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Improvement in Gang-Plows.
Patent for "a gang-plow, which is so arranged that the beams can be adjusted sideways and up and down at will, and can be permanently secured in any desired position in either movement." (Lines 17-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 30, 1869
Creator:
Hall, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for improvement in bale-ties. "This invention relates to that class of ties or hoops for cotton-bales, in which the band of hoop iron is provided with rigid hooks, studs, or buttons, and matching perforations as means for adjustably uniting the ends."
Date:
October 23, 1875
Creator:
Powell, Amos N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for improvement in cotton-presses, which increases convenience by using detachable parts to facilitate insertion of material and a windlass with a system of cords and levers to increase compression of cotton.
Date:
November 30, 1875
Creator:
Wallace, Wesley W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spectacle-Frames.
Patent for "spectacle-frames in which the bows are turned into a coil near the points where they are connected to the lens-hoops for the purpose of forming spring-joints, instead of the ordinary pivot-joints." (Lines 6-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 30, 1875
Creator:
Stewart, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a new and improved buckle. This design calls for "the rear side of the cross-piece [to be] provided with a recess . . . to receive the back of the tongue-joint, so that the latter shall not be in the way when the strap is to be passed between the cross-pieces . . . after being adjusted upon the tongues or studs" (lines 35-41).
Date:
November 30, 1880
Creator:
Bugbee, George Gooding
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Roaster.
Patent for a new and improved coffee roaster. This design "provides a means whereby [one] can utilize the heretofore wasted heat ascending the stove-pipe to roast coffee and other similar articles, thereby securing for other purposes the large amount of space over or near the fire heretofore occupied by the coffee-roaster; and the invention consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 13-21).
Date:
November 30, 1880
Creator:
Brown, Maurice T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engineer's Level-Rod
Patent for an engineer's level-rod which introduces a peculiar manner of marking the scale upon the face of the rod.
Date:
November 30, 1880
Creator:
Lynch, Michael L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Separating Machine.
Patent for a new and improved seed separator. This design "provide[s] a machine for [separating seeds] in which the grinding and separating actions will be performed continuously and in a more automatic manner, dispensing with the work of the hand, requiring a less amount of water, and at the same time performing the grinding and separating actions in a more rapid and perfect manner" (lines 29-36).
Date:
November 30, 1880
Creator:
Blocker, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corn and Cotton Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "relates to the construction of a planter so arranged that by simply shifting the connection between the corn-slide and the crank-arm of an agitator the device may be adjusted to act as a planter of corn or cotton, but a single connecting-rod being employed in connection with a single driving crank-shaft to operate the planter both as a cotton and a corn planter" (lines 8-16).
Date:
November 30, 1886
Creator:
Walker, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Wardrobe and Book-Case.
Patent for a combined bookcase and wardrobe cabinet, with illustrations. The purpose of the bookcase and wardrobe cabinet is to be "used as a bookcase, wardrobe, or show-case at will" (lines 10-11).
Date:
November 30, 1886
Creator:
Schmidt, Julius Friedrich
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton and Corn Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination of the main wheel and shaft, a dish-shaped disk mounted on the shaft, the inner side of said disk having a series of bolt-heads rigidly secured thereto, the bolts extending inward laterally and being provided with threaded ends, the main wheel being provided with openings for the reception of said bolts ends and the adjusting-nuts on both sides of said wheel" (lines 11-19).
Date:
November 30, 1886
Creator:
Tyus, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design "is to provide cotton-choppers constructed in such a manner that the cotton will be chopped to a stand by the passage of the machine along the rows of plants, leaving the hills of plants at uniform distances apart, and which shall be simple in construction, readily controlled, and convenient in use" (lines 17-24).
Date:
November 30, 1886
Creator:
Puls, Ernst C. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting Device.
Patent for a new and improved jack. This design "relates to devices for raising fence-corners in repairing the same, and for lifting weights generally; and the object of [the] invention is to produce a simple and powerful device whereby a single operator can greatly increase his [or her] capacity for lifting heavy objects" (lines 8-14).
Date:
November 30, 1886
Creator:
McNabb, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Lock.
Patent for a new and improved sash lock. This design, "by means of a series of bolt-holes in both the upper sash and the frame the sashes can be held open for ventilation or securely locked in a closed position, as found desirable, and by means of the mortised seats and overhanging shoulders at the extremities of the slots, both the bolts can be drawn entirely within the casing and securely held in such position to enable both sashes to be raised or lowered at pleasure, and in the ordinary manner" (lines 75-84).
Date:
November 30, 1886
Creator:
Price, Harry F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination, with a supporting-frame, of a revolving hopper, comprising circular heads connected by cross-bars having recesses, circular strips inclosing the cross-bars and leaving a space between their inner ends, flanges secured between and projecting through the circular strips and leaving a space between them, a slotted plate located on one of the bars of the frame and having its end located between the flanges, and a set-screw for clamping the plate in place" (lines 92-103).
Date:
November 30, 1886
Creator:
Holland, Willis Asa
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Dumping Cage
Patent for a new and improved automatic dumping cage. This invention is to "use in the shafts of coal and other mines"(line 9-10).
Date:
November 30, 1897
Creator:
Gordon, William K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Desk.
Patent for a new and useful desk "with depressible leaves or writing bed sections" (line 10)
Date:
November 30, 1897
Creator:
Welch, James N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hopple.
Patent fora new and useful improvements in anti-chafing hopples for training live stock to "provide hopples which will not injure stock while being trained"(line 9-11).
Date:
November 30, 1897
Creator:
Trice, Sinnette Y.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mandolin.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in Mandolins to"obtain a tone for mandolins as nearly as possible equal to that of violins and other stringed instruments played by bows"(line 8-10)
Date:
November 30, 1897
Creator:
Simpson, Roy B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non Refillable Bottle
Patent for a new and useful improvements in non-refillable bottles. This invention is to " provide a bottle of this character which can not be refilled and sold as an original package without detection" (line 11-15).
Date:
November 30, 1897
Creator:
Taylor, James Moss
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ruling Machine
Patent for a new and useful improvements in ruling machines. This invention is to "provide a machine of this character by means of which engravers may cut horizontal, inclined, or circular lines into the plate, or draftsmen draw the same lines upon a sheet of drawing" (line 14-18).
Date:
November 30, 1897
Creator:
Owen, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type Writing Machine
Patent for a new and useful improvement in automatic type-writing machines.
Date:
November 30, 1897
Creator:
Templeton, Allison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Switch
Patent for an automatic switch for street railways.
Date:
November 30, 1909
Creator:
Godoy, Jose Ma
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pencil Holder and Sharpener.
Patent for a combined pencil holder and sharpener, which uses the sharpener as a pencil cap.
Date:
November 30, 1909
Creator:
Haase, Conrad H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History