Resource Type

Car Coupling. (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for "an automatic link-coupler which shall embody strength, simplicity, certainty of action, and adaptability for manipulation without entering between the cars and without necessity of relieving strain." (Lines 9-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1897
Creator: Martin, David D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: West Texas, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: West Texas, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the West Texas area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for Windmill Improvements that includes a mounted rotor for horizontal rotation, including illustrations.
Date: June 28, 1913
Creator: Henning, Thomas W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Gear. (open access)

Valve-Gear.

Patent for a horizontally arranged cylinder that when used would bear no wear indefinitely. The cylinder was made specifically for steam engines.
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Burrow, Edgar A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap-Gun. (open access)

Trap-Gun.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive gun with a hook and rod mechanism that can be baited such that if an animal tries to remove the bait the gun discharges killing the animal.
Date: June 2, 1914
Creator: Lovelace, Charles D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor (open access)

Governor

Patent for Governor that improves upon a speed controlling mechanism, specifically for controlling a reciprocating element like an engine piston, including illustration and instructions. This application is a division of an earlier application (Serial Number: 843, 812 submitted June 08, 1914).
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Burrow, Edgar A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine. (open access)

Engine.

Patent for new steam engine design with illustrations
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Burrow, Edgar A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer (open access)

Ice-Cream Freezer

Patent for an ice cream freezer that may also be used as an egg beater or a churn. Illustrations included.
Date: June 15, 1909
Creator: Moon, Richard Davis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Axle (open access)

Spring Axle

Patent for an axle to provide assistance to the wheel to adapt to the irregularities of the surface.
Date: June 10, 1913
Creator: Coggin, Charley J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History