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Improvement in Wood Pavements.
Patent for a new and improved construction of Bois D'Arc Pavement, which uses two layers of planks that cross at right angle as a base, sand to hold bois d'arc blocks in place and fill gaps in between, and coal-tar covering planks to prevent sand from shifting. It includes illustrations.
Date:
January 14, 1879
Creator:
Shellenberger, Samuel Luther
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Grub-Plow and Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a device to remove grubs from soil, which consists of an adjustable gage-wheel and a cutter to remove grubs and to cut roots. The cutter can be also used to cut cotton-stalks. It includes illustrations.
Date:
January 14, 1879
Creator:
Talley, Reuben Jones
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Door-Securers.
Patent for a new and improved safety-locks for doors which consists of only three parts: a screw with sharp points, a nut, and a guard pivoted to the nut. It includes illustrations.
Date:
January 21, 1879
Creator:
Hine, Miller J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bale-tie that eliminates the need for buckles. This design achieves this with a hook and a U-shaped piece of iron to be riveted to the band, thus fastening the bale without buckles.
Date:
January 29, 1878
Creator:
Lenard, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pile-Drivers.
Patent for an improved pile-driver device which automates the release of the pile-driver hammer as well as including a perpendicular device which advances the device longitudinally as the work progresses.
Date:
January 22, 1875
Creator:
McDermott, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Water-Wheels.
Patent for improvements in the construction of water-wheels, including illustrations.
Date:
January 8, 1878
Creator:
Cross, David L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Water-Tanks.
Patent for an improved water-tank built with lumbers that are thoroughly dried and covered with asphaltum as waterproof agent. It includes illustrations.
Date:
January 28, 1879
Creator:
Bardon, Prosper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device.
Patent for a new and improved lubricating device. This design consists of "[t]he combination, with the cross-head of an engine or other reciprocating part of machinery, and the guides or ways on which it works, of a reservoir for the lubricant, a wheel for taking up and applying the same to the friction-surface with which the wheel works in contact, and a spring for supporting the wheel" (para. 10). This design prevents dust and other pollutants from entering the reservoir.
Date:
January 22, 1878
Creator:
Walton, Franklin B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inprovement in Sulky-Cultivators.
Patent for an improved sulky cultivator which lists description on how to build the cultivator.
Date:
January 10, 1871
Creator:
Jordan, Hugh P
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Weighted Horseshoes.
Patent for improvement in weighted horseshoes, which are used in horse training for gait improvement. The horseshoes have removable weights received by a flange and held in place by screws. The weight may be formed in various shapes to correct different issues.
Date:
January 16, 1877
Creator:
Seixas, Eugene E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Turbine Water-Wheels.
Patent for a new turbine water wheel, which is said to alleviate past problems with older model turbines. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 11, 1870
Creator:
Chadwick, H. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Shot-Cases and Distributers
Patent for a "new receptacle for holding several grades of shot, and to an adjustable distributing device for the same. Its object is to enable traders to keep the several kinds or grades of shot in one receptacle, but so that suitable quantity of any one kind can be readily and conveniently measured out" (lines 20-26).
Date:
January 3, 1871
Creator:
Booton, Sinclair
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saw-Sets.
Patent for a simply constructed device for setting the teeth of saws. Includes illustrations and descriptions of its parts and usage.
Date:
January 3, 1871
Creator:
Harris, Henry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Expanding Mandrels.
Patent for improvements in expanding mandrels by way of an expanding-chuck.
Date:
January 23, 1872
Creator:
Simons, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements In Mosquito-Bar Frames
Patent for improvement in Mosquito-Bar frames to be used on low Post Bed Steads.
Date:
January 12, 1875
Creator:
Howe, William F
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Wind-Wheels.
Patent for an "invention [consisting] in the construction and arrangement of a dome which surrounds a wind-wheel" (line 14-16) including instruction and illustrations. Constitutes an improvement to then existing windmills.
Date:
January 11, 1876
Creator:
Stephens, Lawrence E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wardrobe-Beadsteads.
Patent for a new and improved office-furniture that combines a desk, bookshelf, folding bed, hat-rack, and wash-basin, including descriptions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1877
Creator:
Sutcliffe, Wilson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines.
Patent for an improvement to washing machines, in which "the novelty consists in allowing both cylinder and blades to be rotated or oscillated independently of each other." (Lines 17-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 5, 1875
Creator:
Starr, Henry D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Stalk-Pullers.
Patent for improvement in cotton-stalk pullers with beveled edges for firmer hold on the stalks.
Date:
January 27, 1874
Creator:
Heacock, Cadwallader
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Tonic Remedies.
Patent for a medicinal compound consisting of sulphate quinine, diluted sulphuric acid, purified chinoidine, sulphate iron, sulphate magnesia, peppermint oil, and saturated quassia-water. Includes instructions.
Date:
January 11, 1876
Creator:
Rucker, Benjamin Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Umbrella-Supporters.
Patent for "a simple and convenient device for supporting and carrying a parasol or umbrella in such a way as to leave the hands free, and which will enable the parasol or umbrella to be tilted or inclined forward or back, or to either side, as may be required" (lines 8-14). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 11, 1876
Creator:
Arnold, Eliza M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sprinklers.
Patent for an improved sprinkler.
Date:
January 18, 1876
Creator:
Melcher, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History