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Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "is in couplers adapted to use a link of ordinary form and to be so set that coupling may be automatic or not, as desired" (lines 15-17). It consists, "with the draw-head having lugs upon each side of the same, of the vertical coupling-pin, the pivoted pin-supporting arms arranged to contact with the lugs, and tripping arms adapted to be operated by the centering-link and throw the arms from the lugs" (lines 23-29).
Date:
June 28, 1892
Creator:
Callaway, William H. & West, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Step.
Patent for a foldaway step that can be mounted on the side of a vehicle.
Date:
June 28, 1892
Creator:
Walton, Sam H. & Smith, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steering Device for Vehicles.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in steering devices for vehicles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 28, 1898
Creator:
Fisher, Charles Nicholas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester
Patent for "improvements whereby the sparks from a locomotive will be passed directly from the flues through the stack and the outer air will be admitted, which will keep the cinders in motion and force them through fine perforations and against the hard surfaces until they are thoroughly pulverized and all the fire therein is extinguished, and which .will thereby prevent the danger to combustible products by fire thrown from an engine and which will not in any way decrease or interfere with the efficient work of the locomotive" (lines 17-29).
Date:
June 28, 1892
Creator:
Curran, John William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in stovepipes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 28, 1898
Creator:
Riviere, Walter P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Food Compound and Method of Making Same.
Patent for a new and useful food compound for use in cooking as condiments.
Date:
June 28, 1898
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flue-Cleaner.
Patent for a cleaner for a chimney, that is composed of multiple parts and is adjustable.
Date:
June 28, 1892
Creator:
Pharr, Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horseshoe.
Patent for a new and improved horseshoe. This design "is to provide an improved construction of shoe by which [the] contraction . . . of the hoofs of horses . . . at the heels . . . is prevented" (lines 19-24). It consists "of the plate having nail-holes, the depending flange located on the under side of said plate, extending from end to end thereof and having triangular recesses near each end, the triangular toe-calk, and the upwardly-extending beveled flanges at the rear or heel portion of plate" (lines 64-70).
Date:
June 28, 1892
Creator:
Custer, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Jar And Can Opener.
Patent for a new and improved fruit jar and can opener, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 28, 1898
Creator:
Schairer, John Jacob
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Separator.
Patent for a new and useful cotton seed separator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 28, 1898
Creator:
Garrett, James Andis
System:
The Portal to Texas History