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Device for Locking Shafts in Hubs or Couplings. (open access)

Device for Locking Shafts in Hubs or Couplings.

Patent for a new and useful device for locking shafts in hubs or couplings. This design is to "avoid the use of a key-way in the shaft and o provide the tubular member with a removable and reversible key having a serrated face adapted to be forced into close contact" (line 12-16).
Date: January 11, 1898
Creator: Rylander, Parrish H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horseshoe-Nail Clincher. (open access)

Horseshoe-Nail Clincher.

Patent for an improved simple and efficient clincher for horseshoe nails. It consists of a serrated jaw with a beveled extension, a handle, and two plates that act as springs.
Date: January 2, 1894
Creator: Seeliger, Oswald
System: The Portal to Texas History