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Improvement in Plows.
Patent for the improvement of the Rotary-Disk Cutters for plows that enable it to swivel and be supported by guides, including illustration.
Date:
April 3, 1855
Creator:
Hall, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gang-Plows.
Patent for an improvement of gang-plows by arranging the plows in rows on to a fame which can be fastened to a wagon, when the wagon is in motion, it causes the plows to work in vertical motion. The height of the plow-frame can be adjusted. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 3, 1860
Creator:
Wilson, J. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
Patent for an improvement in cotton-seed planters using a combination of an adjustable agitator and a movable self-adjusting stirrer, including illustration.
Date:
April 3, 1860
Creator:
Sweeny, Samuel P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Shot-Cases and Distributers
Patent for a "new receptacle for holding several grades of shot, and to an adjustable distributing device for the same. Its object is to enable traders to keep the several kinds or grades of shot in one receptacle, but so that suitable quantity of any one kind can be readily and conveniently measured out" (lines 20-26).
Date:
January 3, 1871
Creator:
Booton, Sinclair
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saw-Sets.
Patent for a simply constructed device for setting the teeth of saws. Includes illustrations and descriptions of its parts and usage.
Date:
January 3, 1871
Creator:
Harris, Henry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Lamps
Patent for the construction of a combined oil burning lamp and candlestick.
Date:
August 3, 1869
Creator:
Richer, F. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Cultivator, Plow, Harrow, and Roller.
Patent for an invention "to combine and arrange a cultivator, plow, harrow, and roller, with draught-wheels, axle, draught-pole, and an adjustable supporting-frame, in such a manner that the several parts can be used together or independently." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 3, 1868
Creator:
Thornton, Sterling C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.
Patent for a new and improved hay and cotton press, including illustrations.
Date:
July 3, 1874
Creator:
Kirtley, Fielding L
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Reversible Sad-Irons.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Irons" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.
Date:
August 3, 1875
Creator:
Smothers, Thomas T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Single-Trees
Patent for "a new and Improved Single-Tree and Breast Yoke." (lines 3-4) Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
October 3, 1876
Creator:
Flatau, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Tightening Iron Bands on Bales.
Patent for an apparatus that consists of "a series of metal bars to be inserted between what is known as the 'channel bars or teeth,' both on the upper and lower platens of a compress used for compressing cotton-bales, which bars thus inserted shall be so attached to the channel-bars that, by the force of springs, the said bars will be kept below the surface of the teeth on the platens, allowing ample space to insert the iron bands to be used in tying the bales, in the same manner as they are now universally inserted." (Lines 13-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 3, 1877
Creator:
Quin, Michael
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mosquito-Net Frames.
Patent for "mosquito-net frames which are made adjustable, so that they may be extended over the bed or folded compactly, according to the requirements of use." (Lines 8-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 3, 1877
Creator:
Volle, Johann F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sheet-Metal Cans.
Patent for sheet-metal cans, specifically a spout attachment for cans.
Date:
December 3, 1872
Creator:
Delany, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Levers for Presses.
Patent for improvements on locks and fasteners of shutters.
Date:
March 3, 1873
Creator:
Gates, Joseph P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds
Patent for improvement in insect,specifically cotton worms, destroying compounds . Included list of chemicals and measures of amount used.
Date:
March 3, 1874
Creator:
Johnson, Jehu W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing-Machines.
Patent for a new ironing machine design, including illustrations.
Date:
November 3, 1874
Creator:
Perrenet, George Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Portable Fences
Patent for an improvement to portable fences so that they can be "easily and cheaply constructed in sections, and then quickly put together and firmly braced and supported." (lines 14-17) Illustration included.
Date:
October 3, 1876
Creator:
Martin, Josiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Automatic Fans.
Patent for "an improved device for keeping the flies off the table, bed, or other place; and it consists of a fly-brush constructed of a spiral spring attached to a shaft with rotary reciprocating motion, and provided along the convolutions of the spring with suitable wings" (para. 4).
Date:
November 3, 1877
Creator:
Boone, John Baxter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bed-Bug Exterminators.
Patent for "a machine for exterminating bed-bugs by steam." (Lines 11-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 3, 1873
Creator:
Fewell, Calvin L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planters.
Patent for a new and useful seed-planter for corns and cottons, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 3, 1873
Creator:
Sims, Zachariah B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Automatic-Gates.
Patent for "a new and valuable Improvement in Farm-Gates" (lines 3-4) allowing persons riding to open and close a swinging gate.
Date:
March 3, 1874
Creator:
Kenney, Martin M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for an improved bale-hoop tie, consisting of a tongue and slot locking device, which may be used for cotton or other bales, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 3, 1874
Creator:
Davis, Waters S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for the improved design of a bale-hoop tie, including illustrations.
Date:
November 3, 1874
Creator:
Davis, Waters S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Destroying the Cutting Ant.
Patent for "an improved apparatus for destroying the cutting ants in their nests." (Lines 9-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 3, 1875
Creator:
Fenner, Ferdinand A. & Power, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History