Air-Brake, Lighting, and Signaling System for Railway-Trains (open access)

Air-Brake, Lighting, and Signaling System for Railway-Trains

Patent for an electrical system which provides air brake, lighting, and signaling mechanisms for trains. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Yielding Power-Coupling (open access)

Yielding Power-Coupling

Patent for a yielding power coupling to connect power units in cars to form a complete system. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Clamp or Grip (open access)

Wire Clamp or Grip

Patent for a wire clamp or grip. Illustration included.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Eubank, Josephus H. & Merchant, W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Dispensing Apparatus. (open access)

Liquid-Dispensing Apparatus.

Patent for a coin operated drink machine, which dispenses a set amount of liquid into a cup when a coin is inserted.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Dispensing Apparatus (open access)

Liquid Dispensing Apparatus

Patent for liquid dispensing apparatus. Illustrations included.
Date: November 10, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transmission-Gearing. (open access)

Transmission-Gearing.

Patent for a transmission gearing for a traction system for trains, which can be used on all types of curves without ill effects.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ticket Vending Machine (open access)

Ticket Vending Machine

Patent for a ticket vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ticket Selling Machine (open access)

Ticket Selling Machine

Patent for a ticket selling machine.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Ventilating and Expelling Water from Mines. (open access)

Means for Ventilating and Expelling Water from Mines.

Patent for a ventilation and water pumping system for mines, which pumps out water underground, removes foul air and gases, and keeps the mine supplied with fresh air through pressurizing the air in the mine.
Date: July 21, 1908
Creator: Durack, Patrick H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Changing Gear. (open access)

Speed-Changing Gear.

Patent for an automatic speed changing gear for trains.
Date: October 27, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle. (open access)

Puzzle.

Patent for a wooden cube puzzle made up of many irregular shaped pieces, which can be manufactured to be hard or easy.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Critchett, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut-lock for car wheels, which holds the wheel securely together.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hook. (open access)

Hook.

Patent for a hook that folds up for use in small spaces on garments.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Havens, Berthal Dale-Owen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrically Operated Air Brake System (open access)

Electrically Operated Air Brake System

Patent for an electrically operated air brake system.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Track-Brake. (open access)

Electric Track-Brake.

Patent for an electric train brake, which allows trains to not slow down on curves without derailing and allows faster emergency braking.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiber-Cleaning Machine (open access)

Fiber-Cleaning Machine

Patent for a machine intended to remove the pulp from the fiber of tropical plants. Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Vaughan, Henry Latrobe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines. (open access)

Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines.

Patent for an electric dynamo machine regulator for use in traction systems on trains.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post. (open access)

Fence-Post.

Patent for a fence post, which can be used for wire or picket fences and has a sturdy anchor for the post.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Titsworth, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Converting Reciprocatory Motion into Rotary Motion (open access)

Means for Converting Reciprocatory Motion into Rotary Motion

Patent for a means for converting reciprocatory motion into rotary motion, or vice-versa. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Device for Steam-Boilers. (open access)

Safety Device for Steam-Boilers.

Patent for a safety device for steam boilers, which activates an alarm when water levels are too high on the fuse box that gives an earlier warning, does not allow the fuse box to be changed without the chief engineer being alerted, and prevents false alarms.
Date: July 14, 1908
Creator: Smith, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pianissimo Device. (open access)

Pianissimo Device.

Patent for a pianissimo device for upright pianos, which "takes up the lost motion when the soft pedal is used by automatic means" (lines 14-16).
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Decker, Herman L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for a rotary engine, which can be powered with a variety of different power sources and is more efficient and durable than previous ones.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: Schaefer, Herbert Clyde
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Truck. (open access)

Car-Truck.

Patent for a car truck for use on trains, which can withstand heavy loads and high speeds.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Multiple Fuse Block (open access)

Automatic Multiple Fuse Block

Patent for an automatic multiple fuse block. This invention is "provided a normally inactive shunt circuit through which, when a fuse is blown, the current is diverted to an electro-mechanical means which, when the rush of current causing the fuse to blow" (16-21). Illustration included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History