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Improvement in the Manufacture of Black Bottle-Glass.
Patent for manufacturing black bottle-glass by using "combination with other ingredients, an earthy slate of a peculiar character, called "clay-slate," for the purpose of furnishing the coloring-matter of the glass,as well as forming one of the bases of the glass itself."(line 10-15) Instruction only, no illustration.
Date:
September 2, 1856
Creator:
McCully, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Throttle-Valve Stands and Stems.
Patent for "a new arrangement of support for the stem of a throttle-valve, and has for its object to facilitate the lubricating of the screw and cause the parts to be firmly held in place." (Lines 19-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 2, 1872
Creator:
Compant, John M. & Krauskopf, Engelbert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Two-Horse Equalizers.
Patent for an adjustable device that redistributes weight so that two animals of unequal strength can perform their equal share of work. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 2, 1870
Creator:
Sims, Zachariah B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Mattress-Stuffers.
Patent for an improved mattress stuffer with a horizontal case and a hinged cover.
Date:
April 2, 1872
Creator:
Watson, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for improvement in cultivators in which the plows can be adjusted by width, height and laterally to regulate the depth and angle of inclination. The plows, which can be operated by a foot device, may be simultaneously thrown from the ground. (Lines 73-76) Illustration is included.
Date:
November 2, 1869
Creator:
Baker, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Worms in Cotton-Plants.
Patent for using a solution of water and arsenic for killing cotton pests.
Date:
January 2, 1871
Creator:
Mitchell, Thomas W. & Briscoe, Robert P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bailing-Presses.
Patent for an improved bailing press consisting of "a novel arrangement of levers, connecting-bars, and cords, in combination with the follower and windlass, whereby the follower is worked in the downward direction for pressing, and in the opposite direction for elevating it to recharge the press, by the said windlass" (lines 5-11).
Date:
January 2, 1872
Creator:
Randolph, Jeremiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Preserving Meat, &c.
Patent for a method of preserving meat, vegetables, and other foods in an air-tight container using hydrogen gas and displaced water.
Date:
April 2, 1872
Creator:
Gillespie, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Windmills.
Patent for a "self-regulating windmill, so arranged that it will automatically exclude the wind from the wheel during storms and irregular or sudden squalls of wind, while it will equally enlarge the opening through which the wind is admitted to the wheel, whenever the power of the wind is reduced." (Lines 14-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 2, 1873
Creator:
Davie, John P. & Morgan, Asa
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 Cultivators.
Patent for "Improvements in Combined Plow and Cultivator" (lines 4-5), including illustrations.
Date:
March 2, 1875
Creator:
Roquemore, Peter D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mattress and Cushion Tackers.
Patent for improvement in fasten materials that are used for mattresses or cushion together without being drawn through and lifted by the needles. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 2, 1872
Creator:
Watson, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Building Earth-Works.
Patent for frame-mounted grading machine mounted on casters or wheels with hinged platform.
Date:
December 2, 1873
Creator:
Morey, Harvey.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seeding-Machines
Patent for a seed-planting machine with adjustable mechanisms that allows the user to customize the seeding machine for a specific project.
Date:
June 2, 1874
Creator:
Lee, Abram & Sinks, Edward Randolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Axles for Vehicles
Patent for "an Improvement in Wagon-Axle Skeins" that "has for its object to furnish an improved iron axle for wagons and other vehicles which shall be stronger without being heavier than iron axles made in the ordinary manner."
Date:
July 2, 1872
Creator:
Ahrenbeck, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for a new and valuable improvement in Cotton-Bale Tie, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 2, 1873
Creator:
Starr, Henry D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Adjustable Hats.
Patent for a mechanism improving the ability to adjust the shape of a hat to fit different sized heads. The patent is for an "adjustable attachment for enlarging and contracting" the hat's design.
Date:
August 30, 1873
Creator:
Cassiano, Ygnacio I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Tie fastenings.
Patent for the improvement of bale-tie fastenings, including illustrations.
Date:
June 2, 1874
Creator:
Davis, Waters S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for a detachable and re-useable cotton-bale tie, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 2, 1875
Creator:
Jones, Henry Bradly
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties
Patent for an improved kind of bale tie "designed to hold in compact form a mass of hay, cotton, moss, and other analogous substances" (para. 3).
Date:
February 2, 1875
Creator:
Reese, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brick-Machines.
Patent for an improvement brick machines that includes "an endless chain of molds at the bottom of the press box [...] in combination with a pressing plate and a cut-off plate" (lines 18-22).
Date:
November 2, 1875
Creator:
Fisher, Charles N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Scrapers, Choppers, and Cultivators.
Patent for "a new and useful Improvement in Combined Cotton Scraper, Chopper, and Cultivator" (lines 4-6) including illustrations.
Date:
November 2, 1875
Creator:
McClung, Richard L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Box for Locomotives.
Patent for a new and improved axle-box for locomotives. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a pedestal, of an axle-box mounted to slide vertically in the said pedestal, a second axle-box mounted with one side in a bearing in the said pedestal, and a connecting-rod secured to the last-named axle-box and pivotally connected with the first-named axle-box" (lines 67-73).
Date:
April 2, 1889
Creator:
Chase, Ransford T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Seat
Patent for "an inexpensive form of car-seat, wherein the parts are so arranged that the back of the seat may be adjusted to almost any angle desired, a leg or foot rest, which also may be adjusted to suit the convenience of the occupant of the seat" (lines 7-13).
Date:
April 2, 1889
Creator:
Goelet, Edward B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History