Resource Type

Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for "a simple, safe, and practical coupling for cars, arranged to couple at one time as many cars as may be desired, and to operate automatically so as to avoid all necessity of going between the cars, and adapted to use the ordinary link and to couple with cars having a higher or lower draw bar than itself." (Lines 7-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 25, 1894
Creator: Elliott, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Nozzle (open access)

Hose-Nozzle

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in hose nozzles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 25, 1898
Creator: Schraubstadter, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History