Improvement in Animal-Traps. (open access)

Improvement in Animal-Traps.

Patent for an improvement in animal traps to catch animals without bait, including illustrations.
Date: March 10, 1874
Creator: De Vilbiss, John W., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Patent for improvement to "class of bale-ties in which the bands are secured by means of a fastening or key which passes through slots in the ends of the band." (lines 13-16)
Date: April 2, 1878
Creator: Howard, William Henry; Broussard, Camille E. & Hutchins, Rush M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Manifold-Writing Tablet. (open access)

Manifold-Writing Tablet.

Patent for writing platform which allows for the creation of carbon copies.
Date: April 1, 1879
Creator: Morris, Robert, C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bag-Fasteners. (open access)

Improvement in Bag-Fasteners.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in the manner of fastening bags and attaching labels or shipping directions" (lines 4-7) including illustrations.
Date: June 17, 1879
Creator: Terrell, Will
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Coolers for Railroad-Car Journals. (open access)

Improvement in Coolers for Railroad-Car Journals.

Patent relating to "an apparatus for cooling the journals and boxes of railroad-cars and other vehicles" (lines 27-29). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: July 15, 1879
Creator: Morris, Robert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Axle Boxes. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Axle Boxes.

Patent for improvement to car-axle boxes, specifically "Oil-Collectors for Railroad Journals" (line 6), including illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1879
Creator: Morris, Robert C. & McLane, Hiram H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements applicable to a gang of plows. Ability to adjust depth, security of plow arms, and can plow three rows at once.
Date: March 18, 1879
Creator: Gifford, George Lewis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Bench-Vises. (open access)

Improvements in Bench-Vises.

Patent for "a new and Improved Sliding-Carriage Vise for Carpenter's Bench" (lines 3-5) includign instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 27, 1875
Creator: Rimbold, Pierre
System: The Portal to Texas History
Imporvement in Combined Spades and Hoes. (open access)

Imporvement in Combined Spades and Hoes.

Patent for a new combination/convertible spade and hoe design with instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 11, 1874
Creator: Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
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