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Bale-tie
Patent for improvement in the construction of hooks used to join the ends of ties "for packages or bales of cotton, hemp, rags, or other substances in which a divided metallic band or hoop encircling the package or bale is used, and the ends whereof are joined by a hook at one end of said band, arranged to interlock with any one of a series of mortises in the other end of the band" (para. 2).
Date:
August 8, 1876
Creator:
Davis, Waters S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sulky-Plows.
Patent for sulky-plows.
Date:
August 15, 1876
Creator:
Payne, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in ventilating cars, &c.
Patent for a system which prevents ashes and cinders from railroad engines from entering the train cars and also allows for ventilation of the cars. Includes illustration.
Date:
August 22, 1876
Creator:
Andrews, Wright S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sulky Attachments for Plows.
Patent for improvement in sulky attachments for plows. This invention allows farmers to "apply any kind of plow to the sulky-frame" (1).
Date:
August 21, 1876
Creator:
Langsford, Samuel P. & Stroud, Wiley N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in liquid-measuring tanks.
Patent for an airtight and fireproof measuring tank for lamp oils, usable in both daytime and nighttime. Includes illustrations.
Date:
August 22, 1876
Creator:
Williams, Blasius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Lifting-Jacks.
Patent for improvement in lifting jack. This improvement is the vertical bar is notched to prevent slipping when lifting an item.
Date:
August 8, 1876
Creator:
Scott, James O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in corn-planters.
Patent for an "improvement upon the planter described in Patent No. 8,408" (paragraph 3). The movement of a horse's shoulders causes vibrations that power a cropper-slide. Includes illustration.
Date:
August 1, 1876
Creator:
Meeks, Nathan H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Dish and Clothes Washer.
Patent for a combined dish and clothes washer that has a tilting shelf for draining, attached to the sink for washing.
Date:
August 15, 1876
Creator:
Jackson, Ansberry Chapman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in plow-stocks.
Patent for an improvement on the plow stock that allows the user to use different plow blades and standards, depending on what kind of plowing needs to be done. Includes illustrations.
Date:
August 15, 1876
Creator:
Price, James Alvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in remedies for constipation, &c.
Patent for a new medical compound to treat constipation and related illnesses which lists the ingredients and dosages.
Date:
August 1, 1876
Creator:
Coleman, George S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in cellular-wall building-blocks.
Patent for a building block that has an offset in the middle that allows one side of the block to make the outer wall while the other side makes an inner wall while leaving space between the two walls. Includes illustrations.
Date:
August 15, 1876
Creator:
Clayton, Nicholas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Carbureters
Patent for improvements in carburetor design including illustrations of 2 views of a vertical cross section of a carburetor.
Date:
August 29, 1876
Creator:
Schmidt, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History