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Improvement in Wood Pavements. (open access)

Improvement in Wood Pavements.

Patent for a new and improved construction of Bois D'Arc Pavement, which uses two layers of planks that cross at right angle as a base, sand to hold bois d'arc blocks in place and fill gaps in between, and coal-tar covering planks to prevent sand from shifting. It includes illustrations.
Date: January 14, 1879
Creator: Shellenberger, Samuel Luther
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Grub-Plow and Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Improvement in Grub-Plow and Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a device to remove grubs from soil, which consists of an adjustable gage-wheel and a cutter to remove grubs and to cut roots. The cutter can be also used to cut cotton-stalks. It includes illustrations.
Date: January 14, 1879
Creator: Talley, Reuben Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Patent for a new and improved bale-tie design with different buckle and band. It includes illustrations.
Date: January 14, 1879
Creator: Johnson, Jordan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plates for Holding Screw-Cutting Dies. (open access)

Improvement in Plates for Holding Screw-Cutting Dies.

Patent for plates to hold screw-cutting dies, which allows the threads to be more accurately placed. Dies are also able to work for left handed dies as well as right handed dies.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Geiser, Johan G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hand Cotton Pickers. (open access)

Improvement in Hand Cotton Pickers.

Patent for a new method of picking cotton by hand, whereby 3 spindles remove the fibers from the bolls.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Ham, Thomas William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Millstone-Drivers (open access)

Millstone-Drivers

Patent for improvements in Millstone-drivers
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Cathart, Rodney C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churning-Machines (open access)

Improvement in Churning-Machines

Patent for improvement in mechanisms in operating churns. Includes a crank wheel and spindles for churning, as well as a better balanced upright position.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Haile, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sheet-Metal Vessels (open access)

Improvement in Sheet-Metal Vessels

Patent for a cylindrical vessel made of sheet-metal rather than tin. Including a inward double hanging ledge and two layers of metal soldiered together.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Morris, Robert C. & McLane, Hiram H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Angle-Plates for Doors. (open access)

Improvement in Angle-Plates for Doors.

Patent for a strengthening bracket for improving angle-plates for door hinges, such that the door will be supported from sagging at the hinge.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Morris, Robert C. & McLane, Hiram H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Band-Tying Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Band-Tying Machines.

Patent for a device that automatically ties bands of cotton bales by mechanical means.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Matthews, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vehicle Axle-Lubricators (open access)

Improvement in Vehicle Axle-Lubricators

Patent for improvements to the design of axle lubricators, in which the oil reservoir is in the rear as opposed to the front.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Hinkle, James V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Traction-Engines. (open access)

Improvements in Traction-Engines.

Patent for improving traction engines for use in hauling on farms and farm roads. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: McGregor, Montague M. & Croxton, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History