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Improvement in Box and Bale Hooks.
Patent for "a guard or shield, of leather or other equivalent material, combined with the handle or shank of the hook used for turning or otherwise handling bales or boxes, &c., to prevent the hands from rubbing or pressing against the bale or box, whereby the are often injured." (Lines 6-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 26, 1874
Creator:
Knight, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brick-Presses.
Patent for a "new and useful improvement in brick-presses by which bricks may be quickly and cheaply pressed by hand power from clay taken direct from bank or mixer" ( Lines 1-3 )including instructions and illustration.
Date:
May 14, 1878
Creator:
Moore, Andrew A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Head-Rest.
Patent for a new and improved head-rest for railroad-car seats and other seats, that can be applied to or removed from the back of seats without the use of clamp-screws, and are adjustable and adaptable to the convenience and comfort of different persons. It includes a description and illustrations.
Date:
May 31, 1870
Creator:
Littlepage, Caleb V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings.
Patent for "a new and improved Car-Coupling"
Date:
May 11, 1875
Creator:
Shelley, Nathan G.; Bozarth, Stephen P. & Spring, David V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Patent for car coupling device that attaches cars automatically when moved together while also detaching if one or more cars come off the tracks.
Date:
May 22, 1877
Creator:
Dobbs, Charles & Robinson, Samuel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Resin Boxes and Coolers.
Patent for improvement in receptacle for oils, molasses, or thick liquid that permit liquid to be surrounded by steam or water and changeable temperature.
Date:
May 13, 1873
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers.
Patent for "a new machine for removing the destructive cotton-worms from the cotton-plants without injury to the plants, and for destroying the worms," which "consists in the arrangement of a movable frame, which is by animals drawn over the fields to straddle the rows of cotton, and which is provided with brushes for sweeping the worms from the plants, and with jointed bottom pieces or slides, which crush them on the ground." (Lines 15-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1873
Creator:
Helm, Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Camp-Stoves.
Patent for "an improved stove for camp and other uses, that may be reduced to small and compact size for transportation and readily put up for use." (Lines 14-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 21, 1878
Creator:
Vollbrecht, Louis P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Railway-Gates.
Patent for "automatically operating slide-gates which are operated by pressure on treadles, and are suitable for use either as farm-gates or railroad-gates." (Lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 28, 1878
Creator:
McCaffrey, James M. & Larkin, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers.
Patent for an improvement in cotton worm destroyer, includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
May 28, 1878
Creator:
Yeager, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Railroad-Gates
Patent for a new and improved Railroad-Fence Gate that prevents cattle from escaping from farm areas, including illustrations.
Date:
May 13, 1879
Creator:
Hahn, Henry & Gaston, Anderson Lewers
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Refining and Ageing Liquors.
Patent for improvement in refining and ageing liquors, including an illustration. The process includes expelling air from distilled liquors, heating them to a boiling point and then cooling them in a waterbath, through the use of a closed, air-tight vessel surrounded by an open water-vessel.
Date:
May 10, 1870
Creator:
Gilman, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pipe and Bar Cutters
Patent for a new and improved pipe and bar cutter, which cuts metal and steel. This design is simple, convient, and effective, including illustration.
Date:
May 21, 1877
Creator:
Astall, Jesse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for "plow mold-boards to which the black land of Texas, and other similar soils, will not adhere, so that a furrow can be turned, however sticky and waxy the soil may be." (lines 14-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 18, 1875
Creator:
Bell, Francis R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Teeth for Cotton-Gin Saws.
Patent for new useful improvement of the cotton-gin saws that consists of the dress or shape of the teeth, includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1873
Creator:
Oglesby, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Planters, Cultivators, and Stalk-Choppers.
Patent for a combined planter, cultivator, and chopper.
Date:
May 12, 1874
Creator:
McCaleb, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planters.
Patent for a new cotton and corn planter, including illustrations.
Date:
May 19, 1874
Creator:
Griffith, William Harrison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sawing-Machines.
Patent for a new and improved pulley-operated, roller-fed log sawing machine
Date:
May 24, 1873
Creator:
Bell, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Engines.
Patent for improvements in valves used in rotary engines.
Date:
May 9, 1871
Creator:
Hughes, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History