Axle Box for Locomotives. (open access)

Axle Box for Locomotives.

Patent for a new and improved axle-box for locomotives. This design "has relation to self-adjusting wedges for axle or driving boxes for locomotives, and has for its objects to produce a wedge that is controlled by a spring, which can be readily and easily adjusted for removing the pounding and lost motion between the axle-box and pedestal" (lines 11-17).
Date: May 21, 1889
Creator: Carlson, Frank August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Account Book (open access)

Account Book

Patent for an account book that is to be used "to receive in condensed form the dates and other particulars when sums are due to and from a person or firm are payable" (p. 2).
Date: May 21, 1889
Creator: Goldberg, Samuel W. & Tillmann, Emanuel M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Coffee or Tea Pots. (open access)

Attachment for Coffee or Tea Pots.

Patent for "attachment for coffee or tea pots or other receptacles" (lines 5-7) designed to materially improve the construction of the pot or urn, whereby the same will be simple and effective and the process of treating the coffee or tea by the action of the boiling water or steam materially enhanced.
Date: May 21, 1901
Creator: Darden, George Albion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Cock for Water-Heaters. (open access)

Water-Cock for Water-Heaters.

Patent for a water cock for a water heater that automatically drains the water heater when the main water supply is cut off.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Simpson, Ray C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Fluid-Compressor (open access)

Hydraulic Fluid-Compressor

Patent for a hydraulic fluid compressor for gas and air compressors.
Date: May 21, 1912
Creator: Hawkins, Alda F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planting Mechanism. (open access)

Planting Mechanism.

Patent for a hopper that attaches to a planter that allows different types and sizes of seed to be dropped from it. Especially targeted toward corn and cotton seed.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Hodge, Neely B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Cleaner (open access)

Gin-Saw Cleaner

Patent for a gin saw cleaner. This invention is an improvement for the cleaning of cotton gin saws. Illustration included.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Hollingsworth, Joseph C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Camp-Cooker. (open access)

Camp-Cooker.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in a form of camp cooker, or camp stove and particularly appertains to a folding and demountable cooker" (lines 8-11), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Hanson, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History