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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.
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 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 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 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
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.
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
Lock.
Patent for "locking the control pedals of a motor vehicle from movement in either direction, the said lock being arranged between the pedals and arranged to simultaneously engage and lock both" (lines 9-14).
Date:
February 27, 1919
Creator:
Cameron, Robert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Compressing Baled Hay.
Patent for a machine for compressing baled hay to a "greater density" (line 16). Can also be used to compress loose hay or other similar materials.
Date:
February 27, 1917
Creator:
Whitney, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Aluminum Chlorid
Patent for method of making aluminum chlorid, where a form of hydrated alumina is combined with coking coal, and then exposed to heat and chlorin/chlorin containing gas.
Date:
February 27, 1917
Creator:
McAfee, Almer M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Making Machine.
Patent for a mattress making machine that is more simple but equally-efficient as previous mattress making machines. This patent is an improvement to the inventor's previous patent, No. 679,809.
Date:
February 27, 1906
Creator:
White, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
Pipe Lifting and Lowering Jack.
Patent for a pipe lifting and lowering jack that will hold pipes at various positions in wells.
Date:
February 27, 1912
Creator:
Smith, Thomas Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Plunger.
Patent for a plunger for use in pumps and air compressors that fits tightly into the cylinders of the machine.
Date:
February 27, 1912
Creator:
Ohmstede, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Saw-Filing Machine.
Patent for a saw filing machine that keeps the teeth of saws properly aligned, while they are being sharpened.
Date:
February 27, 1912
Creator:
Haltom, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scraper.
Patent for a scraper for floors and walls that attaches to a broom handle.
Date:
February 27, 1912
Creator:
Pettit, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo Chute
Patent for discharging chute on a silo.
Date:
February 27, 1917
Creator:
Frnaklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Skiving Machine
Patent for a skiving device. This invention is adapted to skive leather straps with intent for use as harness and belting. Illustration included.
Date:
February 27, 1906
Creator:
Emerson, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Solid-Rim Wood Column.
Patent for a new construction for wooden columns that were previously produced by joining strips of wood together.
Date:
February 27, 1906
Creator:
Robinson, Lee A. & Bible, Hunley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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