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Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for an improved bale-tie which is to be used especially with cotton, includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
May 28, 1878
Creator:
Arnold, Lloyd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pipe and Bar Cutters
Patent for a new and improved pipe and bar cutter, which cuts metal and steel. This design is simple, convient, and effective, including illustration.
Date:
May 21, 1877
Creator:
Astall, Jesse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ditching-Machines.
Patent for the improvement of ditching-machines by way of new construction techniques.
Date:
May 5, 1876
Creator:
Austin, Matthew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Chairs.
Patent for improvement in chairs, which provides adjustable shoulder supports and back (inclination and height), with intended advantages of better lung capacity and spinal alignment. The chair can be adjusted to fit all sizes of bodies. It is noted that some of the adjustable features could be incorporated into other furnishings such as beds or lounges. An additional feature of the chair is a retracting spring to assist the user in exiting the chair.
Date:
May 9, 1876
Creator:
Barnes, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators.
Patent for a new improvement for a cotton-cultivator with different tools and connections, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1873
Creator:
Bates, Finis L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for "plow mold-boards to which the black land of Texas, and other similar soils, will not adhere, so that a furrow can be turned, however sticky and waxy the soil may be." (lines 14-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 18, 1875
Creator:
Bell, Francis R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sawing-Machines.
Patent for a new and improved pulley-operated, roller-fed log sawing machine
Date:
May 24, 1873
Creator:
Bell, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds.
Patent for "a mixture of the arseniate of soda and water, or arseniate of soda, dextrine, and water, prepared in certain proportions of the respective ingredients, for the purpose of destroying cotton-worms." (Lines 7-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 19, 1874
Creator:
Braman, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Presses.
Patent for the improvement of cotton presses to bale cotton and other materials, including illustrations.
Date:
May 12, 1874
Creator:
Brown, Bartlett W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spurs.
Patent for improvements in spurs that permanently attaches the spur to the boot, including illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1879
Creator:
Brown, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.
Patent for an improvement in cotton-choppers by way of vertical rock-shafts.
Date:
May 25, 1876
Creator:
Burnham, Theodore O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Transplanters
Patent for an improvement in transplanters, intended for use in transplanting cotton or other plants.
Date:
May 28, 1872
Creator:
Cook, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Revolving Cotton Lint Rooms.
Patent for improvement in cotton-lint rooms. These rooms are used with gins that seperate the seeds from the cotton.
Date:
May 13, 1873
Creator:
Crenshaw, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Clod-Crushers.
Patent for a land-drag and clod-crusher that will effectually crush the clods, level the land, and pack the soil, at one and the same operation.
Date:
May 16, 1876
Creator:
Crockett, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Painter's Scaffold-chairs.
Patent for use of house-painters and others an improved scaffold-chair that may be elevated and lowered at pleasure by the person sitting on the scaffold.
Date:
May 16, 1876
Creator:
Crockett, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings.
Patent for an improvement in car-couplings with illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1876
Creator:
Darrow, Nicholas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings
Patent for car coupling device that attaches cars automatically when moved together while also detaching if one or more cars come off the tracks.
Date:
May 22, 1877
Creator:
Dobbs, Charles & Robinson, Samuel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Revolving Conical Mold-Boards
Patent for improvements and new design for a Revolving Conical Mold-Board Plow.
Date:
May 22, 1877
Creator:
Dryer, Charles Valentine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vehicle-Springs
Patent for a newly designed vehicle spring that attached to the axle and features an auxiliary spring.
Date:
May 22, 1877
Creator:
Faber, Fredrick W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Cultivators and Choppers
Patent for an improvement to the design of a rotary cultivator and chopper, including illustrations.
Date:
May 11, 1875
Creator:
Fenley, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvment in Apparatus for Drying Hides.
Patent for "an improvement in apparatus for drying hides"
Date:
May 9, 1876
Creator:
Finnigan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tool-Holders for Grinding
New and valuable Improvement in Tool-Holders, which are designed for holding tools in contact with the periphery of a grindstone.
Date:
May 2, 1876
Creator:
Fisher, Charles N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties
Patent for an improvement in cotton-bale ties which consists of the construction of the loop-plate.
Date:
May 14, 1872
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Nail-Extractors.
Patent for an improved instrument for extracting nails which "will increase its effectiveness in equal ratio with the resistance offered by the object under operation" (lines 13-16) including instruction and illustrations.
Date:
May 14, 1872
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History