Improvement in Ant-Traps. (open access)

Improvement in Ant-Traps.

Patent for catching burrowing insects, especially for large ants.
Date: July 15, 1873
Creator: Rubarth, Leander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Scrapers. (open access)

Improvement in Scrapers.

Patent for improved road scraper with two-wheel vehicle and scoop pulled by a chain.
Date: July 15, 1873
Creator: Mayfield, William Dudley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spark-Arresters. (open access)

Improvement in Spark-Arresters.

Patent for improved construction of spark-arresters, "so that they will be more efficient, and yet simple in construction and not liable to get out of repair; and the invention consists of a metallic circular cone, with winding or arched flanges or wings, which extend toward the side of the shall, and they are covered by a plate, to the upper side of which a perforated cylinder is attached, so that all the sparks are arrested and thoroughly extinguished, while the smoke can pass out through the perforations." (Lines 6-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 15, 1879
Creator: Lochner, Casper F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Odometers. (open access)

Improvement in Odometers.

Patent for an improvement to odometers used for measuring distance traveled in motor vehicles.
Date: July 15, 1879
Creator: Richardson, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Running-Gears for Wagons. (open access)

Improvement in Running-Gears for Wagons.

Patent for an improvement to running-gears for wagons, including "improved means for connecting the front axle and reach of a wagon or other vehicle" (lines 6-8) and illustrations.
Date: July 15, 1879
Creator: Fowler, Joseph C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Spades and Forks. (open access)

Improvement in Combined Spades and Forks.

Patent for a new improved and combined spade and fork to be used as a spade. It "consists in a sheet-metal sheath or pocket adapted to receive a fork and be secured" (lines 16-18 ) including illustrations.
Date: July 15, 1873
Creator: Stone, Heber
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Coolers for Railroad-Car Journals. (open access)

Improvement in Coolers for Railroad-Car Journals.

Patent relating to "an apparatus for cooling the journals and boxes of railroad-cars and other vehicles" (lines 27-29). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: July 15, 1879
Creator: Morris, Robert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History