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Cotton-Picking Shade.
Patent for a cotton-picking shade that will furnish a portable shade or shield for the use of cotton-pickers to protect them from the direct rays of the sun while at work.
Date:
July 22, 1879
Creator:
Benthall, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter.
Patent for a new and improved carburetor. This design calls for "the apparatus [to be] submerged in water for the purpose of equalizing the temperature of the carbureting-liquid, and thereby imparting a more uniform illuminating quality to the gas; also obviating the danger of explosion from access of flame to the exterior of the apparatus" (para. 2).
Date:
July 18, 1876
Creator:
Pollard, James M. & Barton, Wallace R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Extension Hat-Brims.
Patent for a "new and Improved Extension Hat Brim" (lines 3-4) with folding arms to extend the brim, including illustrations.
Date:
July 8, 1873
Creator:
Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Gun-Locks.
Patent for "new and useful improvement in Gun-Lock" (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 14, 1874
Creator:
Grisham, James Madison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ant-Traps.
Patent for catching burrowing insects, especially for large ants.
Date:
July 15, 1873
Creator:
Rubarth, Leander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.
Patent for a new and improved hay and cotton press, including illustrations.
Date:
July 3, 1874
Creator:
Kirtley, Fielding L
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wrenches.
Patent for furnishing "an adjustable wrench for holding and turning bolts, pipes, taps, &c." (lines 7-9). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
Killough, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wedges for Spitting Rock &c.
Patent for improvement for a wedge. This design hollows the middle in two areas to make it easier to handle and more economical.
Date:
April 24, 1875
Creator:
Cosbey, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators.
Patent for "an improved wheel-cultivator, which shall be so constructed that it may be readily adjusted for use in marking the ground, covering the seed, and cultivating the plants." (Lines 9-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 25, 1876
Creator:
Riddle, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Farm-Fences.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in fence including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1873
Creator:
McKenzie, Winfield S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vehicle-Wheels.
Patent for an "invention to provide a vehicle-wheel that is capable of being expanded so as to fit the tire". Patent for an invention to facilitate removing and replacing wagon or buggy tires.
Date:
July 10, 1877
Creator:
Racer, Martin J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Valve-Gear for Steam-Engines.
Patent for "an improvement in steam-engines which shall be so constructed as to give a full application of the steam and a free exhaust at regular intervals, which will enable the engine to be easily reversed, can be easily attached to any engine, which will enable an engine to be worked by water-pressure, will run smoothly and with very little friction, and will be very durable." (Lines 11-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 24, 1877
Creator:
Davis, James H. & White, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Traction-Engines.
Patent for a traction engine "for running on common roads and rails, and to be used for drawing plows, and as a motive power generally" (lines 8-10) including illustrations.
Date:
July 31, 1877
Creator:
Walker, Leander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines
Patent for "a new and valuable Improvement in Washing-Machines" for which "the novelty consists in providing the tank with two separate apartments or boxes for containing, respectively, suds and clear water, and in arranging the separating partition so that an ordinary wringer may be attached thereto and used on the clothes as they pass from the suds-box to the clear-water box."
Date:
July 16, 1872
Creator:
Newman, Greer J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines.
Patent for "washing-machines known as self-regulating machines; and consists in the arrangement for controlling at will the amount of pressure to be used, in combination with the construction of the feed and washing rollers." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 1, 1873
Creator:
Rowland, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines.
Patent for a new improvement to washing machines.
Date:
July 21, 1874
Creator:
Mitchell, Daniel Chasteen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vehicle-Springs.
Patent for "an improvement in springs for carriages" (lines 4-5), including illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1874
Creator:
Richardson, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Steam-Engines.
Patent related to "improvements in steam-engines. The object...is to devise means whereby the valves may be actuated automatically without the employment of exterior mechanisms by the use of exhaust-steam" (lines 17-22). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
Garlock, William H. & Cooke, Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Improvement in Swinging Berths.
Patent for the improvement of ships' berths, by neutralizing the effect of the roll and pitch of the seas to prevent sea sickness, as well as providing space for baggage and ballast.
Date:
July 16, 1875
Creator:
Brown, Bartlett W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in the Methods of Baling and Packing Cotton
Patent for improvement in the methods of baling and packing cotton specifically optimizations in the packing and baling of cotton by avoiding all the mechanical appliances used in forming and securing bales of cotton, such as the press, canvas bagging, band, buckles, and bale-ties.
Date:
July 18, 1876
Creator:
Drake, James A. & Singer, Edgar C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tube-Expanders.
Patent for improvements to tube expanders with springs rigidly secured at one end, detachable rolls, and the ability to fit tubes of different sizes.
Date:
July 18, 1876
Creator:
Rooney, Hugh L
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Flat-Iron Heaters.
Patent for a device which rapidly heats a flat or smoothing iron utilizing a lamp with multiple burners which can be adjusted to raise the temperature of the flat iron to the desired degree.
Date:
July 28, 1874
Creator:
Wilmot, Byron
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seats for Water-Closets.
Patent for an improved seat for water closets, including illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1875
Creator:
Fabj, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History