Mail-Bag Catcher. (open access)

Mail-Bag Catcher.

Patent for railway mail service bag-catchers "to provide a catcher which will remove a bag from a supporting-crane and transfer it automatically into the mail-car while the train is in motion" (lines 13-16).
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Elliff, Josiah C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Permutation-Lock. (open access)

Permutation-Lock.

Patent for a permutation lock, which is harder to break into than the previous version.
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Maxfield, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Permutation-Lock. (open access)

Permutation-Lock.

Patent for a permutation or combination lock for mail boxes.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Maxfield, James Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History