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Improvement in Tube-Fastenings for Boilers. (open access)

Improvement in Tube-Fastenings for Boilers.

Patent for improvement of tube-fastenings for boilers which will secure flues in steam-boilers, including illustrations.
Date: January 28, 1879
Creator: Walsh, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Double-Acting Force-Pumps. (open access)

Improvement in Double-Acting Force-Pumps.

Patent for a double-acting force pump that has "single cylinder and hollow piston-rod operate in connection with the upper and lower cylinder-valves, and with a valved piston adapted to have a reciprocal motion independent of and upon the hollow piston-rod, to discharge the water from both sides of the piston with a double action and in a continuous stream through said hollow piston-rod" (para. 2).
Date: September 16, 1879
Creator: Newman, Charles Elijah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saw-Cleaning Attachments for Cotton-Gins. (open access)

Improvement in Saw-Cleaning Attachments for Cotton-Gins.

Patent for a "new and useful Saw-Cleaning Attachment for Cotton-Gins" (lines 3-4) including illustrations.
Date: May 20, 1879
Creator: Mulkey, George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Band-Tying Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Band-Tying Machines.

Patent for a device that automatically ties bands of cotton bales by mechanical means.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Matthews, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for an improved Cotton-Press that will grant double work from an applied power, including illustrations.
Date: April 8, 1879
Creator: Matthews, James Hamilton. & Morehead, Charles Robert, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History