Cooking Utensil. (open access)

Cooking Utensil.

Patent for a steam cooker with steam tight joints.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Daniels, Laura E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Electroplating Small Metallic Articles. (open access)

Apparatus for Electroplating Small Metallic Articles.

Patent for "apparatus for electroplating small metallic articles, and more particularly certain small clamps used in building fences" (lines 8-11), including illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Shelton, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angle-Cock. (open access)

Angle-Cock.

Patent for "a new and improved angle-cock so constructed that the plug cannot be turned by an unauthorized person without the knowledge of the engineer in charge of the train." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1896
Creator: Waldron, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Fender. (open access)

Car Fender.

Patent for a car fender "adapted to be fitted to an extremity of a street car, and adapted to undergo an automatic swinging motion when an obstacle is encountered, which motion will tend to sweep the obstacle from the track of the car" (lines 10-15). The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Russell, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Bearing Trolley-Wheel. (open access)

Roller-Bearing Trolley-Wheel.

Patent for a trolley wheel, which puts less friction on the axle by reducing the movement inside the wheel.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Cooksey, William Lynch
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cylinder-Cock (open access)

Cylinder-Cock

Allows the cylinder cocks on a steam engine to be opened or closed using a coiled spring instead of steam or air pressure to ensure it is opened only when the engineer wants.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Galey, John Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History