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Improvement in Gang-Plows.
Patent for a new, improved gang-plow for preparing and cultivating land for planting. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 23, 1875
Creator:
Scheumack, Stephen S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Raising and Transporting Vessels.
Patent for "a new and useful construction of barge having simple and powerful means for raising ships and vessels to a sufficient height so that the same may readily be carried through the water over shallow places or bars, and the barge is also equipped with means for being propelled through the water to carry a ship or vessel, and also for being propelled over a track, so as to act as a combined locomotive and ship-car when carrying a ship or vessel over dry land." (Lines 14-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1897
Creator:
Schramm, Charles J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent for a cotton press with "a roller bed consisting of a plurality of rollers in conjunction with an overlying pressure roll or cylinder, between which and the roller-bed the bale is formed by winding up the bat, as it comes from the gin-condenser, in the form of a roll" (lines 15-20). The roll-bale is unique in this patent because of its core.
Date:
March 23, 1897
Creator:
Banister, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a new "machine for chopping surplus cotton or corn out of the rows or drills, leaving it in hills at the desired distance apart" (lines 8-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1886
Creator:
Farley, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Use in Dry Out-Houses
Patent for the construction of an improved odorless apparatus for dry out-houses, including explications and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1886
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Implement.
Patent for a device related to plows, with a corn-planter and a cotton-planter attachments, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1880
Creator:
Chapman, William Arnol
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Velocipede.
Patent for a device related to "velocipedes or wagons propelled by hand-power" (lines 20-21), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1880
Creator:
Overstreet, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Oil Cake.
Patent for a new and improved process for manufacturing oil-cake. This design "involves but a very slight change in the process ordinarily practiced in the manufacture of oil-cake by compressing it to remove the oil and form the residue into a compact shapely mass; and it consists in providing a paper envelope in which to press the seed, instead of the cloth envelope or bag commonly provided for the purpose, whereby [the design] obtain[s] greatly improved results in the manufacture, and a new article of manufacture possessing improved qualities" (lines 9-18).
Date:
March 23, 1886
Creator:
Kay, William V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists "[i]n a plow, the combination, with the beam, mold-board, point, and landside-plate, of a standard consisting of a longitudinal bar, to which the beam is attached, and provided with a transverse elongated slot, two downwardly-extending arms connected together by a cross-brace and having serrations and elongated slots on their extremities, and bolts, nuts, and serrated washers for adjustably connecting the landside-plate thereto, the forward one of said arms having a seat for the plow-point" (lines 69-80).
Date:
March 23, 1886
Creator:
Wilhelm, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for a tire tightener that allows anyone, not just a mechanic to expand and contract the felly depending on the weather.
Date:
March 23, 1897
Creator:
Dobrowolski, William & Wise, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harvester-Reel.
Patent for the placement of a "covering of canvas, cloth, or other suitable material" (lines 16-17) around a harvester-reel for various improvements, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1880
Creator:
Moore, Joseph Martial
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Stock-Guard.
Patent for railroad stock guard "which when stopped upon will rise up from the center in front of the stock, scare them off, and prevent them from passing over it." (Lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1897
Creator:
Wiggs, Zeph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tension Device for Band-Saw Mills.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in tension devices for band-saw mills; and it consists, generally stated, in mounting the upper wheel in standards which are vertically movable in suitable guideways, said standards being secured to the plunger or cylinder of a direct-acting medium, such as compressed air." (Lines 24-31) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1897
Creator:
Coleman, Thomas A. & Coleman, Nathan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame.
Patent for quilting frame so that fabric can be pulled at four corners to give a uniform appearance while working and which frame can be easily assembled or taken apart using pins. Illustration and instructions included.
Date:
March 23, 1897
Creator:
Crawford, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pendant for Stem-Winding Watches.
Patent for a "pendant for a watch which can be turned in every direction and can be screwed into the watch-case" (lines 8-10), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1880
Creator:
Rossetti, John Theodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canning Furnace
Patent for a canning furnace. Illustration included.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
May, Callie C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet
Patent for a phonograph cabinet which has specialized storage for records with a built in cataloging and record finding system composed of letters running horizontally across the cabinet and numbers on a sliding strip which when put together with a letter will indicate the position of the record.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
Keltz, Eugene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cement.
Patent for cement of the type commonly known as Keene's cement, which is harder and glossier than other types of cement.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
Jones, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretching Machine.
Patent for a wire stretching machine, which is simple to build and operate and is durable and strong.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
Edwards, Henry & Sadler, Millard F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device
Patent for "a device for locking the frames of loose-leaf binders...which will not be readily bent or broken." (lines 11, 12, 21 & 21), including instructions and illustration.
Date:
March 23, 1905
Creator:
Hall, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Bag
Patent for a water bag. Illustration included.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
Smith, Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a nut lock for use on vehicle axles, which is easily taken on and off.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
Ruff, Charley C. & Ruff, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Sharpener.
Patent for a tool sharpener for various farm equipment such as plows or tools.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
Kirksey, Elijah F. & Stegall, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a simple, double-acting pump.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
Costephens, Elgin A. & Snow, Deskin D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History