Resource Type

Riveting-Mandrel. (open access)

Riveting-Mandrel.

Patent for a riveting-mandrel "for riveting the overlapping ends of sheet metal to form pipes, tubes, or the like" (lines 10-12) including illustrations.
Date: June 1, 1897
Creator: Mantey, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gage. (open access)

Gage.

Patent for a gage that has a beam with a saw kerf at one end, a clamp made up of a tube with parallel wings that are inserted into the kerf, a scribing point in the tube, "and means for clamping the separated ends of the beam tightly against the parallel wings of the clamp" (lines 57-59).
Date: November 12, 1895
Creator: Holmes, Elijah H.
System: The Portal to Texas History