Cart-Saddle (open access)

Cart-Saddle

Patent for a more animal-friendly saddle to attach a horse to a cart by adjusting the way the girth is handled as the cart is loaded.
Date: April 1, 1879
Creator: Franks, Ely Anderson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton - Bale Ties (open access)

Cotton - Bale Ties

Patent for tying the ends of cotton bale wires or bands.
Date: September 22, 1874
Creator: Szabo, Alexander A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles. (open access)

Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles.

Patent for new and useful improvement in wagon hubs that includes one-piece attachment and spokes that can be cut by metal strips by exposed to no injury, including illustrations.
Date: March 18, 1873
Creator: McNalley, Michael
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Water-Proof Joints for Roofing-Boards. (open access)

Improvement in Water-Proof Joints for Roofing-Boards.

Patent for the improvement of water-proof joints for roofing-boards, including illustrations.
Date: March 10, 1874
Creator: Beazely, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Engines. (open access)

Improvement in Rotary Engines.

Patent for rotary engines "driven by steam or other elastic agent, or which may be used for pumping water" (lines 29-32) to obtain "a more direct application of the force applied to drive the engine" (lines 39-40) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1872
Creator: Richardson, John Dun
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Subsoil-Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Rotary Subsoil-Plows.

Patent for an improvement upon subsoil plows, using a series of spades arranged upon the same pulleyed rotary shaft, combined with furrow-opening plows.
Date: March 28, 1871
Creator: Morris, Joseph R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Expanding Mandrels. (open access)

Improvements in Expanding Mandrels.

Patent for improvements in expanding mandrels by way of an expanding-chuck.
Date: January 23, 1872
Creator: Simons, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vapor-Burners. (open access)

Improvement in Vapor-Burners.

Patent for, "an improved construction and arrangement of vapor-burner, by which the same is readily lighted, adjusted to a larger or smaller flame, or extinguished" (lines 13-17). Illustration included.
Date: February 27, 1877
Creator: Sawyer, Frederick A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvment in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvment in Cultivators.

Patent for improvement in digging or cultivation machines primarily adapted to the cultivation of cotton. Includes parts that can be added or removed from the machine, thereby reducing the number of machines needed for farm work. Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: September 10, 1872
Creator: Forsgard, Gustave A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Standards for Vehicles. (open access)

Improvement in Standards for Vehicles.

Patent for "a stanchion pivoted in a strong metal box adapted to be fastened to the side of the platform of the car or truck, the box being open at the top and at one end, so that the stanchion can be turned down on its pivot by the side of the platform, to be out of the way of loading the car or truck platform with goods which cannot be conveniently loaded when the stanchions are upright." (Lines 6-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 12, 1874
Creator: Martin, James J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vapor-Burners. (open access)

Improvement in Vapor-Burners.

Patent for an improvement in vapor burners used in self-generating gas burners.
Date: June 23, 1874
Creator: Sawyer, Frederick A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vehicle-Springs. (open access)

Improvement in Vehicle-Springs.

Patent for "an improvement in springs for carriages" (lines 4-5), including illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1874
Creator: Richardson, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vapor-Burners. (open access)

Improvement in Vapor-Burners.

Patent for "new and Improved Vapor-Burner." (lines 3-4)
Date: March 26, 1878
Creator: Sawyer, Frederick A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Umbrella-Supporters. (open access)

Improvement in Umbrella-Supporters.

Patent for "a simple and convenient device for supporting and carrying a parasol or umbrella in such a way as to leave the hands free, and which will enable the parasol or umbrella to be tilted or inclined forward or back, or to either side, as may be required" (lines 8-14). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 11, 1876
Creator: Arnold, Eliza M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvment in Apparatus for Drying Hides. (open access)

Improvment in Apparatus for Drying Hides.

Patent for "an improvement in apparatus for drying hides"
Date: May 9, 1876
Creator: Finnigan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in the Methods of Baling and Packing Cotton (open access)

Improvement in the Methods of Baling and Packing Cotton

Patent for improvement in the methods of baling and packing cotton specifically optimizations in the packing and baling of cotton by avoiding all the mechanical appliances used in forming and securing bales of cotton, such as the press, canvas bagging, band, buckles, and bale-ties.
Date: July 18, 1876
Creator: Drake, James A. & Singer, Edgar C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Locomotive Smoke - Stacks. (open access)

Improvement in Locomotive Smoke - Stacks.

Patent for new and useful improvement in locomotive smoke stacks, "in which the sparks, live cinders, and other heavy particles are arrested near the top of the stack." It consists of a petticoat-pipe, arranged so that it may be raised or lowered for the purpose of regulating the draft.
Date: January 5, 1875
Creator: Cleary, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saw-Mills (open access)

Improvement in Saw-Mills

Patent for an improvement in saw mills, with illustration.
Date: February 9, 1875
Creator: Linder, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in Adjustable Cultivators"
Date: February 8, 1876
Creator: Price, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Instruments for Filling Teeth (open access)

Improvement in Instruments for Filling Teeth

Patent for improvement in instruments for filling teeth. "The object of this invention is to furnish an improved mode of filling teeth, by the use of which the filling may be built up, hardened, and polished at once, so that the filling will be as hard as marble when the patient leaves the operator's chair, and so that they can be immediately used for masticating."
Date: February 29, 1876
Creator: Ludwig, Carl D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Screw-Taps. (open access)

Improvement in Screw-Taps.

Patent for "a tool that shall combine the features of an expanding tap and reamer for reaming and tapping holes of different sizes" (lines 29-32) with illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 7, 1876
Creator: Melvin, Josiah Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mosquito-Net Frames. (open access)

Improvement in Mosquito-Net Frames.

Patent for "mosquito-net frames which are made adjustable, so that they may be extended over the bed or folded compactly, according to the requirements of use." (Lines 8-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 3, 1877
Creator: Volle, Johann F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Speed and Time Recorders. (open access)

Improvement in Speed and Time Recorders.

Patent for improvements in recording instruments to "document of all the movements of a locomotive while in charge of the engineer, to record any stoppages that may be made; the duration of such stoppages, and any backward motion of the locomotive at any point during the trip." (Lines 7-13) Illustration is included.
Date: September 9, 1879
Creator: Richardson, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Transmitting Rotary Motion. (open access)

Improvement in Devices for Transmitting Rotary Motion.

Patent for an improvement to devices that transmit rotary motion from one shaft to another. It is comprised of a wheel on a rotary shaft that has has a groove that grips an angular nut mounted on a shaft.
Date: December 23, 1879
Creator: Howe, Milton G.
System: The Portal to Texas History