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Improvement in Stilts (open access)

Improvement in Stilts

Patent for improved stilts "whereby a stilt-stirrup may be quickly, easily, and securely fastened at different elevations on the standard" (para. 3).
Date: March 28, 1876
Creator: Beaumont, Franklin, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Shingle-machine. (open access)

Improvement in Shingle-machine.

Patent for to improve the construction of the shingle-machine known as the "Evarts Rotary Twelve-Block Shingle-Machine".
Date: March 7, 1876
Creator: Stewart, Moses
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fluting-Irons. (open access)

Improvement in Fluting-Irons.

Patent for "improvements in combined fluting and smoothing irons, which are made hollow for the purpose of receiving a heated metallic block which will raise the shell to the proper temperature for smoothing or fluting." (Line 16-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 6, 1876
Creator: McCausland, William I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in land-drag and clod-crusher. (open access)

Improvement in land-drag and clod-crusher.

Patent for an implement to crush clogs of dirt. Designed to be an improvement on the clod-crusher and drag for which Letters Patent No. 177,476 was granted.
Date: September 19, 1876
Creator: Crockett, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Farm-Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Farm-Fences.

Patent for "a new and useful improvements in Fences"
Date: November 28, 1876
Creator: Sullivan, J. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bee-hives (open access)

Improvement in Bee-hives

Patent for an improvement of a bee-hive enabling inspection of bees, protection of bees from moths, ventilation of the hive, and removal of honey without disturbing the brood-chamber.
Date: September 12, 1876
Creator: Hayden, Noah Dunken & Clapp, Amasa O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Patent for "a perfectly-tight fastening - one that will not slip or give, and one that can be easily and quickly unfastened without cutting the band, or in any way injuring the part." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 10, 1876
Creator: Krieg, Christian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Animal-Traps. (open access)

Improvement in Animal-Traps.

Patent for improvement in animal-traps, with description and illustrations.
Date: December 26, 1876
Creator: Anderson, Zachariah J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Automatic Fan (open access)

Improvement in Automatic Fan

Patent for improvement in automatic fans, specifically of a fan attached to a pendulum of a clock mechanism.
Date: April 25, 1876
Creator: Gollner, Ervin G. & Fretz, Emil
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Clod-Crushers. (open access)

Improvement in Clod-Crushers.

Patent for a land-drag and clod-crusher that will effectually crush the clods, level the land, and pack the soil, at one and the same operation.
Date: May 16, 1876
Creator: Crockett, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brick-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Brick-Machines.

Patent for an improvement in brick-machines by which a new combination of construction materials is contrived.
Date: July 31, 1876
Creator: Michel, Ferdinand
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles. (open access)

Improvement in Buckles.

Patent for "an improved method of manufacturing a buckle to secure the different part of harness, saddle, or bridle trimmings, by means of mechanical connections that will obviate the use or necessity or stitches or sewing of any kind, and yet retain the adjacent parts firmly and with a secure engagement." (Lines 18-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 21, 1876
Creator: Bond, Virgil A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in remedies for constipation, &c. (open access)

Improvement in remedies for constipation, &c.

Patent for a new medical compound to treat constipation and related illnesses which lists the ingredients and dosages.
Date: August 1, 1876
Creator: Coleman, George S.
System: The Portal to Texas History