Resource Type
Degree Department
States
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 Nails.
Patent for a nail with hexagonal form with two sides nearly flat and beveled edges.
Date:
January 21, 1873
Creator:
Hall, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for an improvement in the design of corn and cotton cultivators, including illustrations.
Date:
January 21, 1873
Creator:
Sims, Zachariah B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dumping-Platforms.
Patent for a new cart-loader design "for dumping earth into carts or other receptacles" (lines 13-14), including illustrations.
Date:
February 11, 1873
Creator:
Atkinson, Jesse.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for improvements to a cultivator "which, for convenience of operation, may be attached to the wheels or frame of any ordinary wagon or cart, or it may be operated independently of either of the above by attaching the draft animals directly to the main or principal beam to which the plow-points are connected." (Lines 10-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 18, 1873
Creator:
Hinckley, Jacob B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Scew-Propellers.
Patent for "means for guiding pivoted propeller-blades so that they can open and close readily and uniformly. It also consists in a new mode of applying a spring there-to so that the obliquity or resistance of the blades will be automatically graduated." (Lines 6-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 18, 1873
Creator:
Wilson, Martin M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed Planters
Patent for "improvement in Seed Planters as herein described and pointed out in the claim..."(paragraph 4 contains instructions and references to the illustration Fig 1 and Fig 2 as well as these illustrations labeled parts)
Date:
February 25, 1873
Creator:
Friday, Reuben
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Running-Gears for Vehicles.
Patent for vehicle running gear improvements consisting of two piece head-block, central eye, groove for king bolt, and wrought-iron brackets for parts.
Date:
February 25, 1873
Creator:
Meddows, Isaac O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Floor-Clamps.
Patent for an improvement in floor clamps, including illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1873
Creator:
Foster, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Levers for Presses.
Patent for improvements on locks and fasteners of shutters.
Date:
March 3, 1873
Creator:
Gates, Joseph P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Making Plow-Irons.
Patent for an improvement in the design for machines for manufacturing plow irons, including illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1873
Creator:
McGinty, James M. & Nolan, Thomas.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds.
Patent for a mixture of "amargosa" root, Jamaica ginger, glycerin, and simple syrup for use in treating illnesses of the bowels.
Date:
March 18, 1873
Creator:
Putegnat, Joseph L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sawing-Machines.
Patent for a new and valuable sawing-machine is combined and, "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the vibrating beam, vertically-sliding block, and flanged support," (pg. 3) e.g...including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1873
Creator:
Westmoreland, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in filters for Cane Juice, Oils, and Other Dense Liquids
Patent for Improvement in filters for Cane Juice, Oils, and Other Dense Liquids with description of the improved liquid strainer and three illustrated figure drawings.
Date:
April 5, 1873
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for an improvement in the design of corn cultivators, including illustrations.
Date:
April 22, 1873
Creator:
Helm, Jack
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed Planters.
Patent for new improvement in seed planting that describes parts of the construction including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 22, 1873
Creator:
Suggs, Isaac T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Methods of Adjusting Signaling-Mirrors.
Patent for an improvement in the "method of throwing reflected light of a mirror with accuracy upon a distant object in flash-signaling" (lines 5-7), including illustrations.
Date:
April 22, 1873
Creator:
Kenney, Martin M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Excavators.
Patent for improvement in earth excavators combining a plow, rotating cylinder, and helical plate.
Date:
May 6, 1873
Creator:
Smith, Amroy B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Sinking Pneumatic Piles or Caissons.
Patent for certain improvements in sinking and securing of pneumatic piles or caissons, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 13, 1873
Creator:
Sickels, Frederick E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Jack-Screws and Clamps Combined.
Patent for an invention "to combine a jack-screw or lifting-jack with a clamp, so that they may be interchangeably used." (Lines 19-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1873
Creator:
Jackson, Thomas R.; Jackson, Asberry C. & Watson, Claudius S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds or Bitters for Treating Chills and Fever.
Patent for a new medical compound to treat chills and fevers which lists the ingredients and dosages.
Date:
May 20, 1873
Creator:
Owens, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in extension hat-brims.
Patent for "a new and Improved Extension Hat-Brim" (lines 3-4) which can be extended or folded back by the wearer. Includes illustrations.
Date:
July 8, 1873
Creator:
Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Scrapers.
Patent for improved road scraper with two-wheel vehicle and scoop pulled by a chain.
Date:
July 15, 1873
Creator:
Mayfield, William Dudley
System:
The Portal to Texas History