Box Car Door Fastener (open access)

Box Car Door Fastener

Patent for a box door fastener used for railway box car doors. For use in sliding door style entrances, and does not require the alteration of doors once installed. Doors may also be fastened in place while also allowing to be in a slightly open position for ventilation of the interior.
Date: January 21, 1921
Creator: Wood, James Gillam
System: The Portal to Texas History
Packing Compound for Eggs, &c. (open access)

Packing Compound for Eggs, &c.

Patent for a food packing compound made out of clay, chalk, and lime.
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Groove-Rail Cleaner. (open access)

Groove-Rail Cleaner.

Patent for a grooved rail cleaner, which can get the dirt out of small grooves.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Frick, Claus Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Operating Mechanism for Flushing Devices (open access)

Operating Mechanism for Flushing Devices

Patent for an operating mechanism for flushing toilets automatically.
Date: January 21, 1913
Creator: Kreter, Otto & Kreter, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Forming Apparatus (open access)

Bale-Forming Apparatus

Patent for an automatic bale forming apparatus that can be set to make a certain size cotton bale and will stop when it reaches that size and send the finished bale out on a conveyer belt and begin the next one.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Reagan, Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History