Coin Assorter and Deliverer. (open access)

Coin Assorter and Deliverer.

Patent for an improved coin assorter and deliverer that automatically makes change. It has a glass window in the back and a slot in the top where an operator can insert coins, where the machine sorts them.
Date: April 9, 1895
Creator: Reynolds, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus. (open access)

Well-Drilling Apparatus.

Patent for a well-drilling apparatus that easily attaches drill-bits to the ends of drill-tubes without removing the tubes from the well. It is meant for Artesian well-boring machines.
Date: April 9, 1895
Creator: Horton, Stephen A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a car-coupling that provides "a link of this character which will remain set in a coupling position at all times, so that the coupling of the cars can be effected in an automatic manner" (lines 10-14). It can be easily adjusted to different heights and its construction prevents jerky movements.
Date: April 9, 1895
Creator: Yeiser, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garbage-Furnace. (open access)

Garbage-Furnace.

Patent for a garbage-furnace that relates to a patent that was previously granted to the inventor (No. 448,115). This invention provides "a new and improved garbage furnace, which is comparatively simple and durable in construction, and very effective for burning all kinds of dry and wet garbage, kitchen refuse, animal matter, excrements, &c. (lines 12-16).
Date: April 9, 1895
Creator: Brownlee, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History