Cycle-Car (open access)

Cycle-Car

Patent for a cycle car that can be steered and propelled by hands only and can be used with ordinary bicycles.
Date: November 29, 1921
Creator: {Payne, Luther M.}; {Miller, Lee A.} & {Douglas, John J.}
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch Attachment. (open access)

Switch Attachment.

Patent for a switch attachment that consists of a derailing guard, a side track rail, an adjustable shoe that pivots next to the rail, a vertical groove in the end of the shoe, and a swinging free arm.
Date: April 3, 1894
Creator: Warren, Governor D. & Casey, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Means for Vehicle Axle Suspension. (open access)

Resilient Means for Vehicle Axle Suspension.

Patent for a more resilient vehicle axle suspension and created specifically for motor vehicles.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Guthrie, Nehemiah & Johnson, Callender L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garbage Burning Furnace (open access)

Garbage Burning Furnace

Patent for a new and useful garbage burning furnace that burns garbage efficiently in a combustion chamber. Illustrations are included.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Stokes, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer. (open access)

Draft-Equalizer.

Patent for Draft Equalizer. Patent states this invention "relates to the new and useful improvements in draft-equalizers" (lines 10-11). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1918
Creator: Dudley, Thomas J. & Bryant, Marvin H.
System: The Portal to Texas History