Firing-Valve to Control the Feed of Oil in Firing Oil-Burning Locomotives. (open access)

Firing-Valve to Control the Feed of Oil in Firing Oil-Burning Locomotives.

Patent for valve changes that "provide a valve operating means whereby the valve may be very finely adjusted and prevented from being casually turned" (lines 16-18).
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Gilman, Benoist P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vechicle-Top Support. (open access)

Vechicle-Top Support.

Patent for "supports for the bows of folding vehicle-tops, and has for its object to provide an improved device of this character for application to one end of the shifting rail of the top, so as to receive the bows and cushion them against injury in folding and when the vehicle is passing over a rough roadway." (Lines 8-15) Illustration included.
Date: May 15, 1900
Creator: Buchanan, Sanford McElroy
System: The Portal to Texas History