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Cotton - Bale Ties
Patent for tying the ends of cotton bale wires or bands.
Date:
September 22, 1874
Creator:
Szabo, Alexander A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement on Corn and Cotton Planters.
Patent for a combined corn and cotton planter.
Date:
June 23, 1874
Creator:
Domschke, Carles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Planters, Cultivators, and Stalk-Choppers.
Patent for a combined planter, cultivator, and chopper.
Date:
May 12, 1874
Creator:
McCaleb, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for cotton-bale ties with metal plates and hooks.
Date:
April 28, 1874
Creator:
Lane, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators.
Patent for "new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Cultivator," (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 16, 1874
Creator:
Burnham, Theodore C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Water-Proof Joints for Roofing-Boards.
Patent for the improvement of water-proof joints for roofing-boards, including illustrations.
Date:
March 10, 1874
Creator:
Beazely, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Windmills.
Patent for the improvement of windmills, including illustrations.
Date:
September 29, 1874
Creator:
Symthe, Peyton.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pulverizing Subsoil-Plows.
Patent for an improvement in subsoil plows to pulverize soils, including illustrations.
Date:
September 22, 1874
Creator:
Mangham, Josiah T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planters.
Patent for a new cotton and corn planter, including illustrations.
Date:
May 19, 1874
Creator:
Griffith, William Harrison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Stalk-Pullers.
Patent for improvement in cotton-stalk pullers with beveled edges for firmer hold on the stalks.
Date:
January 27, 1874
Creator:
Heacock, Cadwallader
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Standards for Vehicles.
Patent for "a stanchion pivoted in a strong metal box adapted to be fastened to the side of the platform of the car or truck, the box being open at the top and at one end, so that the stanchion can be turned down on its pivot by the side of the platform, to be out of the way of loading the car or truck platform with goods which cannot be conveniently loaded when the stanchions are upright." (Lines 6-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 12, 1874
Creator:
Martin, James J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vapor-Burners.
Patent for an improvement in vapor burners used in self-generating gas burners.
Date:
June 23, 1874
Creator:
Sawyer, Frederick A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines.
Patent for a new improvement to washing machines.
Date:
July 21, 1874
Creator:
Mitchell, Daniel Chasteen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vehicle-Springs.
Patent for "an improvement in springs for carriages" (lines 4-5), including illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1874
Creator:
Richardson, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Truss-Bridges.
Patent for an improved method of truss-bridge construction, "whether made with a single or double roadway and with or without a sidewalk upon one or both sides, so as to enable them to be made with less material and less expense than when made in the ordinary manner, and which shall at the same time have an equal or greater strength." (Lines 14-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 17, 1874
Creator:
Miner, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vibrating Propellers.
Patent for new and useful improvement in vibrating propellers.
Date:
December 22, 1874
Creator:
Macowitzky, Charles P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Flat-Iron Heaters.
Patent for a device which rapidly heats a flat or smoothing iron utilizing a lamp with multiple burners which can be adjusted to raise the temperature of the flat iron to the desired degree.
Date:
July 28, 1874
Creator:
Wilmot, Byron
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Sprinkling Cotton-Plants.
Patent for a wheeled, horse-drawn machine, "whereby plants are firs dampened with water and then overspread with poisonous powder, the latter being caused by the former to adhere to the plant" (para. 9).
Date:
January 6, 1874
Creator:
Robinson, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machines.
Patent for an improvement in washing machines. The shaping and components are meticulously detailed and indicate they play a part in the said improvement.
Date:
January 20, 1874
Creator:
Eberhardt, T. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sawing-Machines.
Patent for improved sawing-machine, which can be operated either horizontally or vertically so that trees may be felled and cut up with one machine, the driving mechanism of which is in a protective housing.
Date:
January 27, 1874
Creator:
Morey, Harvey & Bellah, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Road-Scrapers.
Patent for a new improvement in the construction of road-scrapers to make them more facilitating, faster, and with less animal power required.
Date:
January 27, 1874
Creator:
Tate, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in seed-planters.
Patent for a seed planter that drops seeds into the plow furrow, where a roller covers the seeds with dirt. Includes illustrations.
Date:
February 17, 1874
Creator:
Pressly, Thompson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dish-Washing Machines.
Patent for a dish washer that allows dishes to be placed on shelves and rotated through a column of water. The machine can also be modified for washing clothing. It includes illustrations.
Date:
February 24, 1874
Creator:
Starr, Henry Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Permutation-Locks
Patent for an improvement in permutation locks.
Date:
March 10, 1874
Creator:
Hall, Phidello W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History