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Baggage Check and Clasp.
Patent for a new and improved baggage check and clasp. This design "consists in a novel construction and arrangement of a check, a direction-plate, and a clasp for securing said parts to an article of baggage" (lines 18-21).
Date:
August 1, 1882
Creator:
McLeary, James Harvey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yardstick Calculator.
Patent for a new and useful yard stick calculator for linear measurement. Yard stick is use in connection with dry goods and or business where items are sold by linear measurement including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 1, 1899
Creator:
Praeger, Ewald
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vacuum Storage And Preserving Can
Patent for vacuum storage and preserving can. This invention is intended for the use of preserving eggs. Illustration included.
Date:
August 1, 1905
Creator:
Stukes, John Marion & Lane, Barton George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse Power.
Patent for a new and improved "horse power" (engine). This design "convert[s] the force expended by the horse—in pushing as well as in pulling—into power by the use of a solid shaft turned by the revolving platform and working inside of a sleeve-shaft, which is turned by the lever. . . . by means of which all the force expended by the horse is utilized" (lines 11-18).
Date:
August 1, 1882
Creator:
Tumey, Charles Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History