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Improvement in Animal-Traps. (open access)

Improvement in Animal-Traps.

Patent for improvement in animal-traps, with description and illustrations.
Date: December 26, 1876
Creator: Anderson, Zachariah J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Board Roofing. (open access)

Board Roofing.

Patent for a new design of roofing board. The wooden boards are designed to "contract and expand with changes of temperature" (para. 3) and to allow rain to run off without seeping into the joints of the boards.
Date: December 19, 1876
Creator: Zimmerman, Arnold W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Band Stretchers (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Band Stretchers

Patent for improvement of bale-band stretcher design "for the purpose of taking out the slack of the band that cannot be taken out by hand." (lines 18-20). Included illustration shows bale-stretcher in both open and closed positions.
Date: December 12, 1876
Creator: Pearre, Charles M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bee-Hives (open access)

Improvement in Bee-Hives

Patent for an improved design for bee-hives with the sloped V shaped interior designed to aid in warmth for the hive and reducing debris entering the comb. Illustrations included show several cross-sections of the hive construction.
Date: December 12, 1876
Creator: Snider, George W.
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 Saddle-Blankets (open access)

Improvement in Saddle-Blankets

Patent for improvement of saddle blankets through use of a layering of canvas and rubber. Illustrations of blanket in multiple profiles included.
Date: December 5, 1876
Creator: McCormick, John Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Farm-Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Farm-Fences.

Patent for "a new and useful improvements in Fences"
Date: November 28, 1876
Creator: Sullivan, J. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tire-Tighteners. (open access)

Improvement in Tire-Tighteners.

Patent for improvement in tire-tighteners to contract a tire upon its felly without removal.
Date: November 27, 1876
Creator: Martin, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles. (open access)

Improvement in Buckles.

Patent for "an improved method of manufacturing a buckle to secure the different part of harness, saddle, or bridle trimmings, by means of mechanical connections that will obviate the use or necessity or stitches or sewing of any kind, and yet retain the adjacent parts firmly and with a secure engagement." (Lines 18-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 21, 1876
Creator: Bond, Virgil A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Seed-Planter, Fertilizer-Distributer, and Cultivator. (open access)

Improvement in Combined Seed-Planter, Fertilizer-Distributer, and Cultivator.

Patent for improvement in a combined seed-planter, fertilizer-distributer, and cultivator by attaching some prongs to a dropping-wheel for the purpose of taking hold of the cotton-seed and draw it out of the hopper. This dropping-wheel can be covered with a case when planning seeds and, removed if fertilizer is to be distributed with small seeds. Illustration is included.
Date: November 21, 1876
Creator: Flatau, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Earth-Boring Apparatus. (open access)

Improvement in Earth-Boring Apparatus.

Patent for improvement in well-boring machines in which it can be “rapidly bore through earth or rock holes of any desired size or depth, for the purpose of procuring water.” (P. 1, lines 9-12) Illustration is included.
Date: November 21, 1876
Creator: Yarborough, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.

Patent for "an improved machine for scraping, chopping, and cultivating corn and cotton" (lines 10-12) with illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 14, 1876
Creator: McCormick, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dining-Tables. (open access)

Improvement in Dining-Tables.

Patent for an improved dining table with a rotating food service, a water reservoir and fountain, and an elevated wine bucket. Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 14, 1876
Creator: Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
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 Screw-Taps. (open access)

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 Neck-Yokes. (open access)

Improvement in Neck-Yokes.

Patent for "an improvement in the class of neck-yokes having a swivel-joint connection with a carriage or wagon pole; and it consists in providing the neck-yoke with a central enlargement or boss, and connecting the tube which slips on the end of the carriage-pole with the yoke by means of rings having perforated ears to receive the ends of a pivoted bar, to which the pole ring or tube is swiveled." (Lines 11-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 31, 1876
Creator: Hannig, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pessaries. (open access)

Improvement in Pessaries.

Patent for an improved uterine supporter with changes to the arrangement of the wings, with illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 31, 1876
Creator: Barnett, Jonathan P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing Apparatus. (open access)

Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.

Patent for "a machine for ironing clothing by means of a revolving heated roller, under which is passed a reciprocating table, on which the clothing is placed." (Lines 7-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 24, 1876
Creator: Bailey, Charles F. & Perrenot, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ventilators and Protectors for Roofs. (open access)

Improvement in Ventilators and Protectors for Roofs.

Patent for improvements in ventilators and protectors for roofs relating to "a ventilating combing or ridging for roofs of houses" (lines-15-16) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 24, 1876
Creator: Brock, Ernst Moritz
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for an improved cotton press: "Our invention consists of a contrivance for driving the screw, which works the follower by a worm when doing the work, and a toothed wheel when returning the follower; also, of a removable case which receives the pressed bale and carries it away on a truck to be tied, while another box takes its place to receive the next bale" (lines 8-15). Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 17, 1876
Creator: Davis, James Harvey & White, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Patent for "a perfectly-tight fastening - one that will not slip or give, and one that can be easily and quickly unfastened without cutting the band, or in any way injuring the part." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 10, 1876
Creator: Krieg, Christian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for "an improved plow, which shall be so constructed that it may be readily adjusted for use as a subsoil-plow, as a turning-plow, as a scraper and cultivator, and as a scraper, cultivator, and hiller, and which shall be simple in construction and effective in operation in either capacity." (Lines 11-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 10, 1876
Creator: Newton, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Rotary Cultivators.

Patent for a machine for "opening ditches to drain land and form fences, and to grade railroads, &c." (lines 15-17) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 10, 1876
Creator: Tadlock, Sevier
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators.

Patent for "a new and useful machine for Plowing"
Date: October 10, 1876
Creator: Hodges, Ludia H.
System: The Portal to Texas History