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Cart-Saddle (open access)

Cart-Saddle

Patent for a more animal-friendly saddle to attach a horse to a cart by adjusting the way the girth is handled as the cart is loaded.
Date: April 1, 1879
Creator: Franks, Ely Anderson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wrenches. (open access)

Improvement in Wrenches.

Patent for furnishing "an adjustable wrench for holding and turning bolts, pipes, taps, &c." (lines 7-9). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: July 1, 1879
Creator: Killough, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Steam-Engines. (open access)

Improvement in Steam-Engines.

Patent related to "improvements in steam-engines. The object...is to devise means whereby the valves may be actuated automatically without the employment of exterior mechanisms by the use of exhaust-steam" (lines 17-22). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: July 1, 1879
Creator: Garlock, William H. & Cooke, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Piano-Forte Actions. (open access)

Improvement in Piano-Forte Actions.

Patent for a new piano-forte action made of sheet-metal, including illustrations.
Date: April 1, 1879
Creator: Roedern, George O. V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Securing Buckles, &c., to Straps. (open access)

Improvement in Devices for Securing Buckles, &c., to Straps.

Patent relating to "an improved device for securing buckles, rings, and similar articles to straps" (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustration.
Date: July 1, 1879
Creator: Barrow, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Manifold-Writing Tablet. (open access)

Manifold-Writing Tablet.

Patent for writing platform which allows for the creation of carbon copies.
Date: April 1, 1879
Creator: Morris, Robert, C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles. (open access)

Improvement in Buckles.

Patent relating to "improvements in harness-buckles" (lines 17-18) including instructions and illustration.
Date: July 1, 1879
Creator: Carnes, William J., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pumps. (open access)

Improvement in Pumps.

Patent relating to "improvements in double-acting pumps. The object is to devise a pump...[so] as to allow the admission of water at one end of and its discharge at the other" (lines 16-24). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: July 1, 1879
Creator: Garlock, William H. & Cooke, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow designed with an implement to allow user to remove excess dirt from the blade as the plow is being used.
Date: April 1, 1879
Creator: Dyer, Charles V.
System: The Portal to Texas History