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Improvement in Weighted Horseshoes.

Patent for improvement in weighted horseshoes, which are used in horse training for gait improvement. The horseshoes have removable weights received by a flange and held in place by screws. The weight may be formed in various shapes to correct different issues.

Date: January 16, 1877

Creator: Seixas, Eugene E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvements In Machines for Distributing Compounds for Destroying Cotton-Worms

Patent for improvements on machines to distribute poison for cotton worms in the field. It consists of vibrating,sifting boxes combined with a suspension bar which is secured to the front of a horse saddle so the rider can shake the boxes to distribute poison powder to two rows of crops at a time.

Date: March 16, 1875

Creator: Willie, William T.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Washing-Machines

Patent for "a new and valuable Improvement in Washing-Machines" for which "the novelty consists in providing the tank with two separate apartments or boxes for containing, respectively, suds and clear water, and in arranging the separating partition so that an ordinary wringer may be attached thereto and used on the clothes as they pass from the suds-box to the clear-water box."

Date: July 16, 1872

Creator: Newman, Greer J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in the Manufacture of Hydraulic Stone.

Patent for improvement in the manufacture of Hydraulic Stone to furnish and improved artificial stone for use in different purposes that can resist weather changes without being affected.

Date: September 16, 1879

Creator: Dimelow, John

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Swinging Berths.

Patent for the improvement of ships' berths, by neutralizing the effect of the roll and pitch of the seas to prevent sea sickness, as well as providing space for baggage and ballast.

Date: July 16, 1875

Creator: Brown, Bartlett W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Painter's Scaffold-chairs.

Patent for use of house-painters and others an improved scaffold-chair that may be elevated and lowered at pleasure by the person sitting on the scaffold.

Date: May 16, 1876

Creator: Crockett, John R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Fence-Building Machines.

Patent for "a portable machine comprising a pile-driving apparatus, with a portable attachment for making the holes and driving in the posts; also, a boring attachment for deep holes, and also wire-drums for carrying and delivering wires for the wire fence or telegraph wires." (Lines 6-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: May 16, 1876

Creator: Tally, Thomas J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Medical Compounds.

Patent for a medical compound consisting of magnesia, soda, potassium oxide, manganese, sodium chloride, acid phosphate of iron, sulfuric acid, and phosphoric acid. The compound is said to treat a wide variety of ailments.

Date: September 16, 1879

Creator: Coleman, George S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Double-Acting Force-Pumps.

Patent for a double-acting force pump that has "single cylinder and hollow piston-rod operate in connection with the upper and lower cylinder-valves, and with a valved piston adapted to have a reciprocal motion independent of and upon the hollow piston-rod, to discharge the water from both sides of the piston with a double action and in a continuous stream through said hollow piston-rod" (para. 2).

Date: September 16, 1879

Creator: Newman, Charles Elijah

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Elevated Cable-Railways.

Patent for an "elevated propelling cable-track for the rapid transit of cars in cities" (lines 6-7) including illustrations.

Date: December 16, 1879

Creator: Reager, Francis M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Fire-Tongs.

Patent for improvement in fire-tongs with legs forked below the joint and riveted together.

Date: June 16, 1874

Creator: Kenney, Martin M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Gun-Locks.

Patent for "a novel application of hair-trigger catch to the main trigger, which operates together with a holder and separate springs." (Lines 30-33) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: August 16, 1870

Creator: Deutz, Joseph

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Coffee-Mills.

Patent for an improvement to upright coffee-mills, "whereby the bearings are always maintained in their true relative positions, while the strain on the two is made automatically counteracting, and each part of the shell firmly and effectually supported by the other." (Lines 10-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: August 16, 1870

Creator: Richer, Francois Charles

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Glass Globes or Reservoirs for Lamps.

Patent for an "invention to prevent the breaking of glass globes used in kerosene lamps as reservoirs for the burning fluid; and this invention consists in the application around the reservoir of a rubber ring let into a groove, but projecting sufficiently to receive the concussion in case the lamp is overthrown." (Lines 10-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: April 16, 1872

Creator: Otto, Adolph

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Choppers and Cultivators

Patent for a improved version of the cotton-chopper, used for the cultivation of cotton. This is a new arrangement of part of the cotton-chopper as it fits in with the complete machine.

Date: April 16, 1872

Creator: Harcrow, James M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.

Patent for improvements on insect destroyers to be used in cotton fields, including illustrations.

Date: October 16, 1877

Creator: Fordtran, Eugene H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton Choppers

Patent for improvement in cotton choppers creating a more effective machine relating to the cultivating and chopping of cotton. Includes labeled figures and descriptive text

Date: August 16, 1873

Creator: Garrett, Joseph M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement In Bale-Ties.

This patent was crated for an improved way of manufactoring ties to hold packages together that consists of bale, hemp, cotton, rags or substances. It was created to reduce the rising costs or manufacturing products of this caliber.

Date: March 16, 1878

Creator: Davis, Water S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planters.

Patent for a new mechanism by which corn planters may be converted into a machine for planting cotton.

Date: July 16, 1878

Creator: Clary, Stephen S. & Clary, John F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Gins.

Patent for improvements in the manner in which cotton is separated.

Date: July 16, 1878

Creator: Etheridge, Daniel T.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Patent for a bale-tie designed to "provide a simple, strong, durable, and easily adjustable tie for bales of cotton, hay, etc." (para. 4), using a hook, a band, and a beveled eye. The hook has a barb attached to the end, and is described as a double hook.

Date: September 16, 1879

Creator: Hill, William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Combined Planter and Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved planter and cultivator with illustrations. The invention furnishes a combined planter and cultivator constructed in such a way that "the seed dropping appliances can be readily detached and the machine adjusted for use as a cultivator." (lines 18-20)

Date: December 16, 1879

Creator: Tanner, James Henry

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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