Resource Type

Angle Cock Device (open access)

Angle Cock Device

Patent for "stop cocks for controlling the flow of fluids and more particularly to what are known as angle cocks for use in train pipes of air brake and other fluid pressure systems upon railway cars" (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Ellwood, Thomas B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Expansion Reamer (open access)

Expansion Reamer

Patent for expansion reamer provides scope for a better and improved expansion reamer.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Scheuber, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Gear for Railway Cars (open access)

Draft-Gear for Railway Cars

Patent for a draft gear for railway cars that allows a simple and efficient means of repairs or substitutions of sills or beams that may be done without dissociating the draft bar so that a car may not be out of commission for a considerable length of time.
Date: August 17, 1915
Creator: Moorman, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History