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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
Improvement in treating grain to obtain extractive matter for coloring and flavoring spirits.
Patent for "Improvement in the Mode of extracting Flavors from Grain." (lines 3-4)
Date:
June 14, 1870
Creator:
Gilman, Samuel H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator.
Patent for a new and improved cotton elevator. This design "facilitate[s] the delivery of cotton to the gin, and at the same time . . . removes from the cotton the gravel and other foreign substances that may be in it, thereby preventing injury to the gin and causing it to deliver the cotton in a cleaner and better condition" (lines 7-13).
Date:
June 14, 1881
Creator:
Newton, William Frederick
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin.
Patent for a new and improved cotton gin. This design consists of an "endless wire-gauze band or apron, bound at its sides with strips of flexible material, such as leather . . . and provided on its inner side with slats, in combination with the saw-shaft, the condenser-roller, and the upper roller, around which the band passes, provided with longitudinal channels . . . in [a] cylinder and [a] wiper" (lines 81-92).
Date:
June 14, 1881
Creator:
Edgar, Valentine K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker's Shade.
Patent for a new and improved cotton picker's shade. This design "consists of a portable frame having an adjustable and detachable awning or shade . . . for the use of cotton-pickers and others whose vocation obliges them to work in the field during the hot season" (lines 19-23).
Date:
June 14, 1881
Creator:
Arnold, William Noah
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motive Power.
Patent for a new and improved motive power. This design "consists of an inclined wheel applied to a center shaft that turns in fixed bottom bearings and adjustable top bearings and transmits the power by a crown-wheel and gear-wheels and shafts in one or both directions" (lines 19-23).
Date:
June 14, 1881
Creator:
Gibson, Obadiah William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design consists "[i]n a seed planter, [with a] seed-dropping cylinder . . . with a row of recesses around its middle part, and rows of different-sized recesses provided with adjustable gage-screws around its end parts, whereby different-sized seeds can be dropped by the same cylinder" (lines 67-74).
Date:
June 14, 1881
Creator:
Holekamp, Julius
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a new improvement in baling presses that improves strength, durability and handling and is cheap to manufacture, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1887
Creator:
Mansfield, James Edward.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton and Cotton Seed Press.
Patent for a new and improved press. This design consists in "a suitable frame-work, the follower, two sets of toggle-arms which are operated by a screw, and two sets of toggle-arms which extend at right angles to the two sets which are operated by the screw, and which second set are operated by a rope and tackle . . . The object of [the] invention is to produce a very powerful press in which the follower is operated by four sets of toggle-joints, two of which are operated by a screw and the other two by a rope and tackle, so as to produce twice the amount of power usually exerted in toggle-joint presses" (lines 15-29).
Date:
June 14, 1887
Creator:
Drew, John Melvin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists "[i]n a cotton-chopper, the combination, with a bent axle, wheels on the same, a swiveled bearing on the said axle, a chopping-hoe having its standard fitted in said bearing, and a triangular frame secured to the axle, of a forked operating-lever pivoted to the triangular frame, a collar on the standard of the hoe, and links connecting the collar to the ends of the arms of the said operating-lever" (lines 15-23).
Date:
June 14, 1887
Creator:
Sacks, Heinrich Wilhelm
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for a new and improved hay-press. This design consists, "in combination with the plungers and their rack-stems, the cog, the brackets . . . curved as described, and having the flange, combined with the ways . . . and the anti-friction rolls, operating each on the rear of one of the rack-stems . . . [which are] combined with the brackets, detachably secured to the press, their forward ends constituting in connection with the rear plate of the press guide-ways for said stems" (lines 80-100).
Date:
June 14, 1887
Creator:
Cope, Mason L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Penman's Arm Rest.
Patent for a new and improved writer's armrest. This design "is to provide a sort of swivel-pivot to support the wrist in writing, whereby perfect freedom of movement is given to the hand, and the position of the hand may be changed instantaneously without effort in forming characters in writing. The invention consists of a flexible or pliable foundation-piece with an anti-friction or swivel roller or ball projecting from its surface and forming a pivot to support the wrist when writing, a strap or buckle, or other fastening, being used to attach the device to the wrist" (lines 11-22).
Date:
June 14, 1887
Creator:
Graham, Tilghman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blank Book.
Patent for a new and improved blank book. This design "consists in securing blank sheets to a binding forming the back of the book . . . so that the attachment and detachment of the sheets may be conveniently effected. Thus [the design] produce[s] a blank book which is particularly adapted for use of type-writers and other copyists" (lines 11-18).
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Burris, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet-Bed
Patent for "a cheap and simple construction of bed of this class, adapted to be readily folded or unfolded and to provide means for automatically folding and unfolding the legs for supporting the foot of the bed-frame when said frame is raised or lowered" (lines 9-15)
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Hayton, John. W. & Swift, Samuel H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for "car-couplers of the class known as 'link-and-pin' couplers, and has for its object the provision of means whereby the coupling is effected automatically and whereby the coupling-pin is made to actuate the brake-shaft" (lines 14-19).
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Acuff, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grinding-Machine
Patent for "a machine chiefly adapted for making or grinding molding bits or knives with either a straight or irregular cutting-edge; but my invention is also adapted for making and grinding other edged tools and implements" (lines 13-18).
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Ross, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design is "to provide a plow adapted to be used in connection with either single or double sweeps and to facilitate the application and removal of either thereof, and, furthermore, to provide means for steadying the plow during operation" (lines 8-14). It consists, "with the beam and standard, of the triangular brace having a series of adjusting holes at its upper end and at its lower front end curved upwardly, forwardly, and downwardly and at its extremity slotted, the adjusting-bolts . . . passed through the adjusting-holes and slot, [and] the steel shoe" (lines 6-13).
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Lee, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poison-Distributer
Patent for an "economically and simply constructed machine adapted to be drawn along over rows of plants and to spread powdered poison over the same for the destruction of insects" while also protecting the driver (lines 10-13).
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Krueger, John M. & Wunderlich, Fritz
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Extinguishing Fire
Patent for a method to extinguish fire. In a fire event, a container holding sulfur and alum is added to a tank holding water, soda and salt which will create pressure and eject the water in the tank.
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Millis, Hiram S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Raising and Lowering Mechanism for Harvesters
Patent for improvements in "a raising and lowering mechanism for harvesters, and more especially to a mechanism so arranged that it can be operated by the driver from his seat without checking the machine and while the machine is in motion" (lines 8-13).
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Schubert, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Tightener.
Patent for a new and improved tire-tightener. This design "has for its object to improve the means for lifting the felly so as to permit the insertion of a washer between the felly and the spoke, so as to take up any slack or looseness that may have occurred, and thus tighten the tire on the felly" (lines 15-20). It consists, "with a block adapted to be clamped to a spoke and an adjusting-screw, of a jaw operated by said screw and having its upper portion extended or curved to one side and then bifurcated to form two arms, each of which is provided with a fork adapted to lie against the under face" (lines 39-46).
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Cayce, Robert Walter
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writing Machine
Patent for improvements to typewriting machines with the aim of providing "a machine of simple and durable construction, capable of use for the ordinary purposes to which type-writers are applied, but especially adapted and designed for typewriting upon blank books, thereby facilitating the making of official records and producing records that are more legible and compact than it is possible to obtain by handwriting" (lines 11-18).
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Borden, William J. & Johnson, Jahu W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vertical Gearing for Harvesters and Binders
Patent for "improvements in vertical gearing for harvesters and binders in which the main operating-shaft is carried in a vertical position, thereby securing a larger range to elevate the machine and securing a perfect balance of the machine on the ground-wheels without extending parts of the machine to the front or rear" (lines 8-15).
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Schubert, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridge Construction.
Patent for a new and useful bridge construction, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1898
Creator:
Davidson, James Allen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History