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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
Binder for Paper Tablets.
Patent for improvements for tablets for blank paper, leterheads, etc. that holds content securely, including illustrations.
Date:
February 25, 1879
Creator:
Murray, Bredett C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Board Roofing.
Patent for a new design of roofing board. The wooden boards are designed to "contract and expand with changes of temperature" (para. 3) and to allow rain to run off without seeping into the joints of the boards.
Date:
December 19, 1876
Creator:
Zimmerman, Arnold W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators.
Patent for the improvement of wheel-cultivators, combining a plow and cultivator. It includes a description and illustration.
Date:
September 19, 1871
Creator:
Viars, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Steam-Engines.
Patent related to "improvements in steam-engines. The object...is to devise means whereby the valves may be actuated automatically without the employment of exterior mechanisms by the use of exhaust-steam" (lines 17-22). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
Garlock, William H. & Cooke, Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Stone-Dressing Tools.
Patent for "an improved rotary hand-tool for dressing stone" (lines 7-8) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 2, 1879
Creator:
Gilmore, Louis C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ventilators.
Patent for improvement in ventilators which combines a bell-mouthed vane with white induction and black eduction pipes for the purpose of introducing fresh air and eliminating foul air from an enclosed area.
Date:
December 21, 1875
Creator:
Moyer, Alexander L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Double-Bitted Drills.
Patent for "an easy mode of straightening wells while drilling them through rock or earth, and also for enlarging the same into a cistern when it is desired to keep on hand a large supply of water." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1876
Creator:
Yarbrough, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Earth-Boring Apparatus.
Patent for improvement in well-boring machines in which it can be “rapidly bore through earth or rock holes of any desired size or depth, for the purpose of procuring water.” (P. 1, lines 9-12) Illustration is included.
Date:
November 21, 1876
Creator:
Yarborough, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Churns.
Patent for an improvement of the churn that is, "within a square wooden box, of a rotating dasher or paddle, and the mechanism for driving the same, that various parts being constructed, arranged, and operated" (lines 20-24). Illustrations included.
Date:
February 20, 1877
Creator:
Dean, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Leather-Cutting Gages
Patent for improvement in leather cutting-gages in order to negate the need for the set-screw at the end of the gage handle that is needed to hold the rule. The document contains instructions and illustrations of the device.
Date:
April 17, 1877
Creator:
Lindsay, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Masks for Horses and Cattle.
Patent for a slitted leather mask for animals to be used for horses, cattle, etc. to deter the jumping of fences. Patent for "mask, covering the eyes of the animal, leaves him with a sufficiently free vision, and being thoroughly ventilated, will not injure his eyes".
Date:
July 10, 1877
Creator:
Trueblood, Albert H
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Escapes.
Patent for improving fire-escapes and provides a portable instrument that "may be used for letting persons directly down from buildings, or for carrying them from the upper stories of buildings to others buildings at a distance" (lines 9-12).
Date:
August 28, 1877
Creator:
Staples, George S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Earth-Augurs.
Patent for a new auger design for "boring and excavating wells" (lines 15-16), including illustrations.
Date:
November 20, 1877
Creator:
Yarborough, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Earth-Boring Machines.
Patent for improvements in earth-boring machines with new design and connections, including illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1878
Creator:
Yarborough, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mold-Boards for Plows.
Patent for an improved design for plow mold-boards that involves using holes and a water pump to keep the mold-board clear of earth.
Date:
December 30, 1879
Creator:
Fields, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Excavators.
Patent for improvement in earth excavators combining a plow, rotating cylinder, and helical plate.
Date:
May 6, 1873
Creator:
Smith, Amroy B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Riding-Saddles.
Patent for improvement in riding-saddles by "which the leather straps hitherto required for the girth-riffing may be dispensed with, and in place thereof a stronger and more durable rigging obtained, that leaves the top and sides of the tree in perfectly smooth state."
Date:
October 29, 1878
Creator:
Nothaf, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Cutting Shingles.
Patent relating to "that class of shingle-machines which form the shingles by means of a knife working sidewise with the grain" (lines 10-13). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 8, 1879
Creator:
Davis, Henry T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Locks
Patent for an improvement for slide door fasteners and locks. Description and illustrations are attached.
Date:
August 19, 1879
Creator:
Garlock, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Gang-Plow and Cultivator
Patent for a new gang-plow and cultivator design, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 23, 1870
Creator:
Thornton, Sterling C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns
Patent for a geared mechanism to attach to existing churns to aid in the production of cream into butter. Illustrations include front and side elevations.
Date:
January 23, 1877
Creator:
Gray, Whitley F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Baling-Presses.
Patent for a baling press "intended for compressing and re-pressing cotton for shipment" (para. 4), and is created using a "simple and efficient" (para. 2) design.
Date:
November 27, 1877
Creator:
Drake, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Heater and Feeder for Steam-Boilers.
Patent for "a new and valuable improvement in supplying feed-water to steam-boilers" (lines 15-17), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 11, 1877
Creator:
Hyde, James Boyd
System:
The Portal to Texas History