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Apparatus for Transmitting Power.
Patent for a new invention which uses a combination of radiation and levers in order more efficiently transmit power. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 8, 1870
Creator:
Williams, Blasius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Washing Machine.
Patent for "Improved Washing Machine" in combination with a boiler, "and with a furnace on which the boiler rests".
Date:
June 28, 1870
Creator:
Cottingham, Gideon W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Bending Stirrups.
Patent for an invention that "is to provide a simple and efficient machine for bending and shaping stirrups for saddles" (lines 10-12). The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
February 1, 1870
Creator:
Forest, Demsey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gate-Latches.
Patent for improvements in gate latches: "to provide a self closing latch, simple in its construction and easy f operation" (lines 18-19).
Date:
September 26, 1871
Creator:
Lee, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Chairs.
Patent for improvements in chairs: "the back, seat, foot rest, and head rest are all self adjusting, and operated by the natural movements of the occupant" (lines 11-13).
Date:
April 16, 1872
Creator:
Haupt, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice.
Patent for improvements on machinery for the manufacture of ice.
Date:
August 29, 1871
Creator:
Sears, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Pipes and Cigar-Holders.
Patent for new and improvements in Combined Pipes and Cigar-Holders which consists in "forming or constructing the pipe with an intermediate chamber which serves as a receptacle for a sponge or other absorbent porous material." (Lines 15-20) Illustrations are included.
Date:
December 5, 1871
Creator:
Bond, Virgil A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inprovement in Sulky-Cultivators.
Patent for an improved sulky cultivator which lists description on how to build the cultivator.
Date:
January 10, 1871
Creator:
Jordan, Hugh P
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheel-Plows.
Patent for an improvement in wheel plows made so that "the plowing may be done by passing back and forth in parallel lines" (lines 17-18).
Date:
September 5, 1871
Creator:
Coreth, Rudolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators.
Patent for the improvement of wheel-cultivators, combining a plow and cultivator. It includes a description and illustration.
Date:
September 19, 1871
Creator:
Viars, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Velocipedes
Patent for the improvement of Velocipedes. The improvement consists of a new and novel combination and arrangement of propelling power, due to the weight of the body, which may be aided by the muscular force thereof and guiding apparatus.
Date:
February 13, 1872
Creator:
Maltby, Henry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Road-Scrapers.
Patent for an improvement in road-scrapers which "consists in hanging the scoop to the carriage in such a manner that it may always be made to scrape in horizontal planes whether the carriage run on a level surface or on a hill side; and also in certain devices for holding the scoop suspended above the ground while moving from place to place." (Lines 9-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 26, 1872
Creator:
Coy, Elihu E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Throttle-Valve Stands and Stems.
Patent for "a new arrangement of support for the stem of a throttle-valve, and has for its object to facilitate the lubricating of the screw and cause the parts to be firmly held in place." (Lines 19-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 2, 1872
Creator:
Compant, John M. & Krauskopf, Engelbert
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
Improvement in Saws.
Patent for improvements to circular or straight saws that steady the saw and prevent vibration and buckling. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 19, 1871
Creator:
Littlepage, Caleb V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Soldering-Irons.
Patent for "an apparatus to be used with the common soldering-iron, whereby the same can be heated and kept heated continually while the iron is used." (Lines 6-9) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 19, 1871
Creator:
Williams, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Improvement in Tenoning-Machines
Patent for an improvement in tenoning-machines, including saws, gauges, flanges, and hinged plates.
Date:
April 18, 1871
Creator:
Bourland, Melton S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Steam-plows.
Patent for improvement in the apparatus for turning up soil with a steam plow.
Date:
August 15, 1871
Creator:
Miller, Herman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Turbine Water-Wheels.
Patent for a new turbine water wheel, which is said to alleviate past problems with older model turbines. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 11, 1870
Creator:
Chadwick, H. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saw-Set.
Patent for an invention "which can be used for setting the teeth of all kinds of saws by hand, and without requiring and intricate machinery" (lines 15-18). The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
February 15, 1870
Creator:
Harris, H. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sulky Plows
Patent for the improvement of sully plows by regulating the depth of furrow.
Date:
April 5, 1870
Creator:
Boyd, John G. & Bailey, Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History