Car Journal-Box. (open access)

Car Journal-Box.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in car journal boxes, and more particularly to the box in which the journal of the axle of the ordinary railway car has a bearing." (lines 8-12)
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Law, Charles R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Welding Tubes. (open access)

Machine for Welding Tubes.

Patent for a new and improved machine for welding tubes. This design "has relation to machines for welding flues; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of operative parts" (lines 22-25).
Date: August 29, 1882
Creator: Charlton, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Strainer (open access)

Well-Strainer

Patent for a well strainer made of sheet metal.
Date: August 29, 1911
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brake for Marine Vessels (open access)

Brake for Marine Vessels

Patent for Brake for Marine Vessels
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Harriss, Wade. H
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Carbureters (open access)

Improvement in Carbureters

Patent for improvements in carburetor design including illustrations of 2 views of a vertical cross section of a carburetor.
Date: August 29, 1876
Creator: Schmidt, Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History