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Car-Door.
Patent for "an improved freight car door so supported that it will not be shaken or jarred off and can be easily opened and closed at all times no matter how heavily loaded the car may be." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1895
Creator:
Allen, Thomas C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Attachment.
Patent for a new and useful window shade attachment, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 26, 1899
Creator:
Garretson, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree-Hook.
Patent for whiffletree-hook that provides "a novel device of this character in which it is impossible for the trace ring or link to become accidentally detached, but which may be readily removed or disengaged from the hook when desired" (lines 15-20). The invention has a flattened circular plate.
Date:
March 26, 1895
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flushing-Tank for Water-Closets, &c.
Patent for improvement for Flushing-Tanks for Water-Closets, Urinals, Sinks, &c. through adoption of an immovable siphon and gate
Date:
February 26, 1897
Creator:
Carroll, Samuel C
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Conveyer.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in cotton seed conveyer systems.
Date:
April 26, 1898
Creator:
Graber, Henry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Elevator and Gin-Feeder.
Patent for an inexpensive cotton-elevator and gin-feeder that is easy to assemble and have removable screens and suspended chutes and feeders. Suction draws the cotton through the distributing trunk, and gravity drops the cotton into a gin. These concepts are also outlined in the inventor's previous patents, Nos 472,607 and 488,446.
Date:
May 26, 1896
Creator:
Murray, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History