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Improvement in Churn-Dashers.
Patent for "construction and arrangement of a churn-dasher..." ( lines 13-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 7, 1875
Creator:
Bright, John, D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sad-Iron Heaters.
Patent for improvements to sad-iron heaters, including illustrations.
Date:
September 7, 1875
Creator:
Cottingham, Gideon Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Spade-Cultivators
Patent for a rotary spade-cultivator that is secured to a frame, which is attached to the rear of a vehicle.
Date:
December 7, 1875
Creator:
Brodnax, David W., Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Shingle-machine.
Patent for to improve the construction of the shingle-machine known as the "Evarts Rotary Twelve-Block Shingle-Machine".
Date:
March 7, 1876
Creator:
Stewart, Moses
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Paper Boxes.
Patent for improved techniques in folding paper boxes using a single piece of paper in which the bottom part is safely secured. Illustration is included.
Date:
March 7, 1876
Creator:
Kuehne, Franz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Screw-Taps.
Patent for "a tool that shall combine the features of an expanding tap and reamer for reaming and tapping holes of different sizes" (lines 29-32) with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 7, 1876
Creator:
Melvin, Josiah Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivator and Chopper.
Patent for an improvement in cultivators and choppers which will allow for the adjustment by height and width.
Date:
October 7, 1876
Creator:
Killough, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Faucets.
Patent for a faucet "which is inexpensive in its construction, easily repaired, and efficient in operation" (lines 7-8), including illustrations.
Date:
August 7, 1877
Creator:
Andrews, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Escapes.
Patent for a rope-and-pulley fire escape apparatus, including illustration.
Date:
August 7, 1877
Creator:
Andrews, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Escapes and Extension-Ladders.
Patent for a truck-mounted "portable extension-ladder that may be used by firemen in gaining access to buildings, and may also be used as a fire escape" (lines 15-17) including illustration.
Date:
August 7, 1877
Creator:
Hoyt, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds.
Patent for a purgative medical compound consisting of a variety of plant materials.
Date:
October 7, 1873
Creator:
Barnett, Joel P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Drawing Off Tallow, Lard &c., from Rendering-Tanks.
Patent for a new method for drawing off tallow, lard, etc. from pressure tanks by introducing water. This includes illustrations.
Date:
June 7, 1870
Creator:
Archer, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds.
Patent for a new medical compound to remedy chills and fever.
Date:
February 7, 1871
Creator:
Lister, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Sower, Planter, Cultivator, Scraper, and Gang-Plow.
Patent for "a strong, simple, durable, and effective machine, which shall be so constructed and arranged that it may be readily adjusted for use as a gang plow, seed-sower, seed-planter, cultivator, and cotton-scrape, and which will do its work thoroughly and well in either capacity." Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 7, 1870
Creator:
Eddleman, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gas-Furnaces and Forges.
Patent for "an apparatus in which the gases from one or more forges, instead of passing off unconsumed into the atmosphere, enter a furnace and are burnt therein, thereby furnishing heat for the generation of steam in a boiler connected with said furnace, which steam is used to drive a fan that impels a blast into each forge, and is also used to propel an engine that operates a hammer, the exhaust from the engine being conducted to the tuyeres of the forges through pipes in which are placed red-hot iron plates, which decompose the steam, taking up the oxygen, and liberating the hydrogen which is burnt in the forges." (Lines 12-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 7, 1871
Creator:
Morris, Joseph R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows
Patent for an improvement on plows specifically designed to turn black Texas soil.
Date:
April 7, 1874
Creator:
Payne, Joseph Mott
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Horse-Power Mill.
This patent is for a new improvement with how a horse can be attached to a horse-power-mill to do the necessary work needed on a farm. As the horse moves around the machine moves with it.
Date:
May 7, 1878
Creator:
Pitts, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement For Trees In Riding-Saddles.
Patent for a stronger, more durable, and light saddle-tree fork.
Date:
August 7, 1878
Creator:
Barrow, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Adding-Machines.
Patent for an improved adding-machine design.
Date:
December 7, 1875
Creator:
Butt, Dennis, L. R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating car-axles
Patent for an improvement in axle lubrication involving an oil-elevator, axle-box and journal-box. Includes illustrations.
Date:
January 7, 1873
Creator:
Morris, Joseph R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Processes of Coloring Enameled Photographs.
Patent for improving the coloring process of enameled photographs by using collodio-gelatine instead of warm gelatine.
Date:
September 7, 1875
Creator:
Williams, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History