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Jail Cells. (open access)

Jail Cells.

Patent for new and improved jail cells. This design calls for cell walls constructed of vertical sections secured by through-bolts, tubular bars for the concealment of the through-bolts, wooden corner-posts and sill and head timbers, and outer and main walls lined with sheet-iron (with narrow windows lined with chilled cast-iron) (paras. 15-19).
Date: January 29, 1878
Creator: Thomas, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Couplings.

Patent for improvement upon train car coupling. Invention includes use of draw-heads, drop-gates, etc.
Date: April 2, 1878
Creator: Hogan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Storing the Power of Wind-Engines. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Storing the Power of Wind-Engines.

Patent for a machine for storing the power of wind-engines with design specifications and a description of the process and implementation of usage, including illustrations.
Date: June 25, 1878
Creator: Everhart, Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Couplings.

Patent for an "improvement in car-couplings; and it consists in the arrangement and combination of devices whereby the pin is supported in a raised condition; also in a spring-slide for holding up the link ready for coupling with another car." (lines 13-18)
Date: July 2, 1878
Creator: Gassaway, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Twine-Holders (open access)

Improvement in Twine-Holders

Patent for improvement in twine-holders to help hold twine, cloth and wrapping to counters for ease of cutting, with illustration.
Date: August 13, 1878
Creator: Turner, John William
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