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Improvement in Plates for Holding Screw-Cutting Dies. (open access)

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. (open access)

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. (open access)

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. (open access)

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. (open access)

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. (open access)

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. (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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. (open access)

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. (open access)

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 (open access)

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. (open access)

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. (open access)

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