Resource Type
States
Improvement in Fences.
Patent for improvement in rail-fence by using “triangular-shaped posted or couplings; it consists in arranging posts of a triangular form and a certain construction diagonally with the rails forming the body of each panel, so that long and short rails may be utilized.” (Lines 14-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
August 20, 1872
Creator:
Willie, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for the improvement of cultivators, consisting in the construction and arrangement of of a double-sweep plow. It includes a description and illustration.
Date:
August 20, 1872
Creator:
Svenson, Bengt Johan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Earth Scrapers
Patent for improved earth scrapers, the class of which are " mounted on Wheel and provided with slatted carriers" (pg 1). This earth scraper has a novel system that allows the machine to be turned around and still used where other machines cannot do so (pg 1).
Date:
August 27, 1872
Creator:
Smith, Amroy B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fish and Animal Traps
Patent for an improvement in the design of traps intended for catching fish or animals. Includes illustration.
Date:
September 18, 1872
Creator:
Hartcourt, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sheet-Metal Cans.
Patent for sheet-metal cans, specifically a spout attachment for cans.
Date:
December 3, 1872
Creator:
Delany, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fruit-Corers.
Patent for a device to core fruit and cut it into slices.
Date:
December 17, 1872
Creator:
Alexander, Oscar W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Distilling Turpentine.
Patent for new and useful improvements in apparatus for distilling turpentine to permit continuous distillation.
Date:
April 15, 1872
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds or Bitters.
Patent for a medical compound prepared with whisky, gentian-root, cinchonabark, quassia and cloves which is intended as "a remedy for miasmatic fevers" (line 23) including instructions for the preparation and administration of the medicine.
Date:
January 23, 1872
Creator:
Turner, Richard G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Place Fenders.
Patent for "an extensible fender adapted for large or small fire-places" (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1872
Creator:
Hall, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fences.
Patent for a new arrangement of posts, rails, and false posts in fence construction. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 12, 1872
Creator:
Stone, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Electro-Magnetic Engines.
Patent for "a new practical application of electro-magnetism to machinery for the purpose of moving the same and keeping it in motion, and developing a degree of force which is only limited by the reduced proportion of power applied. The invention consists principally in the transmission of electro-magnetic power through compressed air for motor purposes, and the mechanism and combination of machinery necessary for that purpose." (Lines 12-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 9, 1872
Creator:
Thornton, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meats and Vegetables
Patent for "improvement in apparatus" for the use of "preserving meats, vegetables, fruits &c." (lines 5, 16-17) including construction specifications and illustrations.
Date:
January 30, 1872
Creator:
Maxwell, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hand-Cultivators.
Patent for "hand-cultivators; and the novelty consists in the improved construction and arrangement of the stock, tongue, and plows; and in the application to the end of the tongue of a shoulder-strap to assist in working the implement." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1872
Creator:
Jones, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Glass Globes or Reservoirs for Lamps.
Patent for an "invention to prevent the breaking of glass globes used in kerosene lamps as reservoirs for the burning fluid; and this invention consists in the application around the reservoir of a rubber ring let into a groove, but projecting sufficiently to receive the concussion in case the lamp is overthrown." (Lines 10-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 16, 1872
Creator:
Otto, Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers and Cultivators
Patent for a improved version of the cotton-chopper, used for the cultivation of cotton. This is a new arrangement of part of the cotton-chopper as it fits in with the complete machine.
Date:
April 16, 1872
Creator:
Harcrow, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties
Patent for an improvement in cotton-bale ties which consists of the construction of the loop-plate.
Date:
May 14, 1872
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement for Axle-Boxes for Vehicles
Patent for an improvement in axle-boxes for vehicles which incorporates an adjustable tube that may take up the wear on its ends.
Date:
June 11, 1872
Creator:
Ahrenbeck, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Gas from Oils.
Patent for "machines for the manufacture of gas from oils, benzine, gasoline, &c.; and it consists in providing the tank or cistern with a retort constructed with an outer cylinder surrounding one or more cylinders or tubes, which inner cylinder is provided with perforated plates at the top and bottom thereof, and the space between said plates filled with sponge or other porous material, while the space or chamber between the inner and outer shell of the retort serves as a mixing-chamber for the oil and air before being forced through the sponge and delivered to the service-pipe." (Lines 17-30) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 18, 1872
Creator:
Gearing, Charles & Gearing, Franklin A. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harness.
Patent for an economically designed harness that can be attached and detached to the animal with greater simplicity.
Date:
June 25, 1872
Creator:
Ellis, Ira
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Axles for Vehicles
Patent for "an Improvement in Wagon-Axle Skeins" that "has for its object to furnish an improved iron axle for wagons and other vehicles which shall be stronger without being heavier than iron axles made in the ordinary manner."
Date:
July 2, 1872
Creator:
Ahrenbeck, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Grinding-Mills.
Patent for the improvement of grinding-mills, including a description and illustration.
Date:
July 23, 1872
Creator:
Loy, George W. & Baker, Francis C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
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