Running Gear for Wagons. (open access)

Running Gear for Wagons.

Patent for a new and improved running-gear for wagons. This design consists "[i]n a running-gear for carriages and wagons, the combination, with the axle provided with the collars of the stationary and rotary disks, and interposed anti-friction rollers mounted on arms projecting from disks, which are mounted on bolts, constituting axles for the rotary disks and the horizontal wheels and in the boxes" (lines 10-17).
Date: January 30, 1883
Creator: Mackey, Thomas Bell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaker for Mixed Beverages. (open access)

Shaker for Mixed Beverages.

Patent for a new and improved shaker for mixed drinks. This design utilizes a spring and a hinge to enable a lid with holes for straining to be attached directly to the cocktail shaker. This eliminates the chance that the straining lid would not be at hand when mixing a drink as well as the chance of losing the straining lid.
Date: January 30, 1883
Creator: Murphy, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History