Resource Type

Coupling (open access)

Coupling

Patent for a coupler for railway cars. Illustrations included.
Date: April 28, 1908
Creator: Brandt, Olof Nelson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Winding Machine. (open access)

Cloth-Winding Machine.

Patent for a cloth winding machine, which measures cloth for cutting and then winds the rest of the bolt of cloth back up.
Date: April 7, 1908
Creator: Blythe, Edward Willey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Railway-Signal. (open access)

Electric Railway-Signal.

Patent for an electric railway signal, which is attached to train engines and signals that a train is stopped to other trains by a light reflecting forwards and lights the platform for passengers by having a light reflecting backwards behind the engine.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Stafford, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History