Crossing for Railway-Tracks. (open access)

Crossing for Railway-Tracks.

Patent for incorporating durable gaps within railway-rails to improve performance, with illustrations.
Date: February 24, 1920
Creator: Thomas, Lester V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insertible Saw-Tooth. (open access)

Insertible Saw-Tooth.

Patent for an insertible saw tooth, which does not require the use of a separate holder.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Askins, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track-Laying Apparatus (open access)

Track-Laying Apparatus

Patent for a track laying apparatus to be adapted to a self-propelled car or truck. Illustrations included.
Date: October 24, 1911
Creator: Leon, Creed
System: The Portal to Texas History
Noise Deadening Means for Drain Pipes (open access)

Noise Deadening Means for Drain Pipes

Patent for a means by which to deaden disagreeable noise generated by draining water through metallic pipes possessing an outlet elbow. Illustration included.
Date: September 24, 1907
Creator: Wilson, Ben T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garden-Hoe Cultivator. (open access)

Garden-Hoe Cultivator.

Patent for "a combination garden hoe and cultivating implement ... which has a number of interchangeable working elements and ... can be quickly adjusted for use as a drill opener, solid sweep, hoe, or turning plow" (lines 12-20).
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Muckleroy, Allie B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Power. (open access)

Churn-Power.

Patent for a new and improved motorized churn. This design "has for its object to provide a means for converting a rotary into a reciprocating movement and regulating the range of the reciprocating mechanism" (lines 15-18).
Date: February 24, 1880
Creator: Britain, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History