Process of Making Cushion Tires (open access)

Process of Making Cushion Tires

Patent for improving "cushion tires and processes of producing the same". (lines 10-11).
Date: September 8, 1919
Creator: Strang, Fred W. of Dallas, TX
System: The Portal to Texas History
Separating-Table (open access)

Separating-Table

Patent for a separating table for separating pulverized ore or other material "into its constituent elements" (lines 14-15).
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint Shock Absorber. (open access)

Rail Joint Shock Absorber.

Patent for a shock absorber for trains, including instructions and illustrations
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Meyers, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Equalizers (open access)

Draft Equalizers

Patent for a draft equalizer that permits either three horses to travel at one side of the beam and two at the other, or three horses at one side of the beam and one at the other. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Dudley, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Fastening. (open access)

Shoe-Fastening.

Patent for improvements in shoe-fastenings by using a “pivoted clasp-lever which has a tail-piece acted upon by a leaf-spring for holding the lever in its closed or open position.” (Lines 11-13) Illustration is included.
Date: September 8, 1891
Creator: Dessoir, Julius
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combustion Device (open access)

Combustion Device

Patent for a combustion device that allows for the control of fuel to one or two burners of the same fire box. This device is also built in an upright position to assist in supporting the burner members of the box. This device is built stronger and simpler than other devices of its kind.
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Halliburton, Orville G.
System: The Portal to Texas History