Non-Refillable Bottle (open access)

Non-Refillable Bottle

Patent for a non-refillable bottle.
Date: April 14, 1903
Creator: Parks, Leonard D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Railway. (open access)

Electric Railway.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in electric railways, and particularly to such railways as are adapted to use underground conduits, and has for its object to so construct such conduit and the line-wire connections therefor as to insure a constant connection between the line-wire and the motor of the car, and, further to greatly simplify and increase the efficiency of such systems." (Lines 8-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 14, 1896
Creator: Reid, Lemin Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Removing Tool. (open access)

Nut-Removing Tool.

Patent for a tool for removing nuts that have been "upset or beaded around the outer side of the nut" (lines 14-15).
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Carnes, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History