Centrifugal Brake Mechanism (open access)

Centrifugal Brake Mechanism

Patent for a centrifugal break mechanism, primarily designed as an automatic brake device for elevators travelling at an abnormal speed.
Date: April 16, 1918
Creator: Cobb, Albert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shadowgraph. (open access)

Shadowgraph.

Patent for "improvements in shadowgraphs" (lines 12-13) "to afford entertainment and amusement" (lines 22-23) by means of using "a holder for pieces of which a design may be composed" (lines 31-32), including one illustration.
Date: April 16, 1918
Creator: Barler, Eugene Miles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Wheel (open access)

Trolley-Wheel

Patent for a trolley wheel and a mechanism for keeping the wheel on the trolley wire. Illustrations included.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: Schultze, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Glazing-Bar (open access)

Glazing-Bar

Patent for device to securely hold a pane of glass on roofs, skylights, etc. without the use of putty.
Date: April 16, 1901
Creator: Folse, Louis D.
System: The Portal to Texas History