Stock Chute (open access)

Stock Chute

Patent for Stock-Chute. "The object of my invention is to supply railroads with a cattle-chute which not only require less work and fewer laborers to operate it, but will afford a perfectly safe means of transferring stock without liability of injury to the stock during the act of transfer." (lines 56-62) With Illustrations.
Date: July 5, 1887
Creator: Hess, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non Refillable Bottle (open access)

Non Refillable Bottle

Patent for a non-refillable bottle. This is designed to prevent fraudulent substitution of material. Illustration included.
Date: July 5, 1904
Creator: Clavin, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Watch Belt-Buckle. (open access)

Watch Belt-Buckle.

Patent for a watch belt-buckle. This invention allows a novel belt buckle to retain a watch therein so that time can be observed. Additionally, this invention allows for the watch to be readily open or closed with respect to the buckle via a removable hinge.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Perry, Charles, Jr. & Currie, Neil
System: The Portal to Texas History
Implement for Extracting Axle Boxes from Wheel Hubs. (open access)

Implement for Extracting Axle Boxes from Wheel Hubs.

Patent for a new and improved extractor of axle-boxes from wheel hubs. This design is "compris[ed of] screw-threaded rigid portion, elastic bifurcated expansible portion having ledges, abutting frame . . . consisting of bar having central hollow boss and adjustable sliding legs, in combination with the . . . operating nut" (lines 82-91).
Date: July 5, 1887
Creator: Geyer, Hermann R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rubber Razor. (open access)

Rubber Razor.

Patent for a rubber razor. The rubber razor provides a flexible support for multiple blade and will allow the blades to contour to one's face.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Billingsley, Rennie E.
System: The Portal to Texas History