Aerial Torpedo. (open access)

Aerial Torpedo.

Patent for an aerial torpedo. This device is well suited for automatic targeting without help from man.
Date: August 31, 1915
Creator: Saladiner, Joseph M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Fender (open access)

Wheel-Fender

Patent for fenders for truck wheels using hoods and reinforcing bands, including illustrations.
Date: May 4, 1915
Creator: Leach, Felix
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Railroad-Switch (open access)

Safety Railroad-Switch

Patent for a safety railroad-switch which is meant to prevent vertical displacement.
Date: March 30, 1915
Creator: Leach, Felix
System: The Portal to Texas History
Half-Car Unloader (open access)

Half-Car Unloader

Patent for an improved and simplified mechanism of Half-Car Unloaders, which unloads earth materials such as coal and ore from a railroad car more easily and effectively by lifting up a train car, unloading its contents, and placing it back on the railroad track.
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Scardino, Mario P. & Scardino, Peter
System: The Portal to Texas History