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Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles. (open access)

Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles.

Patent for new and useful improvement in wagon hubs that includes one-piece attachment and spokes that can be cut by metal strips by exposed to no injury, including illustrations.
Date: March 18, 1873
Creator: McNalley, Michael
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fluting-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Fluting-Machines.

Patent for an improvement in gage-fluting machines, including an illustration. "It relates to a machine for fluting or crimping articles of ladies' apparel" (lines 6-7).
Date: January 14, 1873
Creator: Saunders, David R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Journal Boxes. (open access)

Improvement in Journal Boxes.

Patent for axel shaft oil lubrication system that acts as a reservoir and saves the oil lubrication materials to be used repeatedly without waste.
Date: April 3, 1873
Creator: Morris, Joseph R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Balanced Valves. (open access)

Improvement in Balanced Valves.

Patent for an improvement in the design of balanced slide valves for steam and other engines, including illustrations.
Date: March 18, 1873
Creator: Fitzsimmons, Henry.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Policemen's Batons. (open access)

Improvement in Policemen's Batons.

Patent for an improved policemen's baton made of flexible material, such as india-rubber or gutta-percha, and sometimes an interior metal stem. Using a flexible material makes the baton elastic enough so that no serious injury can be caused, yet it is still effective. Illustration included.
Date: October 14, 1873
Creator: Beery, Simon & McDonald, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating car-axles (open access)

Lubricating car-axles

Patent for an improvement in axle lubrication involving an oil-elevator, axle-box and journal-box. Includes illustrations.
Date: January 7, 1873
Creator: Morris, Joseph R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Recording Instruments for Locomotives (open access)

Improvement in Recording Instruments for Locomotives

Patent for improvement in Recording Instruments for recording time, speed, and steam pressure of locomotives or cars or other machinery.
Date: September 26, 1873
Creator: Richardson, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Carriage-Springs (open access)

Improvement in Carriage-Springs

Patent for improved design for carriage-springs with included illustrations of the spring design as well as diagram of placement on a carriage/wagon.
Date: April 29, 1873
Creator: Richardson, J. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History