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Wick Material (Illinois Patent). (open access)

Wick Material (Illinois Patent).

Patent for wick material, "composed of raw fibrous matter in layers or slivers in adhesive substance" (lines 16-17).
Date: July 1, 1890
Creator: Chapin, Myron H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Headlight-Shade. (open access)

Headlight-Shade.

Patent for a headlight shade which can be pulled down to block the high beam headlights of a train or car when there is an oncoming train or car.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Green, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
COUPLING PATENT (open access)

COUPLING PATENT

This patent is for a new coupling system to connect hollow pipes. It is specifically designed to address issues of vibration, which cause the coupling pin to become damaged.
Date: July 10, 1919
Creator: Hiegel, Joseph L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stove and Range. (open access)

Stove and Range.

Patent for a compact combination range or stove with "a cabinet for culinary utensils" (lines 12-13). "Compartments are substantially thermally independent of each other" (lines 17-18), due to flue arrangement, reticulated baffle plate and a two-way self locking damper.
Date: July 4, 1916
Creator: Holloway Louis Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Coolers for Railroad-Car Journals. (open access)

Improvement in Coolers for Railroad-Car Journals.

Patent relating to "an apparatus for cooling the journals and boxes of railroad-cars and other vehicles" (lines 27-29). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: July 15, 1879
Creator: Morris, Robert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History