Automobile Steering Apparatus. (open access)

Automobile Steering Apparatus.

Patent for automobile steering apparatus, adding two rear wheels and mounting an enlarged body on the frame which will allow a considerable number of passengers to be carried and many advantages had as a public service vehicle.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Rebman, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cutting and Scoring Box-Blanks (open access)

Machine for Cutting and Scoring Box-Blanks

Patent for the mechanical cutting and scoring of box blanks with illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Daven, Michael P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Cracking Mechanism. (open access)

Nut-Cracking Mechanism.

Patent for a nut-cracking mechanism that adjusts automatically to the size of nut with a variable cracking stroke.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Russell, Frank K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner. (open access)

Cotton-Cleaner.

Patent for an improved cotton cleaner including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Line, George C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Swaging Apparatus (open access)

Dental Swaging Apparatus

Patent for a dental apparatus that produces gold facings and cusps for individual teeth, as well as plate and bridge work.
Date: July 31, 1906
Creator: Crawford, Lyter H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weather Strip. (open access)

Weather Strip.

Patent for a new and improved weather strip. This design "is to provide a new and improved weather-strip, which is raised into a groove in the bottom of the door when the door is open, but is pressed down upon the sill when the door is closed. The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 7-13).
Date: July 31, 1883
Creator: McCurdy, Thomas B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspended Rail-Joint. (open access)

Suspended Rail-Joint.

Patent for a suspended rail-joint that improves on the anglebar railjoint. The improved design has the minimum amount of bolts, does not use railbolts, has a newly designed fastener, allowance for the rails to expand and contract, and adjustable guards against creeping.
Date: July 31, 1894
Creator: Lang, Otto H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Traction-Engines. (open access)

Improvement in Traction-Engines.

Patent for a traction engine "for running on common roads and rails, and to be used for drawing plows, and as a motive power generally" (lines 8-10) including illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1877
Creator: Walker, Leander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brick-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Brick-Machines.

Patent for an improvement in brick-machines by which a new combination of construction materials is contrived.
Date: July 31, 1876
Creator: Michel, Ferdinand
System: The Portal to Texas History