Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for a new and useful improvements in Car couples. This invention "relates to automatic car couples, and more particularly to that class known as " swing-pin" couples" (line 11 - 13).
Date: November 16, 1897
Creator: Gillespie, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifeboat (open access)

Lifeboat

Patent for a lifeboat that "prevents the boat from capsizing" (lines 19-20) or sinking.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Rusk, Raymond
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for a windmill. It turns creating rotary motion, caused by the wind, which is used as a pumping power source.
Date: November 2, 1905
Creator: Doty, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel

Patent for a vehicle wheel with spring spokes that will not easily break on rough roads.
Date: November 12, 1912
Creator: Hayden, Jefferson B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap-Gun. (open access)

Trap-Gun.

Patent for a trap gun, which is protected from the weather.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Lovelace, Charles D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Filter. (open access)

Pump-Filter.

Patent for a pump filter, designed for double acting air pumps, that prevents the passage of foreign matter (oil, dust, dirt) from the pump outlet.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Miles, Ross E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Inflating Pump. (open access)

Tire-Inflating Pump.

Patent for tire inflating pump. Its purpose is meant to be used to inflate automobile tires.
Date: November 12, 1918
Creator: Lovelace, Charles D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freezing-Plug. (open access)

Freezing-Plug.

Patent for freezing plug. This device prevents pipes from bursting when frozen.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Howell, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Family Record Keeper (open access)

Family Record Keeper

Patent for a family record keeper that could preserve certificates of birth, marriage, and death, in a manner that would protect them from the elements.
Date: November 3, 1903
Creator: Flanagan, Roland A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Device (open access)

Draft Device

Patent for a draft device for agricultural machines. Illustrations included.
Date: November 29, 1910
Creator: Dowdy, Ewell Monroe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for a cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: November 29, 1910
Creator: Dowdy, Ewell Monroe
System: The Portal to Texas History