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Combined Hook and Hammer.
Patent for a combined hook and hammer meant to "combine in its structure the ordinary hook for engaging with the article to be moved, and a handle adapted, when desired, to be used as a hammer, thus dispensing with the necessity for a separate implement of this character, and, second, to combine with the said hook and handle improved means for preventing the accidental contact of the hand of the operator with the article to be handled" (lines 17-26).
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Tillett, Henry Augustus; Tarpley, Thomas Dee & Moore, Robert Jones
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Bridgework.
Patent for dental bridgework with "an improved slotted crown, cap, or band for attaching the bridges to the natural teeth" (lines 9-10).
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Bray, Bernard B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental-Care Attachment.
Patent for a dental-chair attachment mean to support a table to hold instruments, a waste-bowl, a lamp, glasses, and other things a dentist might need. The attachment can easily be separated and adjusted.
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Mayes, Robert Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Rigging for Railway-Cars.
Patent for a draft-rigging for railway-cars that consists of a metal plate in an inverted U-shape, with its legs doubled upward and attached to the middle sills of the car, and the option of attaching a coupler to the plate. The plate legs can receive a king bolt ransom.
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Roosevelt, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Operating Railway-Switches.
Patent for a device "for automatically operating the switches of steam, electric, and street railways by the movement of a locomotive or car, thereby obviating the necessity of a brakeman, driver, motorman, or other person alighting from the car or train for such purpose" (lines 12-18).
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Moore, Albert R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Sheller.
Patent for a simply-constructed nut-sheller especially designed for pecans, although because it is adjustable, other nuts can be shelled. It has "a reciprocating plunger which is adapted to cut the shell from the nut, and which has also means for cleaning out the nut-holder and shelling-knives, so that the machine is sure to work well every time" (lines 15-19).
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Prade, Julien
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tube-Cutter.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive tube-cutter meant to cut boiler flues or tubes in order to remove or replace the tubes or flues. The tube cutter doesn't spread the tube and allows the tubes to be withdrawn through the holes after cutting them.
Date:
July 2, 1895
Creator:
Fitzpatrick, John James Kelsoe
System:
The Portal to Texas History