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Bee-Hive.
Patent for a "new and useful improvement in bee-hives" (lines 5-6), with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1886
Creator:
McCullar, John Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Planter and Dropper.
Patent for a new and improved seed planter or dropper. This design utilizes a hopper, a shaft provided with cups, a bevel having a countersunk opening provided with a recess, a gate hinged in said recess and held in contact with the cups on the shaft by a spring, and a concave partition fitting the periphery of the shaft, all constructed and arranged in a novel way (lines 68-75). Additionally, this design utilizes a wheel, the motion of which dispenses the seed.
Date:
June 28, 1881
Creator:
Dawson, John Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broom.
Patent for a broom that has replaceable straw sections.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Blasingame, Frank P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench that is cheap to manufacture.
Date:
June 20, 1911
Creator:
Furrh, Elijah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grate-Bar.
Patent for a grate bar for furnaces, which allows for proper air distribution in the furnace.
Date:
June 28, 1910
Creator:
Wilderspin, Anderson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hopper for Leaching Ashes.
Patent for improved ash-hopper that is composed of suitable frame, two side boards, two triangle end boards that can be used to improve leaching ashes.
Date:
June 7, 1881
Creator:
Alexander, Abbington B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Apparatus for Making Concrete Monuments.
Patent for "an improved method of and apparatus for making concrete monuments and tombstones" (lines 9-11) and makes harder and sets faster than other methods. The end result is meant to look like polished stone.
Date:
June 26, 1894
Creator:
Cameron, Neill C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History