Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.

Patent for the improvement of the cotton-seed planter in the arrangement of the hopper, roller with stirring and feeding teeth attached while distributing seeds accurately, including illustration.
Date: December 27, 1859
Creator: Kesler, Charles & Reinhard, Fred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peach-Parer. (open access)

Peach-Parer.

Patent for a paring device for peaches using prongs to hold and rotate the fruit while a blade pares the peach. Includes illustrations.
Date: December 27, 1859
Creator: Hermans, Alva & Hermans, Mary E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Arrangement for Supplying Air to the Furnaces of Stem-Boilers from the Wheel-Houses of Steamers. (open access)

Arrangement for Supplying Air to the Furnaces of Stem-Boilers from the Wheel-Houses of Steamers.

Patent for the "improvement in supplying air to furnaces on steamers" (lines 5-6), including illustration.
Date: December 20, 1859
Creator: Brandy, Louis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for the improvement of the plow using braces and mold-board for a sturdy and very durable plow, including illustration.
Date: November 15, 1859
Creator: Townsend, John T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sewing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Sewing-Machines.

Patent for improvement in sewing-machines by using two cams, one to operate the needle-arm and another to operate the feed and shuttle movements, illustration is included.
Date: November 15, 1859
Creator: Singer, E. C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Converting Reciprocating into Rotary Motion (open access)

Converting Reciprocating into Rotary Motion

Patent for converting reciprocating into rotary motion by using “two vertically moving racks with a cog wheel on a small shaft between them which gears into the teeth of the racks” (lines 16-19), includes illustration.
Date: November 1, 1859
Creator: Harper, C. A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Distributing Fertilizers. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Distributing Fertilizers.

Patent for the improvement of fertilizer-distributer which dispense fertilizers from a hopper with revolving arms that is mounted on top of a plow like machine, which would allow the fertilizers fall into the furrow. Including illustration.
Date: September 27, 1859
Creator: Morrel, Z. N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Securing Iron Bands on Cotton-Bales. (open access)

Improvement in Securing Iron Bands on Cotton-Bales.

Patent for the improvement of cotton-bale fastenings by using a metal plate and a flange to fasten and unfasten the bale without any other tools and with ease. Including illustration.
Date: September 27, 1859
Creator: Pyle, C. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.

Patent for the improvement of the hopper, stirrer, and distributor in cotton-planters that dispenses seeds into the soil using two horizontal united disks that discharges the seeds regularly and evenly, including illustration.
Date: September 13, 1859
Creator: Collier, T. T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.

Patent for the improvement of the cotton-seed planter through the arrangement of a seed dispenser over a reciprocating slide and agitator operated by a pulley system simultaneously when moving forward, including illustration.
Date: September 13, 1859
Creator: Smith, P. M. & Collier, T. T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters. (open access)

Improvement in Seed-Planters.

Patent for a seed-planter using two vibratory vertical feed-wheels, similar in size to distribute different seeds at the same time, one is designed specifically for cotton seeds, illustration is included.
Date: August 16, 1859
Creator: Murphy, Willis G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Steam-Engine. (open access)

Rotary Steam-Engine.

Patent for the improvement of the rotary engine through the arrangement of passages and system of pistons for a more simple construction with little friction, including illustration.
Date: August 16, 1859
Creator: Montjoy, George J. & Sawyer, J. B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Excavating and Grading Machine. (open access)

Excavating and Grading Machine.

Patent for a cultivating machine that pulverizes colds of soil using a revolving cylinder of blades, including illustration.
Date: July 19, 1859
Creator: Morrel, Z. N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Oven. (open access)

Portable Oven.

Patent for outdoor use of the Dutch oven and skillet converting the cover of the Dutch oven as a way to suspend frying pan or gridiron over coals to heat, including illustration.
Date: July 12, 1859
Creator: Morrel, Z. N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Hay Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton and Hay Presses.

Patent for the "improvement in Horizontal Cotton - Presses for compressing cotton, hay, and other articles and substances for baling; ..." (lines 3-6), including illustrations.
Date: July 5, 1859
Creator: Stockbridge, Elam
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Planting Cotton-Seed. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Planting Cotton-Seed.

Patent for a machine to clear top soil and dispense seed into soil when moving forward, including illustration.
Date: July 5, 1859
Creator: Morrel, Z. N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for "a new and Improved Cultivator" (lines 3-4) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 21, 1859
Creator: Veal, Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seeding-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Seeding-Machines.

Patent for the improvement of the seeding-machine by having a lever that allows the driver to operate the hopper-box, harrow, and smoothing-roller at any time, including illustration.
Date: June 14, 1859
Creator: Veal, Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Breakwater. (open access)

Breakwater.

Patent for improving seawalls to "preserve channels across the bars at the mouths of rivers, creeks, or canals and between bays and gulfs" (lines 6-8), including illustration.
Date: June 7, 1859
Creator: Armour, D. Hillen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn-Planters. (open access)

Improvement in Corn-Planters.

Patent for a corn-planter that allows the seed to be placed in a hopper and disperses the seed through a cylinder that is connected to a wheel to place and cover the seed, including illustration.
Date: May 10, 1859
Creator: Gilbert, R. B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for a triangle shaped cultivator with removable mold-boards that can be used as a plow and scraper, including illustration.
Date: May 10, 1859
Creator: Doss, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Gins. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Gins.

Patent for the improvement of the cotton-gin by the arrangement of two cylindrical brushes and rollers to reduce damaging the staple of the cotton, illustrations included.
Date: April 19, 1859
Creator: Gottheil, Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fastening Iron Bands on Cotton-Bales. (open access)

Improvement in Fastening Iron Bands on Cotton-Bales.

Patent for an iron band to tie and hold cotton bales with convenience and quickly during the first pack and during the compression process, including illustration.
Date: April 5, 1859
Creator: Wells, Clinton G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Pump. (open access)

Rotary Pump.

Patent for a "submerged pump of very simple construction... one which will be efficient in its operation and not liable to get out of repair" (lines 16-20), illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1859
Creator: Fagan, James L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History