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Improvements in Pipes and Cigar-Holders. (open access)

Improvements in Pipes and Cigar-Holders.

Patent for new and improvements in Combined Pipes and Cigar-Holders which consists in "forming or constructing the pipe with an intermediate chamber which serves as a receptacle for a sponge or other absorbent porous material." (Lines 15-20) Illustrations are included.
Date: December 5, 1871
Creator: Bond, Virgil A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheel-Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Wheel-Plows.

Patent for an improvement in wheel plows made so that "the plowing may be done by passing back and forth in parallel lines" (lines 17-18).
Date: September 5, 1871
Creator: Coreth, Rudolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sulky Plows (open access)

Improvement in Sulky Plows

Patent for the improvement of sully plows by regulating the depth of furrow.
Date: April 5, 1870
Creator: Boyd, John G. & Bailey, Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sulky-Plows (open access)

Improvement in Sulky-Plows

Patent for sulky plow improvements plow beams, pivot studs, and plow frame.
Date: June 5, 1877
Creator: Fowler, Albert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Washing-Machines.

Patent for an improvement to washing machines, in which "the novelty consists in allowing both cylinder and blades to be rotated or oscillated independently of each other." (Lines 17-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 5, 1875
Creator: Starr, Henry D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Locomotive Smoke - Stacks. (open access)

Improvement in Locomotive Smoke - Stacks.

Patent for new and useful improvement in locomotive smoke stacks, "in which the sparks, live cinders, and other heavy particles are arrested near the top of the stack." It consists of a petticoat-pipe, arranged so that it may be raised or lowered for the purpose of regulating the draft.
Date: January 5, 1875
Creator: Cleary, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ditching-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Ditching-Machines.

Patent for the improvement of ditching-machines by way of new construction techniques.
Date: May 5, 1876
Creator: Austin, Matthew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in filters for Cane Juice, Oils, and Other Dense Liquids (open access)

Improvement in filters for Cane Juice, Oils, and Other Dense Liquids

Patent for Improvement in filters for Cane Juice, Oils, and Other Dense Liquids with description of the improved liquid strainer and three illustrated figure drawings.
Date: April 5, 1873
Creator: Lee, Archibald K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mechanical Movements. (open access)

Improvement in Mechanical Movements.

Patent for a specific arrangement of a single-cylinder engine and two shafts with connecting rods that can be used to drive boat propellers.
Date: May 5, 1874
Creator: Franklin, Robert Morris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in cultivators.
Date: February 5, 1878
Creator: Graves, Jefferson M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Safety-Guards for Cars. (open access)

Improvement in Safety-Guards for Cars.

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Guards for Cars" (lines 5-6) intended to pervent derailment of railway cars, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date: February 5, 1878
Creator: Harding, John W. & Towell, Issac
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Engines. (open access)

Improvement in Rotary Engines.

Patent for Improvement in Rotary Engines concerning "the arms of the frame" (lines 9), which are powered by steam and "steam valves with arms" (line 17) including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date: February 5, 1878
Creator: Evens, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Rotary Valve And Seat. (open access)

Improvement In Rotary Valve And Seat.

Patent for an improvement in the construction of a rotary valve and seat. Specifications for the new construction and illustrations are included.
Date: August 5, 1879
Creator: Watkins, Edward L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Tie Buckles. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Tie Buckles.

Patent for an improved bale-tie buckle which will not slip or break under great strain.
Date: September 5, 1876
Creator: Bunker, Thaddeus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Spading, Plowing, and Stalk-Cutting Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Combined Spading, Plowing, and Stalk-Cutting Machines.

Patent for an earth working machine that can be used for spading, plowing and stalk-cutting by arranging “a series of spades in a plane parallel with the axis of the machine and interposed spades in planes at right angles thereto, all attached to a reciprocating cross-bar.” (P. 2, lines [29]-[33].) The spades are adjustable in height and, it can be removed to use as a cultivator. For stalk-cutting, the plows may be removed. Illustration is included.
Date: September 5, 1876
Creator: Mathes, William McConnell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compound Tools. (open access)

Improvement in Compound Tools.

Improvement in Kitchen-Utensil for lifting pots, kettles, plates, and as a means for holding a device for mangling meats.
Date: December 5, 1876
Creator: Mayfield, Samuel B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Chairs. (open access)

Improvement in Chairs.

Patent for improvement in chairs consisting of self-adjusting chair-backs.
Date: November 5, 1872
Creator: Haupt, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.

Patent for improved cotton-bale tie with a small s-shaped bar and cross-ribs on the bands.
Date: August 5, 1873
Creator: Crone, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn-Planters. (open access)

Improvement in Corn-Planters.

Patent for "corn-planters in which the corn is planted in hills or rows; and the particular features of [the] invention consist in the combination, with a pivoted rising and descending charger or cup, of a sleeve-seat for said charger, a charger-carrying stem, and the seed-hopper, whereby the charger is held and carried in position upon a seat to fill, to rise from said seat, and to dump upon its pivot, and to be again brought into and maintained in a vertical position upon said seat while descending through the corn, whereby the charger is held and moved vertically through the grain from the bottom of the hopper to receive and discharge the filled charge above the corn in the hopper." (Lines 7-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 5, 1874
Creator: Williams, Blasius & Cohn, Morris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bee-Hives. (open access)

Improvement in Bee-Hives.

Patent for a bee-hive that prevents insects (such as moths) from entering therein and maximizes the amount of honey collected from the hive, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date: March 5, 1878
Creator: Park, Jesse W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machines.

Patent for an improved Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machines in order "to provide an improved machine for cutting the bands of gavels or bundles of grain, and feeding the same to the cylinder of a thrasher."
Date: November 5, 1878
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Gin Hoppers. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Gin Hoppers.

Patent for improvement in cotton-gins, including illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1879
Creator: Horne, Edward Gideon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement In Bale-Ties.

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ties" [lines 4-5] along with a description of construction and illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1879
Creator: Rand, Anders
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Blow-Off Cocks. (open access)

Improvement in Blow-Off Cocks.

Patent for improvement in blow-off cocks used in locomotives and steam boilers, including an illustration.
Date: August 5, 1879
Creator: Harrop, Benjamin B.
System: The Portal to Texas History