Apparatus for Cooling Journal-Boxes on Railway-Trains (open access)

Apparatus for Cooling Journal-Boxes on Railway-Trains

Patent for an apparatus for cooling journal boxes on trains by sending water to the journal boxes from a water system installed in each car.
Date: April 19, 1910
Creator: Andrews, Walter P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spike Holder (open access)

Spike Holder

Patent for an improvement in railroad spike holders to affordably reduce abrasion of the rail and to hold spikes into position, including illustrations.
Date: October 15, 1914
Creator: Kelly, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wood Sawing Machine (open access)

Wood Sawing Machine

Patent for a wood sawing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: Brown, George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mower. (open access)

Mower.

Patent for a mower that cuts crops that grow in rows and can be cut by a reciprocatory sickle in which the mower frame is attached to a cultivator frame instead of a shovel. One of the gears "is carried by a cultivator wheel for reciprocating the sickle bar by the travel of the cultivator" (lines 20-23), including illustrations.
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Pate, William H. & Moss, Turner F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press. (open access)

Hay Press.

Patent for improvements to a hay press to be manufactured easily and cheaply while maintaining its effectiveness in pressing hay into bales.
Date: July 17, 1917
Creator: Pate, William H. & Rhyne, Arthur M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch Lock for Motor Vehicles. (open access)

Switch Lock for Motor Vehicles.

Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in Switch-Locks for motor vehicles", including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1917
Creator: Frank, Gustav
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston (open access)

Piston

Patent for a piston for use in pumps.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Frank, Gustav
System: The Portal to Texas History