Improvement in Fifth-Wheels for Vehicles. (open access)

Improvement in Fifth-Wheels for Vehicles.

Patent for improvements made to fifth-wheels for vehicles, including illustrations.
Date: April 29, 1879
Creator: Findley, James W. & Bowles, Talbot M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Lamp-Burners. (open access)

Improvement in Lamp-Burners.

Patent for a new improvement for Lamp-Burners that helps prevent explosions, including illustrations.
Date: April 15, 1879
Creator: Beeman, Geraldo A. & Ramsey, Haley S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Baling-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Baling-Presses.

Patent for improvements to presses used for baling cotton and other materials, including illustrations.
Date: April 8, 1879
Creator: McGowen, Edmond Felder
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for an improved Cotton-Press that will grant double work from an applied power, including illustrations.
Date: April 8, 1879
Creator: Matthews, James Hamilton. & Morehead, Charles Robert, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hooks for Suspending Meat. (open access)

Improvement in Hooks for Suspending Meat.

Patent for an improved meat suspending device that will prevent ants and insects from reaching meat, including illustrations.
Date: April 8, 1879
Creator: Mason, Sanford
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cart-Saddle (open access)

Cart-Saddle

Patent for a more animal-friendly saddle to attach a horse to a cart by adjusting the way the girth is handled as the cart is loaded.
Date: April 1, 1879
Creator: Franks, Ely Anderson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Piano-Forte Actions. (open access)

Improvement in Piano-Forte Actions.

Patent for a new piano-forte action made of sheet-metal, including illustrations.
Date: April 1, 1879
Creator: Roedern, George O. V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Manifold-Writing Tablet. (open access)

Manifold-Writing Tablet.

Patent for writing platform which allows for the creation of carbon copies.
Date: April 1, 1879
Creator: Morris, Robert, C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow designed with an implement to allow user to remove excess dirt from the blade as the plow is being used.
Date: April 1, 1879
Creator: Dyer, Charles V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Cotton-Gin-Saw Cleaners. (open access)

Improvement In Cotton-Gin-Saw Cleaners.

Patent for "a device for quickly cleaning the saws of cotton-gins when they become gummed. It consists in a series of knives that are supported by a movable bar or frame, and may be thrust between the saws when the saws are to be cleaned (para. 4-5).
Date: April 23, 1878
Creator: Munger, Robert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Bagasse-Furnaces. (open access)

Improvement In Bagasse-Furnaces.

Patent for improvements in Bagasse Burners or Furnaces.
Date: April 17, 1878
Creator: Littlejohn, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Escape Ladders. (open access)

Improvement in Fire-Escape Ladders.

This patent was created for the improvent of fire escape ladders. The inventor gives a comprehensive look at his invention via his image.
Date: April 17, 1878
Creator: Morris, James P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement In Bale-Ties.

This patent was created for free ends of wire to be united and form a circular shape. The wire is then interconnected with a loop that has been doubled by the device.
Date: April 16, 1878
Creator: Knipscheer, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Car-Seat Locks. (open access)

Improvement In Car-Seat Locks.

This patent is for the usage of car seats and how they perform. It was created to improve the mechanics of locking a reversible car-seat.
Date: April 9, 1878
Creator: Waddill, Abel K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Corn And Cotton-Seed Planters. (open access)

Improvement In Corn And Cotton-Seed Planters.

This patent is an upgraded corn and seed planter machine that plants corn, cotton, and other types of seeds for mass production. The machine is aligned with the surface of the ground. It does not converse with the plows that are attached to it, freeing up the machine to release seeds proficiently with ease.
Date: April 9, 1878
Creator: Adams, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Fine-Proof Cotton-Lint Rooms. (open access)

Improvement In Fine-Proof Cotton-Lint Rooms.

This patent is a receiver that is portable and provides a unique way of catching the lint that is ejected from a cotton-gin when in use. The portable receiver helps to prevent fires.
Date: April 9, 1878
Creator: Morrell, Zachariah N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Percussion-Shells. (open access)

Improvement In Percussion-Shells.

This patent was created for individuals to be able to hit an object with the instrument and the oject immediately explodes on impact. It then produces an excessive amount of explosions. The invention is made out of shells with sections assembled together infused with different substances, and connected by a fuse.
Date: April 9, 1878
Creator: Urquhart, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Sulky-Plows. (open access)

Improvement In Sulky-Plows.

This pantent was created for the construction and preperation of a sulky plow cultivator. The invention was created for new and mechanical improvements.
Date: April 9, 1878
Creator: Tucker, Argyle W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Patent for improvement to "class of bale-ties in which the bands are secured by means of a fastening or key which passes through slots in the ends of the band." (lines 13-16)
Date: April 2, 1878
Creator: Howard, William Henry; Broussard, Camille E. & Hutchins, Rush M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Couplings.

Patent for improvement upon train car coupling. Invention includes use of draw-heads, drop-gates, etc.
Date: April 2, 1878
Creator: Hogan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing-Tables. (open access)

Improvement in Ironing-Tables.

Patent for ironing tables in use with ironing machines. Consist of adjustable frame for stretching and holding garments for ironing.
Date: April 2, 1878
Creator: Becker, Rudolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saddle-Trees. (open access)

Improvement in Saddle-Trees.

Patent for the improvement of saddle trees used in the construction of "Spanish or Texas saddles." (line 16)
Date: April 2, 1878
Creator: Melton, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car Brakes and Starters (open access)

Improvement in Car Brakes and Starters

Patent for improvements in rail road-car breaks, starters, and checkers. "The nature of the invention consists in certain constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts" (lines 19-21).
Date: April 24, 1877
Creator: Marean, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Leather-Cutting Gages (open access)

Improvement in Leather-Cutting Gages

Patent for improvement in leather cutting-gages in order to negate the need for the set-screw at the end of the gage handle that is needed to hold the rule. The document contains instructions and illustrations of the device.
Date: April 17, 1877
Creator: Lindsay, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History