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Combined Shawl-Strap and Head-Rest (open access)

Combined Shawl-Strap and Head-Rest

Patent for a head rest to be used in cars and other places and can be attached to a seat or shawl, including illustrations.
Date: March 4, 1879
Creator: McLane, Hiram H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cradle. (open access)

Cradle.

Patent for a improved cradle with a fan attachment, including instructions.
Date: March 4, 1879
Creator: Reisor, Andrew S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Railroad-Switches. (open access)

Improvement in Railroad-Switches.

Patent for a railway switch for wooden or iron railway-tracks.
Date: September 4, 1877
Creator: Harding, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Breech-Loading Fire-Arm (open access)

Breech-Loading Fire-Arm

Patent for a new and improved breech-loading firearm. This design "consists in the devices for opening the breech-block and ejecting the cartridge-shell by one and the same motion that cocks the gun, and also in a spring and pitman arranged with the breech-block" (para. 2).
Date: December 4, 1877
Creator: Petmecky, Joseph C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements In Ironing-Machines (open access)

Improvements In Ironing-Machines

Patent for new and useful improvements in the ironing machine. Machine has carrying case that is mounted on wheels and allows the iron to move over garments as it straightens out wrinkles.
Date: May 4, 1875
Creator: Perrenot, George F
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wagon-Brakes. (open access)

Improvement in Wagon-Brakes.

Patent for "wagons which have brakes applied to them, so constructed that in descending a grade the brakes will be automatically applied, and, in moving on a level or ascending a hill, the brakes will be relieved from the wheels." (Lines 6-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 4, 1877
Creator: Hart, Alfred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vises (open access)

Improvement in Vises

Patent for new construction for vises that will "enable the vise to be set and secutured in any desired position and thus hold the work in a position convenient to the operator" (lines 8-10).
Date: November 4, 1879
Creator: Zanetti, Fortonato C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Toilet-Cabinets (open access)

Improvement in Toilet-Cabinets

Patent for improved toilet cabinets in order to better arrange "cabinets for containing sewing, writing, and shaving materials and various other articles" (lines 8-10). Provides instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1879
Creator: Zanetti, Fortonato C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Paper-Clips. (open access)

Improvement in Paper-Clips.

Patent for the improvement of paper-clips, made out of a single piece of metal. It includes a description and illustration.
Date: June 4, 1872
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fences (open access)

Improvement in Fences

Patent for an improvement in fences through the manufacturing of a fence or fence-paneling of hoop-iron, so that it may be sold in sections of any desired length, rolled up in compact form, easily and cheaply transported to any distance, and put up by the farmer with rapidity and facility.
Date: June 4, 1872
Creator: Brown, Floyd G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sheet-Metal Hames (open access)

Improvement in Sheet-Metal Hames

Patent for improvement in hames by constructing them of sheet metal in order to prevent flatenning and wear on the hame. Explains how sheet metal hames are also flexibile in many attributes and because of this they are beneficial in many ways. Illustrations provided.
Date: November 4, 1879
Creator: Brown, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Floor-Clamps. (open access)

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 Machines for Making Plow-Irons. (open access)

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 Machines for Oiling Slides and Glides. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Oiling Slides and Glides.

Patent for a new machine to be used for oiling slides and glides for engines, &c., includes illustration.
Date: June 4, 1878
Creator: Bates, Asa N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Lock-Faucets. (open access)

Improvement in Lock-Faucets.

Patent for a improvement in lock faucets, includes instructions and illustration.
Date: June 4, 1878
Creator: Seward, Marion F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cleaners. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Cleaners.

Patent for improvements to cotton picking and cleaning before the cotton is ginned.
Date: July 4, 1871
Creator: Sims, Zachariah B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Photographing Children (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Photographing Children

Patent for an improvement in machines for taking Photographs of small children.
Date: July 4, 1871
Creator: Sloan, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combination-Hoes. (open access)

Improvement in Combination-Hoes.

Patent for "hoes in which the blade is made detachable from the handle-eye, and the latter made to receive several blades or other attachments." (Lines 13-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 4, 1877
Creator: Nelson, David A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse-Powers. (open access)

Improvement in Horse-Powers.

Patent for improvements made to motors that power machinery, called "horse-powers." The specific improvements made are in the arrangement of mechanical pulleys from which the motor derives power, arranged in such a way that will not significantly increase the size or cost of the machine.
Date: February 4, 1873
Creator: Müller, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement  in Cotton-Cleaners. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Cleaners.

Patent for a new and improved cotton-cleaner that enhances the performance of cotton cleaning. It includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 4, 1873
Creator: Ralston, Joe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Stretching Wire Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Stretching Wire Fences.

Patent for stretching wire from post to post in the construction of wire fencing, which includes directions how to secure the wire, includes illustrations.
Date: March 4, 1873
Creator: Mangham, Josiah T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.

Patent for "an Improved Cotton-Bale Tie" (line 5) including illustrations.
Date: August 4, 1874
Creator: Krone, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns. (open access)

Improvement in Churns.

Patent for "a new and Improved Churn" (lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date: August 4, 1874
Creator: Ewing, Nathaniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Honey-Boxes for Bee-Hives (open access)

Improvement in Honey-Boxes for Bee-Hives

Patent for the new and improved construction of bee-hives. Provides instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1879
Creator: Connolly, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History