AIR-BREAK SIGNALING AND RELEASEING DEVICE. (open access)

AIR-BREAK SIGNALING AND RELEASEING DEVICE.

Patent for an improvement in air-brake release-valve in trains to signal train crews and release the breaks if they become set for any reason, or stuck, while the train is moving, including descriptions of the release valve and illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Dukesmith, Frank H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Crude Oil (open access)

Apparatus for Burning Crude Oil

Patent for an apparatus for burning crude oil in stoves.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: Kunkel, Albert R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Watch-Barrel. (open access)

Watch-Barrel.

Patent for a winding mechanism for watches, related to the barrel and rachet of the winding mechanism, with illustrations and instructions included.
Date: November 5, 1880
Creator: Martin, Josiah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher, which can stretch and hold a wire for a fence until it is securely fastened to the fence post and is easy to operate.
Date: November 3, 1908
Creator: Dobbs, John & Welborn, William P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Label and Twine Cabinet. (open access)

Label and Twine Cabinet.

Patent for a label and twine cabinet which allows for quick removal of various kinds and quantities of labels, including illustrations.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: Haynes, Thomas M. & Gunning, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Actuated Locking Device  for Automobiles (open access)

Motor-Actuated Locking Device for Automobiles

Patent for a device that prevents the drive shaft of an automobile from when moving when pushed by an unauthorized person. The device acts as a form of security to ensure unauthorized individuals are unable to move the vehicle. Additionally, the device can be used while the vehicle is in motion in order to slow the drive shaft, and thus the vehicle.
Date: November 18, 1919
Creator: Wherry, Robert D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Ticket (open access)

Railway Ticket

Patent for a railway ticket. Illustration included.
Date: November 15, 1904
Creator: Lee, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signaling Apparatus. (open access)

Signaling Apparatus.

Patent for new, durable improvements requiring minimal installation cost in the signaling apparatus on automobiles and other vehicles to notify traffic of an intended turn and its direction. These improvements involve a lamp being illuminated and raised and then lowered by the movement of the steering wheel. Said improvements also provide manual operation for emergencies.
Date: November 18, 1919
Creator: Wyrill, Arthur O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for improvement in cotton-presses, which increases convenience by using detachable parts to facilitate insertion of material and a windlass with a system of cords and levers to increase compression of cotton.
Date: November 30, 1875
Creator: Wallace, Wesley W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grinding Planer Knife. (open access)

Grinding Planer Knife.

Patent for a new and improved attachment for grinders of wood-planing-machine knives. This design "may be securely attached to the frame of a wood-planing machine for grinding the revolving knives of the planer without removing the knives from its shaft or the shaft from its bearings upon the frame of the machine. . . . in so constructing and combining the parts of the improved device . . . it may be readily adapted to suit various-sized machines" (lines 10-22).
Date: November 9, 1880
Creator: Le Roy, Charles Jerome
System: The Portal to Texas History