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Improvement in Brick-Presses.
Patent for a "new and useful improvement in brick-presses by which bricks may be quickly and cheaply pressed by hand power from clay taken direct from bank or mixer" ( Lines 1-3 )including instructions and illustration.
Date:
May 14, 1878
Creator:
Moore, Andrew A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brick-Machines.
Patent for improvements the process of molding moist clay into brick.
Date:
July 23, 1878
Creator:
Kennedy, Lewis B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms.
Patent for improved maneuvering and loading of firearms while riding horseback.
Date:
July 20, 1878
Creator:
Morrison, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms.
Patent for improvement in breech-loading fire-arms.
Date:
November 19, 1878
Creator:
Petmecky, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gang and Sulky Plows.
Patent for improvements in gang and sulky plows which "consists in an axle having the double crank of the transporting-wheel journaled upon the outer bend of said crank, working between the side beams of the plow-frame, and the connecting-rods pivoted, respectively, to the said bars and to the end and inner bend of said crank" (lines 17-23). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 8, 1878
Creator:
McCormick, John Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Power.
Patent for a new and improved "horse-power" (motor). This design utilizes a central pinion and a counter-wheel to accelerate the rest of the motor with minimal friction and minimal complicating of design.
Date:
January 29, 1878
Creator:
Randall, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Hoes.
Patent for a cotton-hoe with interchangeable blades (one smaller and the other larger), for "chopping cotton" (line 15) and garden use, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
March 5, 1878
Creator:
Moore, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings.
Patent for improvement upon train car coupling. Invention includes use of draw-heads, drop-gates, etc.
Date:
April 2, 1878
Creator:
Hogan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Car-Seat Locks.
This patent is for the usage of car seats and how they perform. It was created to improve the mechanics of locking a reversible car-seat.
Date:
April 9, 1878
Creator:
Waddill, Abel K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Camp-Stoves.
Patent for "an improved stove for camp and other uses, that may be reduced to small and compact size for transportation and readily put up for use." (Lines 14-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 21, 1878
Creator:
Vollbrecht, Louis P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Railway-Gates.
Patent for "automatically operating slide-gates which are operated by pressure on treadles, and are suitable for use either as farm-gates or railroad-gates." (Lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 28, 1878
Creator:
McCaffrey, James M. & Larkin, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers.
Patent for an improvement in cotton worm destroyer, includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
May 28, 1878
Creator:
Yeager, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fruit-Pickers.
Patent for an improved fruit-picking tool explaining the construction and usage of the tool, including illustrations.
Date:
June 11, 1878
Creator:
McConnell, William V. & Dickerson, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Pickers.
Patent for an improvement in cotton-pickers with design specifications and a description of applications and usage, including illustrations.
Date:
June 18, 1878
Creator:
Custer, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings.
Patent for an "improvement in car-couplings; and it consists in the arrangement and combination of devices whereby the pin is supported in a raised condition; also in a spring-slide for holding up the link ready for coupling with another car." (lines 13-18)
Date:
July 2, 1878
Creator:
Gassaway, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Railway-Tracks.
Patent for improvements in the adjoining of railway tracks.
Date:
July 23, 1878
Creator:
Cottingham, Gideon W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pumps.
Patent for improvement in the means by which cotton plants are watered, protected from pesticides and fires. It provides for a mechanism by which poison and water may be more easily distributed to the plants.
Date:
July 30, 1878
Creator:
Helmecke, Friederich Andreas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Journal Coolers
Patent for improvement of car-journal coolers on railroad-vehicles, with illustration.
Date:
August 20, 1878
Creator:
Morris, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pumps.
Patent for "a pump having two barrels of different diameters, the larger being subjacent to the smaller, and each provided with a valved piston, said pistons being both secured to the same piston-rod, in combination with a weight, arranged to counter-balance the added weights of the water-columns above the smaller and below the larger piston." (Lines 12-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 24, 1878
Creator:
Beeman, Geraldo A. & Mason, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Journal Boxes.
Patent for the improvement in car-journal boxes. This invention "relates to oil-boxes used upon journals of car-axles, the object being to prevent the lid from shaking off of the oil-stop or oil-packing surrounding the axle to be removed and replaced by a new one without removing the box from the journal."
Date:
October 15, 1878
Creator:
Alexander, Francis M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Axle Bearings.
Patent for improvement in car-axle bearings in which "it consists in a box having a chambered back for containing oil, and having grooves along the straight edges of its bearing-surface for receiving a wick, the ends of which extend through holes in the box into the oil reservoir.”
Date:
December 3, 1878
Creator:
Stratton, Asa E., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Portable Houses.
Patent for improvements in the construction of portable wooden houses, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 8, 1878
Creator:
Boyd, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bee Hive.
Patent for improvements to "that class of bee-hives or bee-houses having a series of compartments..." (lines 15-17) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 21, 1878
Creator:
Walton, George Slaughter
System:
The Portal to Texas History