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Metal Cross Tie for Railroads.
Patent for a new and improved cross-tie for railroads. This design consists, "with a plate-metal cross-tie body having inclined sides which are integrally joined at an apex and longitudinally-slotted, forming rail-seats, and integral lips on said apex, of a rod oppositely threaded at its ends, nuts which fit in the cross-tie body and are adapted to engage the right and left hand threads on the ends of the rod, integral lugs formed on the nuts, means to rotate the rod, and means to lock the rod from rotation" (lines 29-39).
Date:
May 27, 1890
Creator:
Taylor, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track Raiser.
Patent for improvements to railroad track raisers.
Date:
February 16, 1886
Creator:
Robburts, Geoorge W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Concrete and Steel Tie.
Patent for a concrete and steel tie that is durable and holds the rails in place.
Date:
March 21, 1911
Creator:
Westing, Aighting
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Repeating Railroad-Signal.
Patent for an automatic repeating railroad-signal designed to be used with semaphore and other train-signaling apparatus. It eliminates mistakes made in notifying the central office and automatically reports "any change in the position or color of the signal to a central office over the ordinary telegraph-wire" (lines 14-16). The signal is a wheel that operates a key to send a message to the central office.
Date:
January 28, 1896
Creator:
Innes, Robert Hayward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Locomotive Smoke - Stacks.
Patent for new and useful improvement in locomotive smoke stacks, "in which the sparks, live cinders, and other heavy particles are arrested near the top of the stack." It consists of a petticoat-pipe, arranged so that it may be raised or lowered for the purpose of regulating the draft.
Date:
January 5, 1875
Creator:
Cleary, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie
Patent for a railway tie with hollow and plastic filled portions. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1913
Creator:
Stratton, Steuben T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Tie
Patent for metallic railroad ties. This invention is for a solid state tie. It uses extending bolts to lock the ties into place. Illustration included.
Date:
November 19, 1907
Creator:
Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car - Coupling.
Patent for a new and useful car coupler.
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Parks, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chafing-Iron
Patent for a chafing iron for passenger cars designed to prevent injury to passengers who place their hands in between the irons. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Labadie, Victor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Joint-Chair.
Patent for a joint chair for holding railroad rails in place.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Ewen, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and effective nut-lock that can be easily installed and locks the nuts on rail joints into place and can be easily removed.
Date:
December 12, 1893
Creator:
Doane, Stephen Olin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an automatic car-coupler that operates without someone having to go to between the cars. It is simple and compact.
Date:
February 27, 1894
Creator:
Calhoun, Cloud B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Railroad-Switches.
Patent for a railway switch for wooden or iron railway-tracks.
Date:
September 4, 1877
Creator:
Harding, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie.
Patent for a "simple and effective railroad tie for supporting the rails and rigidly holding them in the position of use" (lines 19-21).
Date:
January 30, 1894
Creator:
Lee, John Chester
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Rail-Joint and Nut-Lock
Patent for a combination rail joint and nut lock to hold railroad tracks in place.
Date:
December 31, 1912
Creator:
Iley, William A.; Money, Robert L. & Money, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car coupling that automatically couples cars so people do not need to go between cars. This invention is meant to "provide an improved car coupler of the above character, which shall be simple and economical in construction and efficient in operation" (lines 21-24).
Date:
March 6, 1894
Creator:
Lawhon, David West
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car coupling that "couples automatically and by which a brakeman on a single car can uncouple one or more cars and to provide pipe connections between the cars for this and other purposes" (lines 9-13). It has a pivoted drawhead with lever connections to a piston head and uses steam connections with the cylinder in the piston head to couple.
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Gebhardt, William Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car-coupling that has a "hollow draw-head provided with a horizontal chamber, a vertical pin-hole near the forward end of said chamber, and a slot in the lower part of said draw-head opening into said chamber, of a sliding latch mounted in said chamber and provided with a lip projecting beyond the outer end of said latch and curved downward as shown, and with a groove on the lower side of said latch, of a pivoted arm engaging in said groove, and a weight integral with said arm and wholly inclosed within said slot and adapted to move said sliding latch forward beneath the lower end of the pin when the latter is raised" (lines 5-18). A coupling pin is mounted in the pin-hole.
Date:
April 7, 1896
Creator:
Barry, Jefferson D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Air-Hose Coupling and Stop-Valve.
Patent for a combined air-hose coupling and stop-valve. One must shut off the cut-off valve before the coupling can be disconnected. When the valve is closed, air pressure is balanced so the couplings can be safely disconnected, and prevents dirt from getting into the train-pipe.
Date:
August 18, 1896
Creator:
Heidelburg, Samuel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an improved car coupling that can be operated without going between cars. The coupling facilitates "the coupling of cars having drawheads at the same and different heights by readily guiding the link of one of them into the other" (lines 14-17).
Date:
July 18, 1893
Creator:
Norcross, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a nut-lock that holds the nut more securely in place than previous ones. Used primarily in railroad joints, but can be used in a variety of other applications.
Date:
February 19, 1907
Creator:
Baldwin, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a pin-and-link car-coupling that allows "cars to be readily coupled and uncoupled without going between them, and by which a link may be readily guided into the mouth of a draw-head without necessitating a person going between the cars" (lines 11-16). It also has a durable link lifting or guiding device.
Date:
September 1, 1896
Creator:
Orr, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake.
Patent for a car brake that has independent brake shoes and brake pressure is equally applied to all the wheels of the truck. The invention is meant to "obtain in a car brake of this class a central transmission of the applied brake power to the different groups of brake mechanism whereby the brake power is distributed equally to each wheel and the brakes are not only rendered more stable and certain in their operation, but are better adapted for the application of either hand or air brake or pressure" (lines 22-31). The brake shoes are operated by a lever that is suspended from the truck body and pivots.
Date:
December 12, 1893
Creator:
McGee, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switching Device
Patent for a switch throwing device that can be operated from a train car. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 21, 1911
Creator:
Gordon, Holland F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History