tool can also regulate the depth of the plows in the ground whereby the depth of furrow is adjusted.” (Lines 24-25) Illustration is included.
Date: April 20, 1869
Creator: Hall, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Needle-Threaders for Sewing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Needle-Threaders for Sewing-Machines.

Patent for improvement in needle-threaders for sewing machines by using an “eyelet-frame that formed by two equal parallelopipeds. These parallelopipeds are being kept together by two springs and may be separated by pressing the pins toward each other.” (Lines 32-35) “The axis of a conical eyelet will be laid in the joint planes of the parallelopipeds, its apex in the front side, its basis in the opposite side of the eyelet-frame, through which eyelet the thread has to pass when the instrument is used and applied to the machine-needle.” (Lines 37-42) This instrument can be used with curved or straight needles. Illustration is included.
Date: April 20, 1869
Creator: Thielepape, Wilhelm C. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Automatic Fans. (open access)

Improvement in Automatic Fans.

Patent for " a new and improved Table-Fan"
Date: April 20, 1875
Creator: Stamps, Lorenzo D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Processes of Reducing Asphaltum to a Liquid. (open access)

Improvement in Processes of Reducing Asphaltum to a Liquid.

Patent for a process to "reduce asphaltum to a liquid, and hold the same in a semi-fluid condition without heat, and which constitutes an entirely new article of commerce, and furnishes to the trade an article of asphaltum prepared and ready for use, without the labor, expense, and delay of melting, for paving and roofing purposes, and one most admirably adapted for use by manufacturers of varnish and japan." (Lines 8-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1875
Creator: Lee, Archibald K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Processes of Reducing Asphaltum to Liquid. (open access)

Improvement in Processes of Reducing Asphaltum to Liquid.

Patent for improved “process of reducing asphaltum to a liquid and holding the same in a fluid condition without heat or the use of dead-oils” (lines 31-34).
Date: April 20, 1875
Creator: Lee, Archibald K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements In Vine-Rakes (open access)

Improvements In Vine-Rakes

Patent for new and improved Vine-Rakes to use in everyday farming. Uses includes pulling fines from crops and preparing the ground for plowing or digging before planting crops.
Date: April 20, 1875
Creator: Dunn, Joseph W
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for "construction and arrangement of arrow-shaped draw-heads and lever-bars adjustable upon rack-bars for the purpose of raising and lowering the draw-heads" (lines 16-20)including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1880
Creator: Gray, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
COMPOSITION FOR WHITEWASH. (open access)

COMPOSITION FOR WHITEWASH.

Patent for formula used in whitewashing homes, walls, fences. etc. with ingredients and instructions included.
Date: April 20, 1880
Creator: Kerr, Archibald Henderson
System: The Portal to Texas History
COTTON AND CORN PLANTER. (open access)

COTTON AND CORN PLANTER.

Patent for a machine that assist with cotton and corn farmers with the planting of corn and cotton seed which contains instructions and illustrations on "construction and arrangement of parts" (line 18).
Date: April 20, 1880
Creator: Faucher, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Balanced Pump. (open access)

Balanced Pump.

Patent for a new and improved balanced pump. This design "relates to improvements in balanced pumps having two vertical receiving-cylinders provided with vertically-reciprocating plungers, and two vertical delivery-cylinders provided with plunging-barrels, all being provided with suitable valves operating automatically in conjunction therewith; and the objects of [the] invention are, first, to provide a pump by means of which water or other fluids may be conducted or raised with but little propelling power, and . . . to afford facilities for readily attaching it to be driven by any steam-engine" (lines 15-27).
Date: April 20, 1886
Creator: Ramsey, Haley S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Box for Washing Material for Concrete. (open access)

Box for Washing Material for Concrete.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in boxes for washing aggregate or rough material for making concrete" (lines 5-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1886
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Buckle. (open access)

Back-Band Buckle.

Patent for an improved back-band buckle and an improved hook that connects the buckle with the trace-chain. The lever-hook snaps "into position and is held secure in a pane substantially flush with the lower portion of the buckle-frame when the buckle is closed by the forcing down of the lever" (lines 15-19).
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Brown, John Staddart
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin. (open access)

Cotton-Gin.

Patent for a saw-cleaning attachment for cotton gins. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Griffin, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fare-Box. (open access)

Fare-Box.

Patent for a fare-box for cars and other vehicles that allows the driver or conductor to set the fare and which registers the amount paid. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Katzenberger, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Cutting Machine. (open access)

Feed-Cutting Machine.

Patent for a grain-cutting apparatus with adjustable knives. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Clark, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Spring-Motor. (open access)

Reversible Spring-Motor.

Patent for a spring-motor for bicycles, street and railway cars, and other vehicles which is meant "to accumulate and store surplus power which is usually lost in stopping vehicles and in holding back the same when descending steep grades, the purpose being to utilize such stored power for the purpose of propelling the vehicle up an incline or at whatever point additional power may be found desirable." (Lines 17-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Click, John Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Spring-Motor. [Copy #1] (open access)

Reversible Spring-Motor. [Copy #1]

Patent for a spring motor "particularly designed for use in connection with bicycles, polycycles, and all foot-propelled vehicles, but applicable also to all kinds of vehicles, as well as street and railway cars" (lines 11-15). It is intended to accumulate surplus power for use in propelling a vehicle up an incline, or for other propulsion either forward or backward.
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Click, John Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Spring-Motor. [Copy #2] (open access)

Reversible Spring-Motor. [Copy #2]

Patent for a spring motor "particularly designed for use in connection with bicycles, polycycles, and all foot-propelled vehicles, but applicable also to all kinds of vehicles, as well as street and railway cars" (lines 11-15). It is intended to accumulate surplus power for use in propelling a vehicle up an incline, or for other propulsion either forward or backward.
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Click, John Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel Scraper. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel Scraper.

Patent for a "device adapted to be readily applied to a vehicle to prevent mud from clinging to the wheels, and thereby make the draft lighter on a horse or team, and at the same time prevent mud from being thrown upon the body of a vehicle and the occupants thereof." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Taylor, Mascener
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher (open access)

Churn-Dasher

Patent for distributing air through cream while "thoroughly" agitating said cream, with brief instruction and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1904
Creator: Vestal, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Cleaning System (open access)

Air-Cleaning System

Patent for an air cleaning system to be used in homes. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap (open access)

Ant-Trap

Patent for an ant rap designed to catch ants and burrowing insects that are destructive to vegetation. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Fly, Nathaniel D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bin-Measuring Apparatus (open access)

Bin-Measuring Apparatus

Patent for a bin measuring apparatus for weighing dry products for sale quickly and accurately.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Duke, Joseph S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin Attachment (open access)

Cotton-Gin Attachment

Patent for an attachment to be used as a chute for cotton gins. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Story, Henton L.
System: The Portal to Texas History