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Truck for Railway-Carriages.
Patent for an improved truck for railway carriages that is meant "to construct surface-rollers which have their center of bearing above the center of the traction of surface roller, and which have traction rollers bearing upon the upper portion of the main surface-roller, and upon which the load is supported equally upon two points of the surface or traction roller" (lines 17-23).
Date:
June 27, 1893
Creator:
Turner, Ephraim M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truck or Vehicle for Elevated Railways.
Patent for an improved, strong, simple, inexpensive, and durable truck or vehicle for elevated railways that is meant to throw the lateral force of the car-body is exerted vertically downward onto the car's wheels.
Date:
July 11, 1893
Creator:
Turner, Ephraim M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Lifting-Jacks
Patent for the improvement of the lifting jack which allows the user to "lower the lifting bar by a step-by-step movement as well as to elevate the lifting bar by such a movement (lines 12-14). Includes instructions and illustration."
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Parker, Charles W. & Wittliff, Theodore H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive.
Patent for an improved locomotive or traction-engine, with a series of water-shells, each containing "a series of fire-flues, a feeding-water heater, a pipe discharging steam" (lines 118-121), and a double-action plunger-pump.
Date:
January 26, 1897
Creator:
McCallum, Daniel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stationary Boiler.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in stationary boilers for " marine, locomotive, and stationary purposes" (line 14- 15).
Date:
January 4, 1898
Creator:
McCallum, Daniel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Railway.
Patent for a new elevated railway, consisting of the arrangement and parts described. Patent for "a new and improved elevated railway structure for moving cars or vehicles." (line 14) including perspective views, description and illustrations. Patent for a new elevated railway design including illustrations.
Date:
December 13, 1892
Creator:
Turner, Ephraim, M. & Maddox, R. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Railway.
Patent for improvements to elevated railways via the new and different way parts are combined and arranged.
Date:
December 13, 1892
Creator:
Turner, Ephraim M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History