Mail-Handling Device. (open access)

Mail-Handling Device.

Patent for a mail handling device that mounts into a train car to assist in loading and unloading of mail bags.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Kost, Joseph L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for an improvement in pumps and "has for its object the provision of a pump providing a counterbalance for the weight of the column of liquid in the suction pipe provided by a vacuum chamber in the pump" (lines 10-14). Illustration included.
Date: November 11, 1919
Creator: Haszinger, George Ernest
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel (open access)

Spring-Wheel

Patent for a spring wheel designed to resist weight pressure. Illustrations included.
Date: April 11, 1911
Creator: Hayden, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History