Axle-Repairing Apparatus. (open access)

Axle-Repairing Apparatus.

Patent for a new, simple, and efficient axle repairing apparatus for "facilitating the repairing of worn axles without the removal of the wheels or the axles from the vehicle-body" (line 10 -12).
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Hammer, Willie Alice
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bolt-Holder. (open access)

Bolt-Holder.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in bolt holders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1898
Creator: Higdon, Jasper S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Valve for Compensating for Leakage in Train-Pipes. (open access)

Feed-Valve for Compensating for Leakage in Train-Pipes.

Patent for a new and useful feed valve "for compensating the loss by leakage of fluid in leaky train pipes in fluid-pressure brake systems" (line 8 - 10).
Date: March 29, 1898
Creator: Tipton, Commodore P. & Tipton, David B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
End-Gate Lock. (open access)

End-Gate Lock.

Patent for "a fastening for end-gates of wagons and the like, the arrangement of parts being such as to permit the end-gate being always held in a locked position until it is desired to lower or raise the same." (lines 11-15).
Date: August 9, 1898
Creator: Murray, Nicholas Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sewing-Machine Brake. (open access)

Sewing-Machine Brake.

Patent for a new and useful sewing machine brake to "prevent retrograde rotary movement of the shaft" (line 9 - 10).
Date: April 5, 1898
Creator: Weaver, John Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway- Rail Joint. (open access)

Railway- Rail Joint.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in railway-rail Joints.
Date: March 15, 1898
Creator: Mauldin, Doctor Chester
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for an Agricultural Hoeing-Wheel. (open access)

Design for an Agricultural Hoeing-Wheel.

Design patent for a hoeing wheel that has a circular body having a plurality of flat arms that are regularly spaced.
Date: September 13, 1898
Creator: McGuire, John A. & Williams, Richard S.
System: The Portal to Texas History