Clamp. (open access)

Clamp.

Patent for a clamp "for use in in connection with hoisting-tackle for raising or lowering well-pipes..."(lines 9-10) that has one side attach to the pipe and the other side be releasable from the pipe.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Danforth, Joseph B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Safety-Valve and Waste-Cock. (open access)

Combined Safety-Valve and Waste-Cock.

Patent for a combined safety valve and waste cock for cooling engines.
Date: April 26, 1910
Creator: Fell, Julius P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer (open access)

Insect Destroyer

Patent for an insect destroyer. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Moore, Isham S. & Pace, Azie E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for improvement in automatic car-couplings “in which the coupling-pin (worked by a rope or chain) is guided in a vertical tube extending upward from the draw-head, and is supported in position for coupling by a block sliding with the draw-head,” (lines 9-14) includes illustration.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: Angerstein, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History