Improvement in Water-Drawers. (open access)

Improvement in Water-Drawers.

Patent for an improved water drawer, includes instructions and illustration.
Date: June 11, 1878
Creator: McC. Mathes, William
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 Reversible Sad-Irons. (open access)

Improvement in Reversible Sad-Irons.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Irons" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.
Date: August 3, 1875
Creator: Smothers, Thomas T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fence-Post Sockets. (open access)

Improvement in Fence-Post Sockets.

Patent for improvement in fencing where posts are held more securely with galvanized plates, sockets, and wires.
Date: September 9, 1873
Creator: Durant, George W. & Durant, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fifth-Wheels for Vehicles. (open access)

Improvement in Fifth-Wheels for Vehicles.

Patent for improvements made to fifth-wheels for vehicles, including illustrations.
Date: April 29, 1879
Creator: Findley, James W. & Bowles, Talbot M.
System: The Portal to Texas History