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Egg Testing Globe (open access)

Egg Testing Globe

Patent for egg tester, where you can place an egg into the globe and see if it is fertilized.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Woolfolk, Paul E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Putty-Trowel. (open access)

Putty-Trowel.

Patent for a putty trowel for use in installing windows.
Date: March 5, 1912
Creator: Wright, Sam F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator and Corn-Planter (open access)

Combined Cultivator and Corn-Planter

Patent for improvements in the design and construction of combined cultivators and planters.
Date: July 5, 1887
Creator: Wright, Samuel Winfield
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand Sawing Machine. (open access)

Hand Sawing Machine.

Patent for a new and improved hand sawing-machine. This design "relates to improvements in hand sawing-machines in which a vertically-movable frame-work supporting the driving mechanism operates in conjunction with a horizontally-reciprocating cross-head for carrying the saw; and the object of [the] improvements is to provide a portable hand-power machine for the rapid cutting of stove-wood, and for other light sawing" (lines 8-16).
Date: December 5, 1882
Creator: York, Martin V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Actuating Device for Circuit Closers (open access)

Actuating Device for Circuit Closers

Patent for an actuating device for circuit closers. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1912
Creator: Young, George D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking System For Jail-Doors. (open access)

Locking System For Jail-Doors.

Patent for a new locking system for jail-doors with a unique arrangement of parts, including specifications and illustrations.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Youngblood, David Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Up Stand for Mail. (open access)

Tie-Up Stand for Mail.

Patent for the tying of mail into bundles. The invention is adjustable and allows for mail of various widths.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Zerwer, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conduit Electric Railway. (open access)

Conduit Electric Railway.

Patent for an underground conduit electric railway meant to propel cars. The conduit can be drained and kept dry, and a trolley attachment protects the conduit from dirt and water as well.
Date: December 5, 1893
Creator: de Voe, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nuclear reactor fuel-assembly duct-tube-to-handling-socket attachment system. [LMFBR] (open access)

Nuclear reactor fuel-assembly duct-tube-to-handling-socket attachment system. [LMFBR]

A reusable system is described for removably attaching the upper end of a nuclear reactor duct tube to the lower end of a nuclear reactor fuel assembly handling socket. A transition ring, fixed to the duct tube's upper end, has an interior-threaded section with a first locking hole segment. An adaptor ring, fixed to the handling socket's lower end has an outside-threaded section with a second locking hole segment. The inside and outside threaded sections match and can be joined so that the first and second locking hole segments can be aligned to form a locking hole. A locking ring, with a locking pin, slides over the adaptor ring so that the locking pin fits in the locking hole. A swage lock or a cantilever finger lock is formed from the locking cup collar to fit in a matching groove in the locking ring to prevent the locking ring's locking pin from backing out of the locking hole.
Date: March 5, 1981
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library