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Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Patent for improvement in seed-planters by using a combination of lock-lever, bars, set-screw and a tongue to “construct accurate planters in which the planting may be readily done in exact check row, and which will allow the dropping device to be instantly thrown into or out of gear when desired.” (Lines 16-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 13, 1869
Creator:
Herrin, I. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Working Glass.
Patent for a blowing-engine that will make the glass-blowing process less laborious. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1875
Creator:
Chase, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for an improved, cheap and convenient bale-tie. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1875
Creator:
Brown, Maurice T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles.
Patent for improvements to carriage wheels, relating to the socketing ring that braces the spokes between the hub and the rim. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1875
Creator:
Nelson, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Earth-Auger
Patent for structural improvement in machines used for boring post holes and wells with illustrations and instructions included.
Date:
April 13, 1880
Creator:
Cudd, Decater P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Selkirk Candlestick
Patent for candlestick handle/dish with an extension that can be used traditionally for holding and carrying a candle as well as hanging on a nail in a wall with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 13, 1880
Creator:
Selkirk, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Lubricator.
Patent for a new and improved axle-lubricator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the tube having the threaded outer end, of the cap threaded to close said end, and the shank or stem carrying the conical plug at its lower or inner end, and screw-threaded to work through a threaded perforation of the cap, a shoulder being provided on the stem or shank at the base of the threads, operating to cause the unscrewing of the cap by the continued turning of the shank or stem" (lines 80-89).
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Hawkins, Andrew Jackson & Allen, Sam Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists in "[t]he combination of an axle, a frame, a shaft journaled longitudinally in the frame, radial arms mounted on the said shaft, gear connecting the said shaft with the axle, rectangular blades secured upon the ends of the said arms, the said blades being set diagonally, making their side edges parallel with the spiral path of the arms . . . and one blade being narrower than the others . . . whereby each blade will exactly coincide with the spiral path of its motion and stands will be left uncut at equal intervals" (lines 24-36).
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Ferriott, Charlie L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "is to provide a device to enable the shovels of the cultivator to yield when they strike an immovable object—such as a stone or stump—and thereby prevent the cultivator-shovels from being broken, and more especially in time-saving in readjusting the shovel for plowing" (lines 14-20).
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Eubanks, Thomas Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold and Angle-Piece Used in Constructing Concrete Walls
Patent for tools to create uniform concrete pieces and angles, with description of use and improvements and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow-beam, of a plow-standard pivotally secured to the rear end of said beam, a brace pivotally secured to the standard, and a sliding clamp for securing the front end of the brace to the beam" (lines 90-94).
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Ketchum, Joel Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Vacuum Pump.
Patent for a new and improved steam vacuum-pump. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a pump-cylinder, the water inlet and outlet pipes, a condenser-pipe, a steam-pipe, and valves located in the several pipes, of a vertically-movable rod having stops thereon, levers connecting the rod with the valves in the condenser-pipe and steam-inlet pipe, and a float loosely mounted on the rod and adapted to actuate the same" (lines 62-70).
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Hensley, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Type-Writing Machine.
Patent for improvements to the type writer which allow for automatic, proper spacing between letters and words; will automatically return the carriage to the beginning of the page; and will automatically feed the inking ribbon so that the entire surface is used. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1897
Creator:
Templeton, Allison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for "pin-and-link car-couplings to enable the same to couple automatically and to be readily uncoupled without going between cars, and to provide means for holding the link in substantially a horizontal position for guiding it into the mouth of a draw-head to avoid going between cars and guiding the link by hand." (Lines 12-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1897
Creator:
Allen, George F.; Allen, Charles D. & Martin, Richard W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grapple for Handling Well Pipes or Tubes.
Patent for "a simple and inexpensive device adapted for readily gripping a well pipe or tubing to enable the same to be readily removed from a well or lowered within." (Lines 11-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1897
Creator:
Smith, Thomas McGlothlin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Sealing Newspapers, &c.
Patent for a machine to seal "the open edges of folded newspapers or other periodicals at the place of publication to prevent their return for redemption by the publishers when the seal is broken." (Lines 10-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1897
Creator:
Sundstrom, Herman T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for "nut-locks especially adapted for use in securing nuts upon bolts at the joints of railway-rails." (Lines 10-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1897
Creator:
Dodson, Roy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for "an attachment which can be applied to the table of a sewing-machine and removed therefrom at a moment's notice and which can be taken apart when required and reduced to a small package for the purpose of storing or placing aside when not required for immediate use." (Lines 10-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1897
Creator:
King, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for "an improved frame for carrying the rolls of cloth from which a quilt is to be made in a horizontal position, so that they are adapted to be stitched together, with the batting between them, by the aid of an ordinary sewing-machine." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1897
Creator:
Howard, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for an adjustable tire tightener. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1897
Creator:
Taylor, William Buford.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writing Machine.
Patent for improvements to the type writer "to provide a simple and effective mechanism for automatically operating the type-bars of such a machine under the control of the keys in such manner as to require but light action of said keys." (Lines 11-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1897
Creator:
Templeton, Allison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn Operator
Patent for a Churn Operator. This device contains specifications for operating churn-dashers, as well as improvements for the established churn operator.
Date:
April 13, 1905
Creator:
Ham, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake-Setting Appliance
Patent for an air brake apparatus for train cars which automatically activates when a train car is derailed. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 13, 1909
Creator:
Gale, Albert & Lilley, Doc M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cotton Press and Feeder
Patent for an automatic cotton press and feeder operated by fluid pressure. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 13, 1909
Creator:
Cumpston, Frederick Bernard
System:
The Portal to Texas History