Resource Type
States
Improvement in Washing-Machines.
Patent for a new improvement to washing machines.
Date:
July 21, 1874
Creator:
Mitchell, Daniel Chasteen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Ventilators and Chimneys
Patent for improvement in Combined Ventilators and Chimneys. This object is to be used with the brick chimney on top of the roof to provide air circulation. It consists of an iron-lined inner flue secured within an outer casing with suitable bottom and top perforation for establishing air current around the flue.
Date:
July 14, 1874
Creator:
Hickley, Walter R & Dibrell, Charles J
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Gun-Locks.
Patent for "new and useful improvement in Gun-Lock" (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 14, 1874
Creator:
Grisham, James Madison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds.
Patent for a medical compound of alcohol (or "good brandy"), asafetida, camphor, laudanum, yellow jessamine, sassafras, and water.
Date:
July 14, 1874
Creator:
Dixon, Shadrach
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medicinal Extracts.
Patent for the extract of Dasylirion graminifolium. This describes the method of acquiring the extract as well as illnesses the extra is purported to treat.
Date:
July 14, 1874
Creator:
Bihl, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for a new and improved type of cotton bale tie utilizing an automatic leverr-clasp buckle fastener.
Date:
July 11, 1874
Creator:
Lenard, William Rinulda
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Cistern Tops and Filters.
Patent for improvements to cistern covers, combining a cast iron, charcoal filled filter and specially shaped cast perforated iron lid with handles for removing the cover and for changing the charcoal.
Date:
July 9, 1874
Creator:
Stacey, Ephraim Douglass
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.
Patent for a new and improved hay and cotton press, including illustrations.
Date:
July 3, 1874
Creator:
Kirtley, Fielding L
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Worms in the Cotton-Plant.
Patent for a method of "destruction of the cotton-worm, and this object is accomplished by sprinkling the plants on which the worm feeds with a solution of arsenic in water." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions.
Date:
June 30, 1874
Creator:
Mitchell, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vapor-Burners.
Patent for an improvement in vapor burners used in self-generating gas burners.
Date:
June 23, 1874
Creator:
Sawyer, Frederick A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement on Corn and Cotton Planters.
Patent for a combined corn and cotton planter.
Date:
June 23, 1874
Creator:
Domschke, Carles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Adjustable Saddle-Trees.
Patent for "improvements in saddle-trees; and the invention consists in constructing the forward ends of the trees with the hinged connection between its sides, to allow lateral adjustment of the sides to and from each other..." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 16, 1874
Creator:
Heaton, George & Eckley, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for improving the way that hay bales are tied and bound. This bale tie is an addition to a previous patent (number 152,138).
Date:
June 16, 1874
Creator:
Mangham, Josiah T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators.
Patent for "new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Cultivator," (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 16, 1874
Creator:
Burnham, Theodore C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Tongs.
Patent for improvement in fire-tongs with legs forked below the joint and riveted together.
Date:
June 16, 1874
Creator:
Kenney, Martin M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Scrapers.
Patent for a horse-drawn excavator that includes a scoop attached to wheels.
Date:
June 16, 1874
Creator:
Arcos, Ignacio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Tie fastenings.
Patent for the improvement of bale-tie fastenings, including illustrations.
Date:
June 2, 1874
Creator:
Davis, Waters S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seeding-Machines
Patent for a seed-planting machine with adjustable mechanisms that allows the user to customize the seeding machine for a specific project.
Date:
June 2, 1874
Creator:
Lee, Abram & Sinks, Edward Randolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Box and Bale Hooks.
Patent for "a guard or shield, of leather or other equivalent material, combined with the handle or shank of the hook used for turning or otherwise handling bales or boxes, &c., to prevent the hands from rubbing or pressing against the bale or box, whereby the are often injured." (Lines 6-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 26, 1874
Creator:
Knight, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Insects on Plants.
Patent for a “combination of flour and cotton-seed meal with paris green, for the destruction of cotton-worms or caterpillars, and other pestiferous insects” (lines 47-50).
Date:
May 26, 1874
Creator:
Royall, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planters.
Patent for a new cotton and corn planter, including illustrations.
Date:
May 19, 1874
Creator:
Griffith, William Harrison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds.
Patent for "a mixture of the arseniate of soda and water, or arseniate of soda, dextrine, and water, prepared in certain proportions of the respective ingredients, for the purpose of destroying cotton-worms." (Lines 7-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 19, 1874
Creator:
Braman, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Scissors.
Patent for "scissors for the use of dealers in dry goods; and it consists in providing an ordinary pair of scissors with an extension at or near the end of one of the blades, having an entering point and an eye to carry a thread, and designed to serve a convenient purpose in tagging and retagging goods." (Lines 14-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 19, 1874
Creator:
Waldie, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Presses.
Patent for the improvement of cotton presses to bale cotton and other materials, including illustrations.
Date:
May 12, 1874
Creator:
Brown, Bartlett W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History