Steam-Radiator. (open access)

Steam-Radiator.

Patent for a steam radiator for heating the cab of a locomotive.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: McBurney, Samuel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof Flue. (open access)

Fireproof Flue.

Patent for a fireproof flue that prevents the roof from being burned, where the stovepipe goes through the roof.
Date: April 25, 1911
Creator: Davis, George W. & Shipman, Abraham T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Gage and Filing Clamp (open access)

Saw Gage and Filing Clamp

Patent for a combined saw gage and clamp which can be "applied to a saw blade to gage the depth of the cut as well as reversed and used as a clamp for the saw blade in setting the teeth" (lines 16-18).
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Curby, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hinged Connection (open access)

Hinged Connection

Patent for a simply designed, durable, and inexpensively produced hinged connection between any swinging item (i.e., door) and non-swinging item (i.e., door jam).
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Coleman, Paul H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fluid- Dispensing Control (open access)

Fluid- Dispensing Control

Patent for the improvement of fluid dispensing controls. The invention provides a more efficient way to discharge fluid from a storage container by using compressed air, and valve arrangement.
Date: April 22, 1919
Creator: Catron, John J
System: The Portal to Texas History