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Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design is "to provide a novel car-coupling pin and means for operating the same to automatically couple cars through the medium of ordinary links without the use of triggers located within the draw-head . . . The invention consists, essentially, in a vertically-movable coupling-pin adapted to rotate axially in the pin-hole of the draw-head, and having a wing or lug for supporting it in its elevated position, combined with a yielding… more
Date: July 19, 1887
Creator: Power, Kelsey L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Non-Refillable Bottle.

Description: Patent for a sealed bottle that cannot be refilled once the contents have been used, intended to prevent commercial fraud, including illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1915
Creator: Matthews, William J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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