Improvement in Sawing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Sawing-Machines.

Patent for a new and improved pulley-operated, roller-fed log sawing machine
Date: May 24, 1873
Creator: Bell, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Wiring Picket-Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Wiring Picket-Fences.

Patent for a new improvement in apparatus for wiring picket-fences to hold the wires tight, including illustration.
Date: February 24, 1874
Creator: Parks, James Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Machines for Making Paving-Blocks. (open access)

Improvements in Machines for Making Paving-Blocks.

Patent for the improvement in machines for making paving-blocks.
Date: October 24, 1871
Creator: Brooks, Samuel Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Running Gears for Wagons. (open access)

Improvements in Running Gears for Wagons.

Patent for improvement in running gears for wagons. Improvement for class of vehicles in which the axles revolve with the wheels.
Date: June 24, 1873
Creator: Meddows, Issac Orson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Valve-Gear for Steam-Engines. (open access)

Improvement in Valve-Gear for Steam-Engines.

Patent for "an improvement in steam-engines which shall be so constructed as to give a full application of the steam and a free exhaust at regular intervals, which will enable the engine to be easily reversed, can be easily attached to any engine, which will enable an engine to be worked by water-pressure, will run smoothly and with very little friction, and will be very durable." (Lines 11-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 24, 1877
Creator: Davis, James H. & White, William
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 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 Picket-Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Picket-Fences.

Patent for a new design for a picket fence which is simple in construction and inexpensive in manufacture.
Date: December 24, 1872
Creator: Willhite, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dish-Washing Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Dish-Washing Machines.

Patent for a dish washer that allows dishes to be placed on shelves and rotated through a column of water. The machine can also be modified for washing clothing. It includes illustrations.
Date: February 24, 1874
Creator: Starr, Henry Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Scaffold-Clamps. (open access)

Improvement in Scaffold-Clamps.

Patent for a reusable scaffold clamp for assembling builders' scaffolds, eliminating the need for nails or bolts.
Date: April 24, 1874
Creator: Crockett, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spring-Hinges. (open access)

Improvement in Spring-Hinges.

Patent for a new spring hinge design which will "either open or close the door or gate after it has passed an angle of forty-five degrees" (lines 20-22) including illustrations.
Date: June 24, 1879
Creator: Barry, William G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ox-Bows. (open access)

Improvement in Ox-Bows.

Patent for improvements to ox-bows so that they "shall not require bending, and which may be made in parts of the country where timber suitable for bending is scarce" (lines 9-12).
Date: May 24, 1870
Creator: Moore, Alfred L. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pen-Holders. (open access)

Improvement in Pen-Holders.

Patent for new improvements on the design of the pen-holder, including illustrations.
Date: January 24, 1871
Creator: George, Alfred M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gin-Saw-Filing Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Gin-Saw-Filing Machines.

Patent for a "gin-saw-filing machine consisting, essentially, of a rotary and intermittingly movable file, of an intermittingly-operated feed and check device, and of adjustable reciprocating sharpening-files".
Date: July 24, 1877
Creator: Eastham, Albert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns. (open access)

Improvement in Churns.

Patent for improving a butter church mechanism.
Date: September 24, 1872
Creator: Messick, William P. & Messick, Harvey T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combining Bitumen and Clay. (open access)

Improvement in Combining Bitumen and Clay.

Patent for a method of combining bitumen, water, and clay for such purposes as plastering.
Date: September 24, 1872
Creator: Lea, Pryor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Plows, Planters, and Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Combined Plows, Planters, and Cultivators.

Patent for a new improvement in combined plows, planters, and cultivators, including illustration.
Date: February 24, 1874
Creator: Urban, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Guards for Wire Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Guards for Wire Bale-Ties.

Patent for improving the method of tying the bales together whether it be cotton or hay so that the material will not get cut into by the wiring.
Date: February 7, 1874
Creator: Davis, Waters S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Guards for Sheep-Shears. (open access)

Improvement in Guards for Sheep-Shears.

Patent for "an improved attachment that serves both as a guide and guard for preventing the cutting of the sheep in shearing, and by which even unskilled workmen can use the shears and cut the wool close to the skin without hurting the sheep, with by the point or edge of the blades." (Lines 15-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 24, 1878
Creator: Helmecke, Friederich A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Distilling Turpentine. (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Distilling Turpentine.

Patent for a new and improved process of production and distillation of turpentine, including illustrations.
Date: September 24, 1872
Creator: Lee, Archibald K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Presses.

Patent for a new press design, including illustrations.
Date: September 24, 1872
Creator: Lasswell, Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brakes for Wagons and Cars. (open access)

Improvement in Brakes for Wagons and Cars.

Patent for "am improved brake for wagons, cars, and other vehicles which shall be simple in construction, convenient in use, and powerful in operation" (lines 19-22) including illustrations.
Date: June 24, 1879
Creator: Franklin, Mathew C. & Landrum, Nathaniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-couplings (open access)

Improvement in Car-couplings

Patent for "an automatic car-coupling, that may also be readily coupled with the common pin-and-link and other couplings, and be adjusted without going between the cars, so as to avoid all danger" (lines 14-18).
Date: August 24, 1875
Creator: Harper, Peter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car Brakes and Starters (open access)

Improvement in Car Brakes and Starters

Patent for improvements in rail road-car breaks, starters, and checkers. "The nature of the invention consists in certain constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts" (lines 19-21).
Date: April 24, 1877
Creator: Marean, William
System: The Portal to Texas History