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Gate for Railway Tracks.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a shaft crossing a railway-track and provided with weighted depending ends, with rollers connected eccentrically to said ends, a gate connected to said shaft, and lever and bar apparatus for operating said weighted ends from the vicinity of the rails" (lines 41-47).
Date:
December 25, 1888
Creator:
Jacobs, William Ramsey & Houston, Samuel Callahan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm Gate
Patent for a farm gate. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 22, 1903
Creator:
Wilson, Craven & Sadler, Junius E.
System:
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Heel Brace.
Patent for a new and improved heel-brace. This design "consist[s] in a semi-circular rim provided with two downward side extensions, the lower ends of said extensions being provided with inwardly extending lugs adapted to lie under the heel of a boot or shoe, said rim being also provided on its rear side with a downwardly-extending projection shorter than the side extensions, the lower ends of the extensions being provided with openings for the reception of screws" (lines 63-73).
Date:
December 28, 1886
Creator:
Edney, Cartwright Jones
System:
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Peach Pitter and Slicer
Patent for a peach pitter and slicer. Illustration included.
Date:
December 14, 1909
Creator:
Irwin, Wiley I.
System:
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Car-Coupling.
Patent for an automatic coupling that can be used in any car and without replacing the existing draw-head. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1891
Creator:
Taylor, Debos & Taylor, William M.
System:
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Cross Arm
Patent for a cross arm. Illustration included.
Date:
December 27, 1912
Creator:
Crabtree, Lawrence L. & Ripley, T. Charley
System:
The Portal to Texas History