Lubricator Attachment for Wheel-Hubs. (open access)

Lubricator Attachment for Wheel-Hubs.

Patent for lubricator for axles of buggies, wagons, and other vehicles.
Date: August 20, 1901
Creator: Fergusson, William P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Boiler Feed-Water System. (open access)

Steam-Boiler Feed-Water System.

Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in steam boiler feed water systems, including instructions and illustrations..
Date: August 22, 1899
Creator: Clousnitzer, Ernest Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reboiler (open access)

Reboiler

Patent for a reboiler designed to remove the air from water so that it may be formed into ice. Illustrations included.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Carley, Claud G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Check. (open access)

Door Check.

Patent for a new and improved door check. This design "is to provide a means for preventing the jarring and noise incident to the sudden stoppage of a door or window-blind in closing . . . and to this end it consists of a hinge having one leaf provided with a case or box extending laterally from the back thereof, the said case or box inclosing a spring-actuated bolt which normally projects beyond the point of the leaf, and is arranged to engage with the other leaf of the hinge when the door is closed" (lines 7-19).
Date: August 2, 1887
Creator: Byrne, Matthew Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History