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Improvement in Baling Presses.
Patent for improvements to "the construction and combination of the levers, rack-bars, and pawls with each other, and with the follower and baling-box" (lines 15-17).
Date:
May 10, 1870
Creator:
Stroud, Bryant F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Refining and Ageing Liquors.
Patent for improvement in refining and ageing liquors, including an illustration. The process includes expelling air from distilled liquors, heating them to a boiling point and then cooling them in a waterbath, through the use of a closed, air-tight vessel surrounded by an open water-vessel.
Date:
May 10, 1870
Creator:
Gilman, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pitmen.
Patent for "a new and and useful Improvment in Crank and Pitman;" (lines 3-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 17, 1870
Creator:
Kealy, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Electric Foot Warmers.
Patent for adjustments in the mechanics of electric foot warmers.
Date:
May 17, 1870
Creator:
Littlepage, Caleb
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ox-Bows.
Patent for improvements to ox-bows so that they "shall not require bending, and which may be made in parts of the country where timber suitable for bending is scarce" (lines 9-12).
Date:
May 24, 1870
Creator:
Moore, Alfred L. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improved Head-Rest.
Patent for a new and improved head-rest for railroad-car seats and other seats, that can be applied to or removed from the back of seats without the use of clamp-screws, and are adjustable and adaptable to the convenience and comfort of different persons. It includes a description and illustrations.
Date:
May 31, 1870
Creator:
Littlepage, Caleb V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Grinding-Mills
Patent for an improvement in grinding-mills, combining the operative mechanism with spindles - in which the both the grinding stones obtain relative surface speeds only half the actual speed of the stones.
Date:
May 9, 1871
Creator:
Hensley, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Engines.
Patent for improvements in valves used in rotary engines.
Date:
May 9, 1871
Creator:
Hughes, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for changes in the construction of a cultivator.
Date:
May 23, 1871
Creator:
Walker, Leander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Attaching Napkins to the Person
Patent for the improvement of attaching napkins to people in which a flexible ring is ensleeved with a napkins and stretched around the neck of a person.
Date:
May 23, 1871
Creator:
Raiford, Philip H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties
Patent for an improvement in cotton-bale ties which consists of the construction of the loop-plate.
Date:
May 14, 1872
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Nail-Extractors.
Patent for an improved instrument for extracting nails which "will increase its effectiveness in equal ratio with the resistance offered by the object under operation" (lines 13-16) including instruction and illustrations.
Date:
May 14, 1872
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters
Patent for an improvement in seed-planters, which allows for adjusting to plant less or more seeds as desired.
Date:
May 21, 1872
Creator:
Richards, Augustus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Stalk-Chopper
Patent for an improvement in corn and cotton stalk-choppers, allowing for the stalks to be turned under by the plow and prevent their interference with the machine.
Date:
May 21, 1872
Creator:
Richards, Augustus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines.
Patent for the improvement of washing machines, using two washboards. It includes a description and illustrations.
Date:
May 21, 1872
Creator:
Harper, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Transplanters
Patent for an improvement in transplanters, intended for use in transplanting cotton or other plants.
Date:
May 28, 1872
Creator:
Cook, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Joints for Railway Rails
Patent for improvements in box or "fish" joints for railroad rails.
Date:
May 28, 1872
Creator:
Wells, Jephthah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators.
Patent for a new improvement for a cotton-cultivator with different tools and connections, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1873
Creator:
Bates, Finis L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Excavators.
Patent for improvement in earth excavators combining a plow, rotating cylinder, and helical plate.
Date:
May 6, 1873
Creator:
Smith, Amroy B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Teeth for Cotton-Gin Saws.
Patent for new useful improvement of the cotton-gin saws that consists of the dress or shape of the teeth, includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1873
Creator:
Oglesby, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Turpentine-Stills.
Patent for improvement in turpentine distillation and purification with bleaching and refinement.
Date:
May 6, 1873
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Steaming and Cleansing Barrels, & c.
Patent for an improved apparatus for steaming and cleaning barrels for the reception of resin, turpentine, oils, molasses, sirups, and other like liquids.
Date:
May 5, 1873
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Adjustable Fire-Fenders, Grates, and Andirons.
Patent for improvement in fire-fender and grate with separable andirons that is adjustable to different fireplaces, and which can be adapted for wood or coal.
Date:
May 13, 1873
Creator:
Hall, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Journal Boxes.
Patent for axel shaft oil lubrication system that acts as a reservoir and saves the oil lubrication materials to be used repeatedly without waste.
Date:
April 3, 1873
Creator:
Morris, Joseph R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History