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Improvement in Churns.
Patent for improvements in churns with specific improvements in dasher-rods and lids. This patent includes illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1878
Creator:
Davis, Henry T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns.
Patent for a better churn which makes butter faster, releases butter from the churn more easily, and is simple to create and use. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1878
Creator:
McConnell, John A. & McConnell, William V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Improvement in Adjustable Hammers for Fire-Arms.
Patent for "the particular construction and arrangement of such swiveling striker with its locking devices, and its combination with a double-barreled gun, whereby a single hammer may be employed for both barrels, the striker being capable of such adjustment as to bring it within the range of either nipple, or into an intermediate position between the two, for the prevention of accidents." (Lines 17-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 8, 1878
Creator:
Toepperwein, Emil A. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Band-Cutting Feeders for Thrashing-Machines.
Patent for improvements in the design of band-cutters and feeders for thrashing machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 15, 1878
Creator:
Andrews, Henry K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meat, &c.
Patent for "an improved apparatus for use in fumigating substances used as food; and also for impregnating water with sulphurous-acid gas, for the purpose of preserving such substances by the antiseptic quality of sulphur" (lines 9-14). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 15, 1878
Creator:
Ames, Theodore George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Wrench and Saw-Set.
Patent for improvements in the "combination of a wrench with a saw-setting device attached to the sliding jaw thereof" (lines 17-19). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 22, 1878
Creator:
Backer, Jacob
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties
Patent for an improved bale-tie whose frame is provided with an end bar having wedge-shaped catch.
Date:
January 29, 1878
Creator:
Andrews, Thomas S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plow and Seeder.
Patent for a plow and seeder that has an added "rotating flanged drum composed of two perforated cylinders" (lines 10-11) including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
February 19, 1878
Creator:
Elliott, Pinkney H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bee-Hives.
Patent for a bee-hive that prevents insects (such as moths) from entering therein and maximizes the amount of honey collected from the hive, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
March 5, 1878
Creator:
Park, Jesse W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hoes.
Patent for an improved, lightweight hoe with beveled blades used for "weeding cotton and other plants" (lines 13-14) and cutting grass without damaging the stalks, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
March 19, 1878
Creator:
Eggleston, Walter H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse Hoes and Cultivators.
Patent for new horse hoe for cultivating crops. Hoe includes circular frame, plows, rollers, caster-wheels, etc.
Date:
March 26, 1878
Creator:
Brown, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for improvement to "class of bale-ties in which the bands are secured by means of a fastening or key which passes through slots in the ends of the band." (lines 13-16)
Date:
April 2, 1878
Creator:
Howard, William Henry; Broussard, Camille E. & Hutchins, Rush M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Corn And Cotton-Seed Planters.
This patent is an upgraded corn and seed planter machine that plants corn, cotton, and other types of seeds for mass production. The machine is aligned with the surface of the ground. It does not converse with the plows that are attached to it, freeing up the machine to release seeds proficiently with ease.
Date:
April 9, 1878
Creator:
Adams, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Bale-Ties.
This patent was crated for an improved way of manufactoring ties to hold packages together that consists of bale, hemp, cotton, rags or substances. It was created to reduce the rising costs or manufacturing products of this caliber.
Date:
March 16, 1878
Creator:
Davis, Water S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Bale-Ties.
This patent was created for free ends of wire to be united and form a circular shape. The wire is then interconnected with a loop that has been doubled by the device.
Date:
April 16, 1878
Creator:
Knipscheer, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Cotton-Gin-Saw Cleaners.
Patent for "a device for quickly cleaning the saws of cotton-gins when they become gummed. It consists in a series of knives that are supported by a movable bar or frame, and may be thrust between the saws when the saws are to be cleaned (para. 4-5).
Date:
April 23, 1878
Creator:
Munger, Robert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Horse-Power Mill.
This patent is for a new improvement with how a horse can be attached to a horse-power-mill to do the necessary work needed on a farm. As the horse moves around the machine moves with it.
Date:
May 7, 1878
Creator:
Pitts, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for an improved bale-tie which is to be used especially with cotton, includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
May 28, 1878
Creator:
Arnold, Lloyd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for an improvement in plows, includes instruction and illustration.
Date:
May 28, 1878
Creator:
Moore, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for an improvement in plows, includes instruction and illustration.
Date:
May 28, 1878
Creator:
Nitschmann, Franz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for an improved bale-tie with a description of the tool and specifications for its usage, includes illustrations.
Date:
June 11, 1878
Creator:
Rutherford, William Bryson & Hawkins, Joel Turnham
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Grain-Driers.
Patent for an improved grain-drier with design specifications and a description of the object's applications and usage, including illustrations.
Date:
June 18, 1878
Creator:
Henesee, Richard Tiernan
System:
The Portal to Texas History