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Improvement in Windmills.

Description: Patent for a "self-regulating windmill, so arranged that it will automatically exclude the wind from the wheel during storms and irregular or sudden squalls of wind, while it will equally enlarge the opening through which the wind is admitted to the wheel, whenever the power of the wind is reduced." (Lines 14-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 2, 1873
Creator: Davie, John P. & Morgan, Asa
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Windmills.

Description: Patent for an improved windmill, including illustrations, consisting of an arrangement of "three stationary sails between arms on central shaft, so as to obtain double or increased power from the air passing through the wheel." (lines 7-10)
Date: December 2, 1879
Creator: Dewees, Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Throttle-Valve Stands and Stems.

Description: Patent for "a new arrangement of support for the stem of a throttle-valve, and has for its object to facilitate the lubricating of the screw and cause the parts to be firmly held in place." (Lines 19-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 2, 1872
Creator: Compant, John M. & Krauskopf, Engelbert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Two-Horse Equalizers.

Description: Patent for an adjustable device that redistributes weight so that two animals of unequal strength can perform their equal share of work. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 2, 1870
Creator: Sims, Zachariah B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Washing-Machines

Description: Patent for "... an improved washing-machine which shall be simple in construction, convenient in use, easily operated, and effective in operation." (lines 12-15)
Date: September 2, 1879
Creator: Fuchs, Benjamin F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvment in Spray-Nozzles

Description: Patent for an improvement on spray nozzles for use with force pumps. These force pumps are used for spraying insecticide on cotton to protect the crop from cotton-worms and other insects.
Date: September 2, 1879
Creator: Yeager, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Seeding-Machines

Description: Patent for a seed-planting machine with adjustable mechanisms that allows the user to customize the seeding machine for a specific project.
Date: June 2, 1874
Creator: Lee, Abram & Sinks, Edward Randolph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Axles for Vehicles

Description: Patent for "an Improvement in Wagon-Axle Skeins" that "has for its object to furnish an improved iron axle for wagons and other vehicles which shall be stronger without being heavier than iron axles made in the ordinary manner."
Date: July 2, 1872
Creator: Ahrenbeck, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Adjustable Hats.

Description: Patent for a mechanism improving the ability to adjust the shape of a hat to fit different sized heads. The patent is for an "adjustable attachment for enlarging and contracting" the hat's design.
Date: December 2, 1873
Creator: Cassiano, Ygnacio I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Description: Patent for improvement to "class of bale-ties in which the bands are secured by means of a fastening or key which passes through slots in the ends of the band." (lines 13-16)
Date: April 2, 1878
Creator: Howard, William Henry; Broussard, Camille E. & Hutchins, Rush M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Corn-Cob Splitters.

Description: Patent for an improved corn-cob splitter for feeding stock using a tapering pin operated by a rack and pinion to split corn whether shuck is on or off. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 2, 1878
Creator: Smith, Joseph F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cloth-Registers

Description: Patent for an improvement to a cloth-register that indicates the measurement in yards of particular goods. Includes illustration and description.
Date: September 2, 1879
Creator: Harrison, Abraham
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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