Beamless Brake Mechanism (open access)

Beamless Brake Mechanism

Patent for a beamless brake mechanism. Illustration included.
Date: October 1, 1907
Creator: McKiel, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for a coupling mechanism for rail cars. Illustration included.
Date: October 31, 1905
Creator: Power, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for a gate. This inventions is designed to be open without having to dismount from horseback or from a vehicle.
Date: October 13, 1903
Creator: Dansboe, Harry Rasmusson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scaffold (open access)

Scaffold

Patent for scaffold. This scaffold is designed to be carried on toggles allowing it to raise and lower.
Date: November 14, 1902
Creator: Cheves, Merrell Autry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Table. (open access)

Table.

Patent for a new and improved table. This design "is to increase the utility of tables by providing them with drawers extending from side to side, that will open from either side of the table, and also providing the drawers with additional means of support that will enable them to contain articles of great weight without injury to the structure, and thus adapt the same for use in stores" (lines 10-18).
Date: October 13, 1885
Creator: Davis, James Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Journal Boxes. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Journal Boxes.

Patent for the improvement in car-journal boxes. This invention "relates to oil-boxes used upon journals of car-axles, the object being to prevent the lid from shaking off of the oil-stop or oil-packing surrounding the axle to be removed and replaced by a new one without removing the box from the journal."
Date: October 15, 1878
Creator: Alexander, Francis M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Washing-Machines.

Patent for improvements in washing machines.
Date: October 10, 1871
Creator: Lee, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History