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Improvement in Wasing-Machines.
Patent for improvements in washing machines.
Date:
October 10, 1871
Creator:
Lee, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Windlass Water-Elevators
Patent for an improvement in Chain-Wheels consisting "in the construction and arrangement of a device for drawing water from wells, which shall be cheap, convenient, and free from danger, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth."
Date:
July 27, 1878
Creator:
Knipscheer, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Compounds for Destroying Trees, Roots, &c.
Patent for a new and useful improvements to compouds used in the destroying of trees. Lists ingredients and dosages.
Date:
October 21, 1879
Creator:
Buchanan, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators.
Patent for "a new and useful machine for Plowing"
Date:
October 10, 1876
Creator:
Hodges, Ludia H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Machines for Making Paving-Blocks.
Patent for the improvement in machines for making paving-blocks.
Date:
October 24, 1871
Creator:
Brooks, Samuel Wallace
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Escapements for Time-Pieces
Patent for inprovements in escapements for time-pieces involving levers and duplex escapements as a way of improving force and regularity in time-pieces. Patent gives instructions and provides illustrations.
Date:
October 21, 1879
Creator:
Laughlin, Abner G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Strap-Protector and Buckle
Patent for improvements in strap-protector and buckle for harness in order for it to not become cracked or bent. Provides instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 21, 1879
Creator:
Padgitt, Tom
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Station-Indicators.
Patent for improvements in railroad-station indicators to indicate to passengers the next stations and the distances between them.
Date:
October 11, 1875
Creator:
Harris, Pliny H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ventilators and Protectors for Roofs.
Patent for improvements in ventilators and protectors for roofs relating to "a ventilating combing or ridging for roofs of houses" (lines-15-16) including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
October 24, 1876
Creator:
Brock, Ernst Moritz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Flat-Irons.
Patent for improvement in flat-irons, with description and illustrations.
Date:
October 11, 1875
Creator:
Sterzing, Fred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Single-Trees
Patent for "a new and Improved Single-Tree and Breast Yoke." (lines 3-4) Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
October 3, 1876
Creator:
Flatau, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Cultivators.
Patent for a machine for "opening ditches to drain land and form fences, and to grade railroads, &c." (lines 15-17) including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
October 10, 1876
Creator:
Tadlock, Sevier
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.
Patent for "a machine for ironing clothing by means of a revolving heated roller, under which is passed a reciprocating table, on which the clothing is placed." (Lines 7-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 24, 1876
Creator:
Bailey, Charles F. & Perrenot, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Neck-Yokes.
Patent for "an improvement in the class of neck-yokes having a swivel-joint connection with a carriage or wagon pole; and it consists in providing the neck-yoke with a central enlargement or boss, and connecting the tube which slips on the end of the carriage-pole with the yoke by means of rings having perforated ears to receive the ends of a pivoted bar, to which the pole ring or tube is swiveled." (Lines 11-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 31, 1876
Creator:
Hannig, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivator and Chopper.
Patent for an improvement in cultivators and choppers which will allow for the adjustment by height and width.
Date:
October 7, 1876
Creator:
Killough, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Picket-Fences.
Patent for secure, inexpensive picket-fence construction using various sizes of wood pieces and wire. It is meant for situations in which wood is scarce. Illustration included.
Date:
October 14, 1873
Creator:
McGinty, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Picket-Fences
Patent for improvement for picket fences composed of zig zag settings with their upper ends brought in line and are connected and supported by wires and posts.
Date:
October 6, 1874
Creator:
McGinty, Robert H.
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 Medical Compounds for Treating Chills, Fever, &c.
Patent for the improvement of medical compounds for treating chills and fevers. The patent states the components of a "True Ague Pill."
Date:
October 10, 1871
Creator:
Bevill, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Portable Fences
Patent for an improvement to portable fences so that they can be "easily and cheaply constructed in sections, and then quickly put together and firmly braced and supported." (lines 14-17) Illustration included.
Date:
October 3, 1876
Creator:
Martin, Josiah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for "a perfectly-tight fastening - one that will not slip or give, and one that can be easily and quickly unfastened without cutting the band, or in any way injuring the part." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 10, 1876
Creator:
Krieg, Christian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for "an improved plow, which shall be so constructed that it may be readily adjusted for use as a subsoil-plow, as a turning-plow, as a scraper and cultivator, and as a scraper, cultivator, and hiller, and which shall be simple in construction and effective in operation in either capacity." (Lines 11-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 10, 1876
Creator:
Newton, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History