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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Improvement in Rein-Holders.
Patent for "improvement in a class of rein-holding devices consisting each of a pivoted, vertically-swinging cam or locking-jaw and a frame...for attachment to the dashboard of a carriage or other vehicle." (lines 7-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1874
Creator:
Royse, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement of Cotton Cleaners and Condensers
Patent for changes in the parts of cotton cleaner and condenser machinery, includes illustrations. The changes in machinery seek to eliminate impurities in the cotton while also compacting the cotton into a sheet.
Date:
May 1, 1877
Creator:
Greaves, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines.
Patent for "washing-machines known as self-regulating machines; and consists in the arrangement for controlling at will the amount of pressure to be used, in combination with the construction of the feed and washing rollers." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 1, 1873
Creator:
Rowland, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Smoothing and Fluting Irons.
Patent for improvement in smoothing and fluting irons, which combines a sad-iron smoothing-plate and mechanical fluting iron in one device which includes a heat shield and rollers through which fabric is advanced. The rollers are mechanized via a latch and rack-wheel that are actuated by moving the handle of the device up and down.
Date:
June 1, 1875
Creator:
Mayfield, William Dudley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Running-Gears.
Patent for running-gear on carriages that "consists mainly in improvements in the connections of the axles with the springs, perch, and other parts" (para. 5), with illustrations.
Date:
February 1, 1876
Creator:
Gilmore, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ditching-Machines.
Patent for an improved ditching machine design that will "easily and rapidly cut or excavate, on the surface of the ground, soil, clay, or soft stone, a ditch or trench of any reasonable width or depth suitable" (lines 33-37) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1878
Creator:
Austin, Matthew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Earth-Boring Machines.
Patent for improvements in earth-boring machines with new design and connections, including illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1878
Creator:
Yarborough, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Destroying Cotton Worms.
Patent for a machine to distribute poison to destroy Cotton Worms, including illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1874
Creator:
Davis, Nicholas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Shingle-Bolting Machines.
Patent for a shingle-bolting machine.
Date:
December 1, 1874
Creator:
Fletcher, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cleaners
Patent for a device that enhances the performance of cotton-cleaner machinery.
Date:
May 1, 1877
Creator:
Greaves, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Hay Presses
Patent for new cotton and hay presses with new bailing designs, including illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1877
Creator:
Methvin, Boling J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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 Ant Traps
Patent for the improvement of Ant traps, including to illustrated and labeled figures.
Date:
April 1, 1873
Creator:
Ames, Theodore G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History