Improvement in Door-Securers. (open access)

Improvement in Door-Securers.

Patent for a new and improved safety-locks for doors which consists of only three parts: a screw with sharp points, a nut, and a guard pivoted to the nut. It includes illustrations.
Date: January 21, 1879
Creator: Hine, Miller J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Whiffletree-Fastenings. (open access)

Improvement in Whiffletree-Fastenings.

Patent for the improvement of whiffletree fastenings, relating to the means by which single-trees are attached to a double-tree. It includes a description and illustration.
Date: June 11, 1872
Creator: Ahrenbeck, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Stalk-Chopper (open access)

Improvement in Stalk-Chopper

Patent for an improvement in corn and cotton stalk-choppers, allowing for the stalks to be turned under by the plow and prevent their interference with the machine.
Date: May 21, 1872
Creator: Richards, Augustus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tonic Remedies. (open access)

Improvement in Tonic Remedies.

Patent for a medicinal compound consisting of sulphate quinine, diluted sulphuric acid, purified chinoidine, sulphate iron, sulphate magnesia, peppermint oil, and saturated quassia-water. Includes instructions.
Date: January 11, 1876
Creator: Rucker, Benjamin Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Speed-Measures. (open access)

Improvement in Speed-Measures.

Patent for a "means for indicating the degree of speed with which an engine or train of cars is passing over a rail-road, and for enabling an engineer to regulate the speed of his engine to conform to the 'time' enjoined by his table, so that he will run at an even degree of speed, and be required neither to 'slow down' to save his schedule nor quicken the pace of his engine to make up lost time." (Lines 15-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1875
Creator: Minton, Stephen F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters. (open access)

Improvement in Seed-Planters.

Patent for improvement of planters.
Date: February 15, 1876
Creator: Albertson, Ichabod H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pessaries. (open access)

Improvement in Pessaries.

Patent for an improved uterine supporter with changes to the arrangement of the wings, with illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 31, 1876
Creator: Barnett, Jonathan P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters (open access)

Improvement in Seed-Planters

Patent for an improvement in seed-planters, which allows for adjusting to plant less or more seeds as desired.
Date: May 21, 1872
Creator: Richards, Augustus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds. (open access)

Improvement in Medical Compounds.

Patent for a purgative medical compound consisting of a variety of plant materials.
Date: October 7, 1873
Creator: Barnett, Joel P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for improving on a plowing device. This apparatus has four independent and adjustable shovels attached together to work to cultivate a field.
Date: September 6, 1873
Creator: Cavett, Richard S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Lint-Room and Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Combined Lint-Room and Cotton-Presses.

Patent for the improvement of lint-rooms and cotton presses, including a description and illustrations.
Date: December 20, 1870
Creator: Albertson, Ichabod H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gin-Saw-Filing Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Gin-Saw-Filing Machines.

Patent for a "gin-saw-filing machine consisting, essentially, of a rotary and intermittingly movable file, of an intermittingly-operated feed and check device, and of adjustable reciprocating sharpening-files".
Date: July 24, 1877
Creator: Eastham, Albert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement for Axle-Boxes for Vehicles (open access)

Improvement for Axle-Boxes for Vehicles

Patent for an improvement in axle-boxes for vehicles which incorporates an adjustable tube that may take up the wear on its ends.
Date: June 11, 1872
Creator: Ahrenbeck, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Axles for Vehicles (open access)

Improvement in Axles for Vehicles

Patent for "an Improvement in Wagon-Axle Skeins" that "has for its object to furnish an improved iron axle for wagons and other vehicles which shall be stronger without being heavier than iron axles made in the ordinary manner."
Date: July 2, 1872
Creator: Ahrenbeck, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Planter, Cultivator, and Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Improvement in Combined Planter, Cultivator, and Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for an improved combined planter, cultivator, and cotton-chopping tool with design specifications and directions for the usage of the tool, including illustrations.
Date: June 11, 1878
Creator: Sarlls, Rutus & Kelman, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Gin-Saw-Filing Machines. (open access)

Improvement In Gin-Saw-Filing Machines.

Patent for improved circular file for gin-file-machine.
Date: February 6, 1878
Creator: Eastham, Albert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Patent for "an improved fastening for the ends of bale-bands, whether the latter be constructed of sheet metal or wire." (lines 18-21) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 2, 1879
Creator: Camp, Ira M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hawk-Traps (open access)

Improvement in Hawk-Traps

Patent for an "improved trap for catching hawks, owls, and other birds of prey, which shall be so constructed as to adapt it to be attached to a pole or post set in the ground" (para. 4).
Date: June 27, 1876
Creator: White, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Chairs. (open access)

Improvement in Chairs.

Patent for improvement in chairs, which provides adjustable shoulder supports and back (inclination and height), with intended advantages of better lung capacity and spinal alignment. The chair can be adjusted to fit all sizes of bodies. It is noted that some of the adjustable features could be incorporated into other furnishings such as beds or lounges. An additional feature of the chair is a retracting spring to assist the user in exiting the chair.
Date: May 9, 1876
Creator: Barnes, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Couplings.

Patent for improved construction and arrangement of car-couplings.
Date: July 24, 1877
Creator: McCarty, Ezra B. & Heagerty, James
System: The Portal to Texas History