Resource Type
Decade
Month
Day
33 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Results:
1 - 24 of
33
next
Improvement in Cotton-Gin Flues
Patent for a new and improved cotton ginning appartatus using a set a valves to throw lint-cotton into different rooms without stopping the gin (line 2), including illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1872
Creator:
Gaines, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Steaming and Cleansing Barrels, & c.
Patent for an improved apparatus for steaming and cleaning barrels for the reception of resin, turpentine, oils, molasses, sirups, and other like liquids.
Date:
May 5, 1873
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wagon-Sheet and Tent
Patent for an improvement in wagon sheet coverings / tent. The improvement is in the sides of the wagon sheet can be extended by loosening straps to fall the length to the ground and be staked to the earth. This gives a tent to sleep under after a day of traveling.
Date:
August 13, 1871
Creator:
Fitzgerald, M. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles.
Patent for improvements to carriage wheels, relating to the socketing ring that braces the spokes between the hub and the rim. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1875
Creator:
Nelson, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Binding Grain
Patent for improvement in machines for binding grain for reapers.
Date:
February 13, 1875
Creator:
Tucker, Argyle W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Velocipedes
Patent for the improvement of Velocipedes. The improvement consists of a new and novel combination and arrangement of propelling power, due to the weight of the body, which may be aided by the muscular force thereof and guiding apparatus.
Date:
February 13, 1872
Creator:
Maltby, Henry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Thrashing-Machines.
Patent for "new and useful improvements on machinery for thrashing various kinds of grain, whereby the work is performed in a very rapid and perfect manner, without impairing the straw." (lines 28-32) Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date:
September 13, 1870
Creator:
Fuos, Matthias
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Velocipedes.
Patent for the improvement of velocipedes. Improvements combine foot and band propelling apparatus with guiding apparatus.
Date:
December 13, 1870
Creator:
Maltby, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Revolving Cotton Lint Rooms.
Patent for improvement in cotton-lint rooms. These rooms are used with gins that seperate the seeds from the cotton.
Date:
May 13, 1873
Creator:
Crenshaw, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Twine-Holders
Patent for improvement in twine-holders to help hold twine, cloth and wrapping to counters for ease of cutting, with illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1878
Creator:
Turner, John William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seats for Water-Closets.
Patent for an improved seat for water closets, including illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1875
Creator:
Fabj, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Measuring Packaged Fabrics
Patent for an improved device to measure textiles and other similar fabrics, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 13, 1877
Creator:
Bond, Virgil A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Patent for "revolving-cylinder seed-planters; and its object is to furnish a strong and durable implement adapted to plant with precision various kinds of seed, and the wheels of which are not liable to become clogged with earth." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 13, 1877
Creator:
Burris, John W.
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 Flower-Baskets
Patent for an improvement in flower-baskets to be hung in residences without making a mess, with illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1878
Creator:
Tennyson, Fannie C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Ironing And Fluting Machines.
Patent for improvements to Ironing and Fluting Machines.
Date:
June 13, 1878
Creator:
Bailey, Charles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Elevators.
Patent for improvements in elevators, for lifting heavy objects. It includes a description and illustration.
Date:
June 13, 1871
Creator:
Bishop, Josiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Washing-Machine.
Patent for a machine for washing and wringing clothes, which can be used with a furnace for heating the water but has legs for support when being used separately from a furnace. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 13, 1870
Creator:
Moore, Alfred L. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Adjustable Fire-Fenders, Grates, and Andirons.
Patent for improvement in fire-fender and grate with separable andirons that is adjustable to different fireplaces, and which can be adapted for wood or coal.
Date:
May 13, 1873
Creator:
Hall, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows
Patent for the improvement of plows, with illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1878
Creator:
Johnson, Felix
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroyers
Patent for an improvement of insect-destroyers in the form of spraying poisonous liquid forced over plants, with illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1878
Creator:
Ruhmann, Julius Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties
Patent for improvement in cotton bale-ties, with illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1878
Creator:
Roeber, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Working Glass.
Patent for a blowing-engine that will make the glass-blowing process less laborious. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1875
Creator:
Chase, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History