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Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the rack-bars seated in ways recessed in the sides of the draw-head, toothed segments engaging therewith, a shaft carrying said toothed segments, and also bearing within the cavity of the draw-head a vibratory arm and a setting-lever, from which the coupling-pin is suspended, connected to said vibratory arm" (lines 24-32).
Date:
August 16, 1881
Creator:
Stephens, Lawrence Earnest. & Pool, George Washington.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weather-Strip.
Patent for "an improved construction of metallic weather strip which may be readily applied to the lower edge of a door and will effectually exclude rain, snow, sand or dirt, and prevent the same from entering between the lower edge of the door and the threshold" (lines 11-17) including illustrations.
Date:
August 10, 1915
Creator:
Faires, Elisha J. & Dulaney, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Store-Awning.
Patent for a new awning design for shops that is easily raised and lowered, including illustrations.
Date:
August 30, 1887
Creator:
Persohn, John William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Putty Trowel
Patent for a putty trowel. Illustration included.
Date:
August 16, 1910
Creator:
Wright, Sam F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse Collar
Patent for a horse collar. Illustration included.
Date:
August 15, 1905
Creator:
Cooper, Joseph P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch.
Patent for a new and improved gate-latch. This design consists "[i]n a latch, the combination of the case having at its lower end a guide ledge or flange with its bearing face arranged laterally in from the inner face of the side plate of the case, a loosely suspended ring held and movable against the said ledge or flange, and means whereby the said ring may be operated" (lines 5-11).
Date:
August 7, 1888
Creator:
Charleville, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screen.
Patent for a wire netting screen that can be used on doors or windows.
Date:
August 3, 1915
Creator:
Faires, Elisha J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Car-Step.
Patent for "a supplemental folding step which may be lowered into position for use when passengers are boarding or leaving a [railway] car and which may be folded back out of the way when the train is about to leave the station." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 3, 1897
Creator:
Hamilton, Samuel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hand-Support for Writers.
Patent for "a support especially adapted for the use of those learning to write, and by which the hand may be accustomed to the proper position for writing from the beginning of the study." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 4, 1896
Creator:
Yarbrough, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and useful cultivator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 9, 1898
Creator:
Otenhouse, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Valve for Planter-Legs.
Patent for a rotary valve for planter legs, which drops seeds at set intervals.
Date:
August 30, 1910
Creator:
Hamer, Phillip B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Impression-Tray.
Patent for improvements in dental impression trays that is adaptable for when there is only one or a partial set of teeth. There is a separate, smaller dental impression tray that is easily accessible and can be adapted to take impressions of one tooth or partial teeth.
Date:
August 31, 1920
Creator:
Littlejohn, Thomas F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History