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Boiler Washing Machine.
Patent for "Improved Washing Machine" in combination with a boiler, "and with a furnace on which the boiler rests".
Date:
June 28, 1870
Creator:
Cottingham, Gideon W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement for Axle-Boxes for Vehicles
Patent for an improvement in axle-boxes for vehicles which incorporates an adjustable tube that may take up the wear on its ends.
Date:
June 11, 1872
Creator:
Ahrenbeck, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Adjustable Saddle-Trees.
Patent for "improvements in saddle-trees; and the invention consists in constructing the forward ends of the trees with the hinged connection between its sides, to allow lateral adjustment of the sides to and from each other..." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 16, 1874
Creator:
Heaton, George & Eckley, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Animal-Traps.
Patent for an improvements in animal traps. It is similar to a hook and proper for mouse and rat.
Date:
June 10, 1879
Creator:
Milby, Frank Whitson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Gas from Oils.
Patent for "machines for the manufacture of gas from oils, benzine, gasoline, &c.; and it consists in providing the tank or cistern with a retort constructed with an outer cylinder surrounding one or more cylinders or tubes, which inner cylinder is provided with perforated plates at the top and bottom thereof, and the space between said plates filled with sponge or other porous material, while the space or chamber between the inner and outer shell of the retort serves as a mixing-chamber for the oil and air before being forced through the sponge and delivered to the service-pipe." (Lines 17-30) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 18, 1872
Creator:
Gearing, Charles & Gearing, Franklin A. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bag-Fasteners.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in the manner of fastening bags and attaching labels or shipping directions" (lines 4-7) including illustrations.
Date:
June 17, 1879
Creator:
Terrell, Will
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Tie fastenings.
Patent for the improvement of bale-tie fastenings, including illustrations.
Date:
June 2, 1874
Creator:
Davis, Waters S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for improving the way that hay bales are tied and bound. This bale tie is an addition to a previous patent (number 152,138).
Date:
June 16, 1874
Creator:
Mangham, Josiah T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for an improved bale-tie with a description of the tool and specifications for its usage, includes illustrations.
Date:
June 11, 1878
Creator:
Rutherford, William Bryson & Hawkins, Joel Turnham
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for new bale-tie formed from a single metal piece where the locking side (B) can be fastened to a rounded eye (C) on the opposite end.
Date:
June 22, 1878
Creator:
Anderson, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for improvement in bale-ties, with description and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1875
Creator:
Chadwick, Edwin D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for improvement in bale-ties by reducing a series of motions to fasten and unfasten the tie to simply just one single motion. Illustration is included.
Date:
June 6, 1876
Creator:
Davis, Waters S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bed-Bug Exterminators.
Patent for "a machine for exterminating bed-bugs by steam." (Lines 11-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 3, 1873
Creator:
Fewell, Calvin L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Beverages and Sirups from Mustang Grapes.
Patent for manufacturing a syrup by mixing brown sugar, water, and Mustang grapes.
Date:
June 11, 1872
Creator:
Wood, Joshua C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bottle-Stoppers.
Patent for "an improvement in the bottle-stopper of Westel E. Hawkins, patented under date of August 4, 1874, and numbered 153,769" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1875
Creator:
Shaw, Michael W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brakes for Wagons and Cars.
Patent for "am improved brake for wagons, cars, and other vehicles which shall be simple in construction, convenient in use, and powerful in operation" (lines 19-22) including illustrations.
Date:
June 24, 1879
Creator:
Franklin, Mathew C. & Landrum, Nathaniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brick-Molds.
Patent for improvement in brick-molds, with description and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1875
Creator:
Singer, Edgar C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles.
Patent for an improvement in buckles which involves the creation of a diamond-shaped plate.
Date:
June 27, 1876
Creator:
Kennon, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles.
Patent for improvement in buckles by providing “with two two tongues on the same pivot, and with a guard for securing the same and the straps in position, thereby producing a simple and reliable means of connecting two straps.” (Lines 6-10) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 18, 1872
Creator:
Hardeman, Jerome B. R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Brakes.
Patent for "car-brakes that work automatically and without manual intervention as soon as the locomotive is stopped." (Lines 12-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 1, 1875
Creator:
Kirtley, Fielding L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Brakes.
Patent for "a means for the automatic application of brakes to the cars of a railway-train; and it consists in a loosely-moving draw-bar attached to the car by means of bolts passing through a central longitudinal slot, and having its sides wrought into two rack-bars, which mesh with pinions upon two windlass-shafts; which arrangement, when the locomotive is "slowed," causes the impact of the cars to drive up the draw-bars and wind up cords upon the windlass-shafts, which communicated with and apply the brakes to the wheels." (Lines 11-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 1, 1875
Creator:
Kirtley, Fielding L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings.
Patent for improvement in car-couplings, including description and illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1875
Creator:
Ramage, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings
Patent for an improved car-coupling that lets cars couple automatically when they run together and uncouple automatically in the event of an accident. Includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
June 18, 1872
Creator:
Jourde, Alfred J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Carriage-Axles.
Patent for improvements to carriage axles which include the addition of a sleeve, bearing, and linch-pin device.
Date:
June 13, 1871
Creator:
Wagner, Ernest Friedrich
System:
The Portal to Texas History