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Improvement in Button-Hole Scissors. (open access)

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
Improvement in Fire-Place Fenders. (open access)

Improvement in Fire-Place Fenders.

Patent for "an extensible fender adapted for large or small fire-places" (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1872
Creator: Hall, William N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hand-Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Hand-Cultivators.

Patent for "hand-cultivators; and the novelty consists in the improved construction and arrangement of the stock, tongue, and plows; and in the application to the end of the tongue of a shoulder-strap to assist in working the implement." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1872
Creator: Jones, William G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in fluting-iron (open access)

Improvement in fluting-iron

Patent for an improvement in fluting iron, involving a hollow smoothing and glossing iron.
Date: February 27, 1875
Creator: Fisher, William F. & Brown, Amos C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for the, "improvement in the auxiliary blades attatched to plows...[and] in the improved method of constructing and attaching the blade to a plow, so that it can be shifted and adjusted in different positions" (lines 14-21). Illustrations included.
Date: February 27, 1877
Creator: Kersh, Thomas E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Reciprocating Churns (open access)

Improvement in Reciprocating Churns

Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in the construction of churns, whereby dashers are caused to rotate very rapidly, thus greatly facilitating the process of producing butter; also, the churn and its supporting frame-work being constructed and arranged in sections permits of it being taken apart very readily, and packed in a very small space for shipment." (lines 12-20) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1877
Creator: Welch, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vapor-Burners. (open access)

Improvement in Vapor-Burners.

Patent for, "an improved construction and arrangement of vapor-burner, by which the same is readily lighted, adjusted to a larger or smaller flame, or extinguished" (lines 13-17). Illustration included.
Date: February 27, 1877
Creator: Sawyer, Frederick A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "is to provide a . . . car-coupling link which automatically uncouples cars in case one or more of the cars runs off the track" (lines 7-10).
Date: February 27, 1883
Creator: Keller, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Clod Crusher and Sod and Stalk Cutter. (open access)

Combined Clod Crusher and Sod and Stalk Cutter.

Patent for a new and improved combined crusher of clods and cutter of sod and stalks. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the slotted beam, of the stalk-gathering device consisting of the bent wires or rods forming eyes, and diverging at their lower ends, and held in place by the plate or washers below the beam, and wedge above the beam . . . [and] of the frame, the slotted cross-bar, and the rollers having cutting-blades" (lines 74-83).
Date: February 27, 1883
Creator: Miller, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rotary Harrow and Stalk Cutter or Roller. (open access)

Combined Rotary Harrow and Stalk Cutter or Roller.

Patent for a new and improved harrow combine. This design "provide[s] a rotary harrow, to be used in combination with a stalk-cutter or roller, for the purpose of harrowing ground and at the same time cutting off the stalks of the preceding crop, or for harrowing in and rolling seed. [The] invention consists in a [novel] combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 11-18).
Date: February 27, 1883
Creator: Barker, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin Building (open access)

Cotton-Gin Building

Patent for improvements to cotton gin buildings granted to Benjamin F. Ferguson to reduce the risk of fire and the cost of ginning cotton.
Date: February 27, 1883
Creator: Ferguson, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Store Shelving. (open access)

Store Shelving.

Patent for new and improved store shelving. This design utilizes a hinge whereby the shelving can collapse onto a flat surface, which is otherwise available as storage itself. This design also utilizes wheeled legs for easy transportation and zinc plating so as to partially fire-proof the shelving.
Date: February 27, 1883
Creator: Harris, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle for Cotton Pickers. (open access)

Vehicle for Cotton Pickers.

Patent for a new and improved vehicle for picking cotton. This design "consists in a three-wheeled vehicle provided with a seat, in combination with a suitable frame which is supported at one end upon two wheels, and which is loosely attached at its other end to the axle of the three-wheeled vehicle, and which is used for carrying the bag or basket which is to hold the cotton . . . thus enabl[ing] persons to pick cotton who have weak backs" (lines 15-28).
Date: February 27, 1883
Creator: Reid, John Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Tooth. (open access)

Artificial Tooth.

Patent for an artificial tooth with an improved crown so that "it can be attached to the gold cap that has been made to fit the end of the root that is to be crowned, the manner of attaching being materially facilitated" (lines 15-19).
Date: February 27, 1894
Creator: Harrell, Hardy B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for an automatic car-coupler that operates without someone having to go to between the cars. It is simple and compact.
Date: February 27, 1894
Creator: Calhoun, Cloud B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music-Leaf Turner. (open access)

Music-Leaf Turner.

Patent for an automatic page turner for an organ or piano. The pages can be turned right or left, and the mechanism is operated using foot pressure.
Date: February 27, 1894
Creator: Stinson, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for a stably constructed and effective rotary engine in which "the full effect of live steam under a full head can be attained at all times on the drive shaft" (lines 12-14).
Date: February 27, 1894
Creator: Walker, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in baling presses, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1900
Creator: Byars, Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Seat. (open access)

Car-Seat.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in car seats, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1900
Creator: Meier, Hermann
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Elevator And Gin-Feeder. (open access)

Cotton-Elevator And Gin-Feeder.

Patent for new and useful improvements in cotton elevators and gin feeders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1900
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hub-Wrench. (open access)

Hub-Wrench.

Patent for a new and useful hub wrench, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1900
Creator: Sauls, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oscillatory Engine. (open access)

Oscillatory Engine.

Patent for a new and useful oscillatory engine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1900
Creator: Hutchison, Wilson Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planting Attachment For Cultivators. (open access)

Planting Attachment For Cultivators.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corn and cotton planting attachments for cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1900
Creator: Weddle, John Crit
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup-Spur. (open access)

Stirrup-Spur.

Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in stirrup spurs, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1900
Creator: Coleman, Thomas G.
System: The Portal to Texas History