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Improvement in Plates for Holding Screw-Cutting Dies.
Patent for plates to hold screw-cutting dies, which allows the threads to be more accurately placed. Dies are also able to work for left handed dies as well as right handed dies.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
Geiser, Johan G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hand Cotton Pickers.
Patent for a new method of picking cotton by hand, whereby 3 spindles remove the fibers from the bolls.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
Ham, Thomas William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bed-Plates for Steam-Engines.
Patent for the invention of a new improvement in bed plates for steam engines, allowing improved water-feeding and venting of exhaust steam.
Date:
October 14, 1874
Creator:
Richardson, John Dunn
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for "a new and Improved Plow" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.
Date:
September 14, 1875
Creator:
Freeman, Irvan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing Machines.
Patent for the improvement of washing machine mechanisms.
Date:
February 14, 1871
Creator:
Jones, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Remedies for Dropsy.
Patent for a medical compound to alleviate dropsy, consisting of grape-vine, spirits of niter, oil of grape-vine, extract of Spanish apple root, and common salt. Includes instructions.
Date:
November 14, 1876
Creator:
Lawhon, David W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churning-Machines
Patent for improvement in mechanisms in operating churns. Includes a crank wheel and spindles for churning, as well as a better balanced upright position.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
Haile, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sheet-Metal Vessels
Patent for a cylindrical vessel made of sheet-metal rather than tin. Including a inward double hanging ledge and two layers of metal soldiered together.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
Morris, Robert C. & McLane, Hiram H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Angle-Plates for Doors.
Patent for a strengthening bracket for improving angle-plates for door hinges, such that the door will be supported from sagging at the hinge.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
Morris, Robert C. & McLane, Hiram H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Band-Tying Machines.
Patent for a device that automatically ties bands of cotton bales by mechanical means.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
Matthews, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vehicle Axle-Lubricators
Patent for improvements to the design of axle lubricators, in which the oil reservoir is in the rear as opposed to the front.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
Hinkle, James V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Traction-Engines.
Patent for improving traction engines for use in hauling on farms and farm roads. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
McGregor, Montague M. & Croxton, James C.
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