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Improvement in Gate-Latches.
Patent for improvements in gate latches: "to provide a self closing latch, simple in its construction and easy f operation" (lines 18-19).
Date:
September 26, 1871
Creator:
Lee, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wagon-Sheet and Tent
Patent for an improvement in wagon sheet coverings / tent. The improvement is in the sides of the wagon sheet can be extended by loosening straps to fall the length to the ground and be staked to the earth. This gives a tent to sleep under after a day of traveling.
Date:
August 13, 1871
Creator:
Fitzgerald, M. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines.
Patent for improvements in washing machines.
Date:
October 10, 1871
Creator:
Lee, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Pipes and Cigar-Holders.
Patent for new and improvements in Combined Pipes and Cigar-Holders which consists in "forming or constructing the pipe with an intermediate chamber which serves as a receptacle for a sponge or other absorbent porous material." (Lines 15-20) Illustrations are included.
Date:
December 5, 1871
Creator:
Bond, Virgil A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History