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Improved Mode of Extracting Essences.
Patent for improvements in extracting essences from objects inserted into a new contraption. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
August 13, 1867
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Coffee-Pot.
Patent for improvements to a coffee pot. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
August 20, 1867
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Ship-Viameter.
Patent for improvements in ship viameters.
Date:
August 27, 1867
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hot-Air, Steam, and Water-Gauge.
Patent for improvements in hot air, harmonic steam, and water gauges: "In this invention several tubes pass through the boiler, some under and some above the water, through which currents of air are induced by the heat of the water or steam surrounding them" (lines 8-9).
Date:
October 8, 1867
Creator:
Walker, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Grain-Meter.
Patent for a more efficient grain-meter. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 8, 1867
Creator:
Walker, James C.
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 Velocipedes
Patent for improvements to a single-wheel velocipede.
Date:
June 20, 1869
Creator:
Dillaha, J. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ice-Machines.
Patent for improvements to the construction of "of the various parts of the [ice machine], whereby the reconversion of the ether into liquid before it reaches the freezing-vessel or chamber is better assured" (para. 3).
Date:
December 12, 1871
Creator:
Mühl, Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Power-Apparatus for Vehicles
Patent for "improvements to powered vehicles with combined rim-wheel(s) in combination with a truck(s), resting upon the inner and lower part of the rim, and supporting a carriage-body or frame, crank-shaft. with one or more pinions, and guide-rollers." (line 8)
Date:
August 17, 1869
Creator:
Dillaha, J. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Horse-Power.
Patent for an improvement in horse-powers (tread-powers) by changing the construction and arrangement of the driving wheels.
Date:
May 18, 1869
Creator:
Dillaha, J. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for cotton-bale ties with metal plates and hooks.
Date:
April 28, 1874
Creator:
Lane, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Tie Clamps.
Patent for an instrument that tightens the ties used for bales of cotton.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Leoneard, Thomas Dunlap
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators.
Patent for "new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Cultivator," (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 16, 1874
Creator:
Burnham, Theodore C.
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 Door-Checks.
Patent for "a device for holding the doors in open position, which is readily applied to the door and worked without noise or jamming; and the invention consists of a holder or knob, with recessed front end, attached to the base-board, and of a counter-sunk door plate or case provided with a rubber block, that binds on the recessed part of the holder to retain the door in open position." (Lines 10-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 17, 1877
Creator:
Francis, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Adjustable Saddle-Trees.
Patent for "improvements in saddle-trees; and the invention consists in constructing the forward ends of the trees with the hinged connection between its sides, to allow lateral adjustment of the sides to and from each other..." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 16, 1874
Creator:
Heaton, George & Eckley, Charles
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 Cleaner and Condenser.
Patent for improvements to machinery for cleaning cotton by passing the raw material over various sizes of mesh and using air to draw out dirt.
Date:
November 27, 1877
Creator:
Donovan, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for improving cotton bale ties with buckle-tie plate and zinc-galvanized iron wire.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Quarles, Fred.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Cooling the Air of Buildings.
Patent for improvements to cooling apparatus for buildings, especially distilleries and breweries. Illustration included.
Date:
January 6, 1874
Creator:
Mühl, Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for a new and improved type of cotton bale tie utilizing an automatic leverr-clasp buckle fastener.
Date:
July 11, 1874
Creator:
Lenard, William Rinulda
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.
Patent for an improved cotton-chopping machine, including illustrations.
Date:
August 10, 1874
Creator:
Burnham, Theodore C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Coffee-Pots
Patent for the design of an improved coffee and tea pot with an internal water reservoir, dripping cup for coffee or tea, gauge for water level, and two separate valves for the hot water and resulting coffee or tea. Includes illustration of both a sectional and horizontal elevation of coffee-pot design.
Date:
June 27, 1876
Creator:
Sherwood, Willis H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Presses
Patent for an improvement in cotton and hay presses.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Leoneard, Thomas Dunlap
System:
The Portal to Texas History