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Improvement in Thrashing-Machines.
Patent for "new and useful improvements on machinery for thrashing various kinds of grain, whereby the work is performed in a very rapid and perfect manner, without impairing the straw." (lines 28-32) Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date:
September 13, 1870
Creator:
Fuos, Matthias
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Trusses.
Patent for improvements in the wiring and metal plates in self-adjusting trusses.
Date:
September 27, 1870
Creator:
Baker, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Shackles.
Patent for a shackle for the hands and feet that is designed to prevent the use of objects in order to escape.
Date:
September 30, 1870
Creator:
Belcher, Melvin Anderson & Perrenot, George Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Kilns.
Patent for an improvement in the construction of kilns.
Date:
September 27, 1870
Creator:
Taylor, Peter C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Permutation Locks.
Patent for improvements to permutation locks by various means.
Date:
September 27, 1870
Creator:
Hall, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Gin Feeder
Patent for improvements in cotton gins, including endless apron, toothed cylinder, and toothed equalizing and distributing bars. Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
September 6, 1870
Creator:
Ralston, Joe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Washing-Machine.
Patent for a machine for washing and wringing clothes, which can be used with a furnace for heating the water but has legs for support when being used separately from a furnace. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 13, 1870
Creator:
Moore, Alfred L. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines.
Patent for the improvement of the structure of washing machines. The illustration and description show that an improved washing machine, formed by the combination of the open or ribbed roller F F and handles G g1 g2 with the box A B and perforated false bottom E.
Date:
September 27, 1870
Creator:
Harper, Elijah S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History