Improvement in Tire-Tighteners. (open access)

Improvement in Tire-Tighteners.

Patent for a device "for the purpose of tightening or loosening tires on wheels belonging to any kind of vehicles without shrinking or cutting the tires." (Lines 6-9) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1875
Creator: Horton, Henry A. R. & Hayes, Amos P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for "a novel form of baling-press which will be readily transportable and owing to its peculiar construction can be manipulated by hand, a still further object being to provide such an improved baling-press that the wire ties can be wrapped around the bale after its formation easily and quickly and the bale can be readily removed from the press after it has been wired." (Lines 16-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1897
Creator: Hawk, Nathaniel H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gang-Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Gang-Plows.

Patent for an improved gang-plow with an adjustable crank-axle, mechanism to raise and lock the plows, and a brace for increasing rigidity.
Date: January 27, 1874
Creator: Cummins, Allison G. & Cummins, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutting-Nippers. (open access)

Cutting-Nippers.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cutting nippers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: Love, Robert Hamilton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin Building (open access)

Cotton-Gin Building

Patent for improvements to cotton gin buildings granted to Benjamin F. Ferguson to reduce the risk of fire and the cost of ginning cotton.
Date: February 27, 1883
Creator: Ferguson, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History