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Improvement in Windlass Water-Elevators
Patent for an improvement in Chain-Wheels consisting "in the construction and arrangement of a device for drawing water from wells, which shall be cheap, convenient, and free from danger, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth."
Date:
July 27, 1878
Creator:
Knipscheer, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Compounds for Destroying Trees, Roots, &c.
Patent for a new and useful improvements to compouds used in the destroying of trees. Lists ingredients and dosages.
Date:
October 21, 1879
Creator:
Buchanan, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Escapements for Time-Pieces
Patent for inprovements in escapements for time-pieces involving levers and duplex escapements as a way of improving force and regularity in time-pieces. Patent gives instructions and provides illustrations.
Date:
October 21, 1879
Creator:
Laughlin, Abner G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Strap-Protector and Buckle
Patent for improvements in strap-protector and buckle for harness in order for it to not become cracked or bent. Provides instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 21, 1879
Creator:
Padgitt, Tom
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Riding-Saddles.
Patent for improvement in riding-saddles by "which the leather straps hitherto required for the girth-riffing may be dispensed with, and in place thereof a stronger and more durable rigging obtained, that leaves the top and sides of the tree in perfectly smooth state."
Date:
October 29, 1878
Creator:
Nothaf, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cooling Attachements in Barrels.
Patent for improved cooling attachements for larger-beer barrels.
Date:
October 22, 1878
Creator:
Hoerr, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Heating Tables.
Patent for improvement of heating tables, "by steam to keep the meat and other articles at proper temperature. It consist more particularly in an arrangement of the steam-heating apparatus that will admit of its application to dining-tables, and will allow the plates of the diners and such of the dishes as may be desired being kept at the desired degree of warmth without necessitating the heating of warmth without the necessitating the heating of all the articles on the table."
Date:
October 29, 1878
Creator:
Morris, Joseph R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plates for Holding Screw-Cutting Dies.
Patent for plates to hold screw-cutting dies, which allows the threads to be more accurately placed. Dies are also able to work for left handed dies as well as right handed dies.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
Geiser, Johan G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hand Cotton Pickers.
Patent for a new method of picking cotton by hand, whereby 3 spindles remove the fibers from the bolls.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
Ham, Thomas William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers
Patent for improvement for cotton-choppers. Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
October 28, 1879
Creator:
Sauls, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows
Patent for improvements in the constuction of plows in order to obtain the "best" (line 50) results of "cleanness in furrow, lightness of draft, and facility afforded in constructin the plow" (line 51-52).
Date:
October 23, 1879
Creator:
Woodward, Lewis E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Millstone-Drivers
Patent for improvements in Millstone-drivers
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
Cathart, Rodney C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Cooking Apparatus.
Patent for a steam-cooking apparatus, "in which the heat of steam in pipes or tubular jackets is made to cook food without the direct action of fire by radiation, conduction, or convection" (lines 8-11).
Date:
October 29, 1878
Creator:
Curtin, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Journal Boxes.
Patent for the improvement in car-journal boxes. This invention "relates to oil-boxes used upon journals of car-axles, the object being to prevent the lid from shaking off of the oil-stop or oil-packing surrounding the axle to be removed and replaced by a new one without removing the box from the journal."
Date:
October 15, 1878
Creator:
Alexander, Francis M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churning-Machines
Patent for improvement in mechanisms in operating churns. Includes a crank wheel and spindles for churning, as well as a better balanced upright position.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
Haile, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
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
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 Vehicle Axle-Lubricators
Patent for improvements to the design of axle lubricators, in which the oil reservoir is in the rear as opposed to the front.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
Hinkle, James V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Traction-Engines.
Patent for improving traction engines for use in hauling on farms and farm roads. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
McGregor, Montague M. & Croxton, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators.
Patent for "a new and useful machine for Plowing"
Date:
October 10, 1876
Creator:
Hodges, Ludia H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Station-Indicators.
Patent for improvements in railroad-station indicators to indicate to passengers the next stations and the distances between them.
Date:
October 11, 1875
Creator:
Harris, Pliny H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Flat-Irons.
Patent for improvement in flat-irons, with description and illustrations.
Date:
October 11, 1875
Creator:
Sterzing, Fred
System:
The Portal to Texas History