Improvements in Corn-Shellers. (open access)

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 Reversible Sad-Irons. (open access)

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 Metallic Window-Blinds. (open access)

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 Machines for Washing Photographs (open access)

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
Improvement in Excavators (open access)

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 Apparatus for Destroying the Cutting Ant. (open access)

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 Bale-Ties. (open access)

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. (open access)

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 Corn-Shellers. (open access)

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 Beer-Refrigerators. (open access)

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 Car-couplings (open access)

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