Lubricating Device. (open access)

Lubricating Device.

Patent for a new and improved lubricating device. This design consists of "[t]he combination, with the cross-head of an engine or other reciprocating part of machinery, and the guides or ways on which it works, of a reservoir for the lubricant, a wheel for taking up and applying the same to the friction-surface with which the wheel works in contact, and a spring for supporting the wheel" (para. 10). This design prevents dust and other pollutants from entering the reservoir.
Date: January 22, 1878
Creator: Walton, Franklin B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in cultivators.
Date: February 5, 1878
Creator: Graves, Jefferson M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Oiling Slides and Glides. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Oiling Slides and Glides.

Patent for a new machine to be used for oiling slides and glides for engines, &c., includes illustration.
Date: June 4, 1878
Creator: Bates, Asa N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for improvements in adjusting devices and attachments for sulky plows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 1, 1878
Creator: Payne, Joseph Mott
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-planter. (open access)

Seed-planter.

Patent for a machine that can plant any kind or size of seed or grain at any desired distance apart.
Date: December 3, 1878
Creator: Hoshall, David W.
System: The Portal to Texas History