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Beamless Brake
Patent for a beamless brake for rail cars. Illustration included.
Date:
September 27, 1904
Creator:
Saling, Thomas W. & McKiel, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carrier Iron for Draw Bars.
Patent for a new and improved carrier iron for draw-bars. This design "is to provide an improved draw-bar support exceedingly strong and durable in construction and very cheap and simple which will prevent spreading of the draft-timbers or sagging of the draw-bar and which can be reversed" (lines 19-24). It consists in "[t]he combination, in a car, of the draft-timbers, the draw-bar between the same, and the loop-shaped carrier-iron in one piece embracing said timbers and passing above and below and supporting the draw-bar and secured to said timbers by bolts" (lines 78-83).
Date:
September 27, 1892
Creator:
Minton, William Dryden & Douglas, Alexander Stewart
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a new and improved wrench. This design is "especially adapted for manipulating pipe-joints, though applicable, also, for use in manipulating nuts, &c.; and it consists in the [novel] detailed construction and combination of operating parts" (lines 24-28).
Date:
September 21, 1880
Creator:
Weir, Duncan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Switch.
Patent for an electric switch that is used in conjunction with a signaling device that allows for lights to be activated synchronously or asynchronously via the use of two levers.
Date:
September 6, 1921
Creator:
Riggs, Fletcher S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for a baling press that has an improved plunger.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Hightower, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gate-Latches.
Patent for improvements in gate latches: "to provide a self closing latch, simple in its construction and easy f operation" (lines 18-19).
Date:
September 26, 1871
Creator:
Lee, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shipping-Basket
Patent for a shipping basket designed to keep contents secure and undamaged.
Date:
September 6, 1921
Creator:
Pitts, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History