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Improvement in Fluting Sad-Irons. (open access)

Improvement in Fluting Sad-Irons.

Patent for "a new combination of fluting and sad-iron, of such kind that the upper fluting-roller will serve as handle for the sad-iron, there being thus no loose or separate parts required for the two functions." (Lines 17-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 14, 1871
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gas-Furnaces and Forges. (open access)

Improvement in Gas-Furnaces and Forges.

Patent for "an apparatus in which the gases from one or more forges, instead of passing off unconsumed into the atmosphere, enter a furnace and are burnt therein, thereby furnishing heat for the generation of steam in a boiler connected with said furnace, which steam is used to drive a fan that impels a blast into each forge, and is also used to propel an engine that operates a hammer, the exhaust from the engine being conducted to the tuyeres of the forges through pipes in which are placed red-hot iron plates, which decompose the steam, taking up the oxygen, and liberating the hydrogen which is burnt in the forges." (Lines 12-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1871
Creator: Morris, Joseph R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.

Patent for an improvement in cotton and hay presses with elevated levers. It includes a description and illustrations.
Date: November 21, 1871
Creator: Sivley, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice. (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice.

Patent for a refrigeration apparatus "in which a continuous operation is maintained by means of a current of ether or other volatile fluid which liquefies at a low temperature." (Lines 18-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 28, 1871
Creator: Mühl, A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Belt-Fasteners. (open access)

Improvement in Belt-Fasteners.

Patent for new and useful improvements in Belt-Fasteners. Illustration is included.
Date: November 28, 1871
Creator: Olmsted, Marcellus
System: The Portal to Texas History