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Railroad-Rail.
Patent for an improved railroad rail that is "composed of track or running rails proper and supplementary rails bolted to the track rails and having a laterally-projecting top portion which serves as a wheel guard or lateral brace for the track rails" (lines 14-19).
Date:
October 17, 1893
Creator:
Keenan, Michael J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Net for Crabbing and Fishing.
Patent for a new and improved net for fishing and crabbing by using a trigger device that would automatically open the net’s “free end” fully and horizontally when the net is lowered on the bed floor of the river. After use, the net can be folded very compactly for easy transport. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 17, 1891
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewer-Trap.
Patent for a sewer trap that prevents "the grease and other extraneous matter from sinks, and other fixtures in the house to effect a logment in the sewer, to the consequent obstruction and clogging up of the same" (lines 16-20). This makes sewers healthier and require less maintenance.
Date:
October 17, 1893
Creator:
Heffron, Isaac
System:
The Portal to Texas History