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Carriage Top.

Description: Patent for a new and improved carriage top. This design consists in "the combination, with a vehicle-seat, a series of top-supporting bows pivoted thereto, and a jointed brace having its lower end pivoted to the seat and its upper end to one of the bows, of a rigid operating-lever having its upper end pivoted to said jointed brace and its lower end adjustably connected with the seat, whereby the position of the lower end of said lever may be varied and the brace and top secured in any desired p… more
Date: July 3, 1888
Creator: Goelet, Edward Buncombe

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-86

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification; Eminent domain powers of the Forth Worth Regional Transportation Authority.
Date: November 3, 1983
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.

Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "has for its object the production of a coupling that can be easily and readily applied to the common construction of draw-heads for cars, in which the ordinary coupling link and pin are used, while combining simplicity and economy in construction and effectiveness in operation" (lines 13-19).
Date: June 3, 1884
Creator: Harrold, Mahlon

Clothes Hanger.

Description: Patent for clothes hanger that is made of a singular piece of wire. The hanger also features the capability to hold an entire three piece suit: coat, vest, and trousers.
Date: January 3, 1922
Creator: Stapp, Jesse W.

Resilient Tire Filler

Description: This patent addresses resilient tire fillers, presenting a novel approach by providing a filler for tire casings in segmented sections. Each section incorporates sealed, airtight cavities designed as radially arranged columns, ensuring the tire retains the full benefits of pneumatic resistance and resiliency.
Date: January 3, 1922
Creator: Collins, Warren

Tile-Machine.

Description: Patent for a tile pipe molder that "expeditiously and cheaply make subirrigating pipe right at the side of the ditch where it is to be laid" (lines 10-13).
Date: April 3, 1894
Creator: Adamson, John

Stove.

Description: Patent for a stove, which circulates air through a central drum and increases the amount of heat put out by the stove.
Date: September 3, 1907
Creator: Sanders, Ira B.

Hitching Device.

Description: Patent for a simple and inexpensive hitching device that can be easily applied to the driver, can connect a weight to the draft animal's bit, and can be easily adjusted.
Date: October 3, 1893
Creator: Crowley, Joseph L.

Hook and Eye.

Description: Patent for a hook and eye especially designed for clothing and keeps the area where the invention is being used is perfectly aligned and does not accidentally unhook.
Date: July 3, 1894
Creator: Wall, Frederic Watson

Railway-Track Lifting-Jack

Description: Patent for "an improved device of this character which is designed for heavy work, as in railway service, and at the same time to have the device comparatively light in weight in order that it may be conveniently carried from place to place" (lines 10-15).
Date: September 3, 1901
Creator: Bentley, George Francis

Resilient Wheel.

Description: Patent for a wheel that contains heavy wire spokes, consisting of two sections that are arranged to have their adjacent ends spaced and connected by coil springs to insure resiliency.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Fuller, Robert Nelson

Road-Working Machine.

Description: Patent for a road working machine, which claims to simplify and improve the type of this machine that is designed to "operate upon banks at the sides of the road for the purpose of trimming such banks and moving the surplus dirt in the direction of the center of the road." (lines 11-14)
Date: April 3, 1906
Creator: McBride, William J. & Alford, John J.

Flushing Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a flushing apparatus to be used to flush tanks that are normally kept empty. It is also "an improved siphon for emptying the tank, and also an improved mechanism for starting the siphon" (lines 22-24).
Date: April 3, 1894
Creator: Ackley, George D.
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