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Improvement in Fences.
Patent for improvement in rail-fence by using “triangular-shaped posted or couplings; it consists in arranging posts of a triangular form and a certain construction diagonally with the rails forming the body of each panel, so that long and short rails may be utilized.” (Lines 14-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
August 20, 1872
Creator:
Willie, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Earth Scrapers
Patent for improved earth scrapers, the class of which are " mounted on Wheel and provided with slatted carriers" (pg 1). This earth scraper has a novel system that allows the machine to be turned around and still used where other machines cannot do so (pg 1).
Date:
August 27, 1872
Creator:
Smith, Amroy B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for improved cotton-bale tie with a small s-shaped bar and cross-ribs on the bands.
Date:
August 5, 1873
Creator:
Crone, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Choppers
Patent for improvement in cotton choppers creating a more effective machine relating to the cultivating and chopping of cotton. Includes labeled figures and descriptive text
Date:
August 16, 1873
Creator:
Garrett, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse-Powers.
Patent for a "new and improved horse-power." Relates to railway horse-powers.
Date:
August 16, 1873
Creator:
Tadlock, John S. of Belmont, Texas & Howell, J.M. of Belmont, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plow-Couplings.
Patent for a new and useful Improvement in Plow-Coupling including illustration.
Date:
August 19, 1873
Creator:
Thrasher, Thomas L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Weeding-Hoes.
Patent for improvment of "the construction of weeding-hoes; and it consists in providing the same with an inclined cutting-edge, in such a way that they will enter and pass through the ground more easily than hoes constructed in the ordinary manner." (11-16)including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 26, 1873
Creator:
Crossland, Henry S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns.
Patent for "a new and Improved Churn" (lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date:
August 4, 1874
Creator:
Ewing, Nathaniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for "an Improved Cotton-Bale Tie" (line 5) including illustrations.
Date:
August 4, 1874
Creator:
Krone, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Stalk Cutters.
Patent for an improvement to cotton-stalk cutters by way of an improved framework.
Date:
August 9, 1874
Creator:
Johnston, George; Cairns, John & Johnston, Michael K.
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 Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for a secure cotton-bale tie which is "held securely in place on the hoop or band without depending therefor upon the elasticity of the bale" (lines 12-14), including illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1874
Creator:
Davis, Waters S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Destroying the Cutting Ant.
Patent for "an improved apparatus for destroying the cutting ants in their nests." (Lines 9-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 3, 1875
Creator:
Fenner, Ferdinand A. & Power, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Reversible Sad-Irons.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Irons" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.
Date:
August 3, 1875
Creator:
Smothers, Thomas T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for improved bale-ties, including illustrations.
Date:
August 10, 1875
Creator:
Jones, Henry Bradley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for "a new and Improved Bale-Tie" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.
Date:
August 10, 1875
Creator:
Szabo, Alexander A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Metallic Window-Blinds.
Patent for "a blind which acts both as a barrier to the progress of flames attacking windows and as a convenient shutter for the common purposes, and is adapted to be adjusted and securely locked in an open or closed position." (Lines 21-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 10, 1875
Creator:
Mackrell, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Beer-Refrigerators.
Patent for "an improved refrigerator for cooling lager-beer in the keg, and keep it cool for a long time with a small quantity of ice" (lines 15-18) including illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1875
Creator:
Bohart, John N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn-Shellers.
Patent for improvement in the design of the corn-sheller, including illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1875
Creator:
Williams, Solomon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Excavators
Patent for "an improvement in excavating and dredging machines" (lines 12-13).
Date:
August 17, 1875
Creator:
Cole, Thomas Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Washing Photographs
Patent for "a new and improved apparatus for washing photographic prints after fixing, for the purpose of removing the double hyposulphite of soda and silver formed in the body of the paper during the process of fixing" (lines 6-11).
Date:
August 17, 1875
Creator:
Caylor, J. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Corn-Shellers.
Patent for an improved "Combined Corn Husker, Sheller, and Cleaner" (lines 4-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1875
Creator:
Creekmore, Hiram C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-couplings
Patent for "an automatic car-coupling, that may also be readily coupled with the common pin-and-link and other couplings, and be adjusted without going between the cars, so as to avoid all danger" (lines 14-18).
Date:
August 24, 1875
Creator:
Harper, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in corn-planters.
Patent for an "improvement upon the planter described in Patent No. 8,408" (paragraph 3). The movement of a horse's shoulders causes vibrations that power a cropper-slide. Includes illustration.
Date:
August 1, 1876
Creator:
Meeks, Nathan H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History