Improvement in Compound Tools. (open access)

Improvement in Compound Tools.

Improvement in Kitchen-Utensil for lifting pots, kettles, plates, and as a means for holding a device for mangling meats.
Date: December 5, 1876
Creator: Mayfield, Samuel B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saddle-Blankets (open access)

Improvement in Saddle-Blankets

Patent for improvement of saddle blankets through use of a layering of canvas and rubber. Illustrations of blanket in multiple profiles included.
Date: December 5, 1876
Creator: McCormick, John Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Pipes and Cigar-Holders. (open access)

Improvements in Pipes and Cigar-Holders.

Patent for new and improvements in Combined Pipes and Cigar-Holders which consists in "forming or constructing the pipe with an intermediate chamber which serves as a receptacle for a sponge or other absorbent porous material." (Lines 15-20) Illustrations are included.
Date: December 5, 1871
Creator: Bond, Virgil A.
System: The Portal to Texas History