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Improvement in Toy Trumpets.
Patent for improvements in toy trumpets in which in addition to making sound, the movement of air through the instrument also causes a disk on top of the instrument to revolve by the force of the air on paddles that form the bottom of the disk. The top of the disk will have decorative figures such as soldiers.
Date:
September 12, 1876
Creator:
Sterzing, Fred.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.
Patent for an improvement in ironing-machine which can iron clothes quicker and better with very little physical labor. Illustration is included.
Date:
September 12, 1876
Creator:
Nott, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Automatic Detaching Hook.
Patent for "a new and useful improvements Hooks"
Date:
September 12, 1876
Creator:
Wyckoff, Cornerius P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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-Band Stretchers
Patent for improvement of bale-band stretcher design "for the purpose of taking out the slack of the band that cannot be taken out by hand." (lines 18-20). Included illustration shows bale-stretcher in both open and closed positions.
Date:
December 12, 1876
Creator:
Pearre, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bee-Hives
Patent for an improved design for bee-hives with the sloped V shaped interior designed to aid in warmth for the hive and reducing debris entering the comb. Illustrations included show several cross-sections of the hive construction.
Date:
December 12, 1876
Creator:
Snider, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History