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Improvement in Car-Journal Coolers
Patent for improvement of car-journal coolers on railroad-vehicles, with illustration.
Date:
August 20, 1878
Creator:
Morris, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pumps.
Patent for "a pump having two barrels of different diameters, the larger being subjacent to the smaller, and each provided with a valved piston, said pistons being both secured to the same piston-rod, in combination with a weight, arranged to counter-balance the added weights of the water-columns above the smaller and below the larger piston." (Lines 12-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 24, 1878
Creator:
Beeman, Geraldo A. & Mason, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Journal Boxes.
Patent for the improvement in car-journal boxes. This invention "relates to oil-boxes used upon journals of car-axles, the object being to prevent the lid from shaking off of the oil-stop or oil-packing surrounding the axle to be removed and replaced by a new one without removing the box from the journal."
Date:
October 15, 1878
Creator:
Alexander, Francis M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Axle Bearings.
Patent for improvement in car-axle bearings in which "it consists in a box having a chambered back for containing oil, and having grooves along the straight edges of its bearing-surface for receiving a wick, the ends of which extend through holes in the box into the oil reservoir.”
Date:
December 3, 1878
Creator:
Stratton, Asa E., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Railroad-Gates
Patent for a new and improved Railroad-Fence Gate that prevents cattle from escaping from farm areas, including illustrations.
Date:
May 13, 1879
Creator:
Hahn, Henry & Gaston, Anderson Lewers
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
Improvement in Quilting-Frames.
Patent relating to improvement "of quilting-frames made with folding ends and adjustable in width" (lines 10-12). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 8, 1879
Creator:
Davis, Henry T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings.
Patent for an improvement to car couplings which would "obviate the necessity and its attendant danger of going between the cars" (lines 17-18) including an illustration.
Date:
July 22, 1879
Creator:
Ahrenbeck, C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Axle Boxes.
Patent for improvement to car-axle boxes, specifically "Oil-Collectors for Railroad Journals" (line 6), including illustrations.
Date:
August 5, 1879
Creator:
Morris, Robert C. & McLane, Hiram H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Game-Tables.
Patent for a "new and improved Gaming-Table..." [line 5] including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
August 5, 1879
Creator:
Macy, Edwin M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pruning Implements.
Patent for "an improved implement for trimming hedges and for cutting and laying down hedges" (lines 8-10) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 18, 1879
Creator:
Booker, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Processes of Reducing Asphaltum to Liquid.
Patent for improved “process of reducing asphaltum to a liquid and holding the same in a fluid condition without heat or the use of dead-oils” (lines 31-34).
Date:
April 20, 1875
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Ringing Bells.
Patent for improvements in the construction of devices for ringing bells, including illustrations.
Date:
February 25, 1879
Creator:
Perry, Elton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churning-Machines
Patent for improvement in mechanisms in operating churns. Includes a crank wheel and spindles for churning, as well as a better balanced upright position.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
Haile, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sheet-Metal Vessels
Patent for a cylindrical vessel made of sheet-metal rather than tin. Including a inward double hanging ledge and two layers of metal soldiered together.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
Morris, Robert C. & McLane, Hiram H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Angle-Plates for Doors.
Patent for a strengthening bracket for improving angle-plates for door hinges, such that the door will be supported from sagging at the hinge.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
Morris, Robert C. & McLane, Hiram H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Band-Tying Machines.
Patent for a device that automatically ties bands of cotton bales by mechanical means.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
Matthews, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vehicle Axle-Lubricators
Patent for improvements to the design of axle lubricators, in which the oil reservoir is in the rear as opposed to the front.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
Hinkle, James V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Traction-Engines.
Patent for improving traction engines for use in hauling on farms and farm roads. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
McGregor, Montague M. & Croxton, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History