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Improvement in Rotary Churns.

Description: Patent for an improvement of the churn that is, "within a square wooden box, of a rotating dasher or paddle, and the mechanism for driving the same, that various parts being constructed, arranged, and operated" (lines 20-24). Illustrations included.
Date: February 20, 1877
Creator: Dean, Charles C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Leather-Cutting Gages

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Masks for Horses and Cattle.

Description: Patent for a slitted leather mask for animals to be used for horses, cattle, etc. to deter the jumping of fences. Patent for "mask, covering the eyes of the animal, leaves him with a sufficiently free vision, and being thoroughly ventilated, will not injure his eyes".
Date: July 10, 1877
Creator: Trueblood, Albert H
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Fire-Escapes.

Description: Patent for improving fire-escapes and provides a portable instrument that "may be used for letting persons directly down from buildings, or for carrying them from the upper stories of buildings to others buildings at a distance" (lines 9-12).
Date: August 28, 1877
Creator: Staples, George S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Earth-Augurs.

Description: Patent for a new auger design for "boring and excavating wells" (lines 15-16), including illustrations.
Date: November 20, 1877
Creator: Yarborough, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Churns

Description: Patent for a geared mechanism to attach to existing churns to aid in the production of cream into butter. Illustrations include front and side elevations.
Date: January 23, 1877
Creator: Gray, Whitley F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Baling-Presses.

Description: Patent for a baling press "intended for compressing and re-pressing cotton for shipment" (para. 4), and is created using a "simple and efficient" (para. 2) design.
Date: November 27, 1877
Creator: Drake, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Heater and Feeder for Steam-Boilers.

Description: Patent for "a new and valuable improvement in supplying feed-water to steam-boilers" (lines 15-17), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 11, 1877
Creator: Hyde, James Boyd
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Planters.

Description: Patent for a "new and valuable improvement in cotton-planters" (lines 3-4), for planting cotton seeds, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 11, 1877
Creator: Bronaugh, David
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Quilting-Frames

Description: Patent for an improved quilting frame that is designed around a folding trestle-frame and two parallel rollers on which a quilt can be rolled, leaving the material between the rollers to be quilted/worked on. Illustration includes a perspective and detail view of the frame.
Date: January 16, 1877
Creator: Davis, Henry T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Ballast-Distributing Cars

Description: Patent for ballast-distributing design with new design in changing rails and weight from car to car, including illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1877
Creator: Dockstader, Adam B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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