Wrapper. (open access)

Wrapper.

Patent for the creation of a file made of cardboard, canvas, and cords made for sending articles such as drawings, fabrics, and such through the mail.
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Page, Harvey L. & Burnett, Robert L., Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Parcel-Carrier for Bicycles. (open access)

Parcel-Carrier for Bicycles.

Patent for improvements in parcel carriers for bicycles in which the parcel carriers can attach/detach easily and is adaptable to different types of bicycle handlebars; includes illustration.
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Apple, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel (open access)

Spring-Wheel

Patent for a spring wheel. Gebhardt describes the wheel as "an improvement... to provide resilient spokes which are connected to the hub and felly of the wheel in a manner to take up vibration and shocks imparted to the wheel in traveling or passing over obstructions and rough roads (p. 1, lines 8-15)." The patent also adds provisions for easy removal of spokes and a sectional felly and hub.
Date: April 6, 1920
Creator: Gebhardt, W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiber-Cleaning Device. (open access)

Fiber-Cleaning Device.

Patent for a fiber cleaning device, which removes "the outer fleshy or non-fibrous tissues covering the fibers" (lines 19-21) for varieties of fleshy plants.
Date: April 6, 1920
Creator: Quijano, Ramon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Steam Engine (open access)

Rotary Steam Engine

Patent for rotary steam engine. Illustration included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Owen, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint (open access)

Rail Joint

Patent for a rail joint. Illustration included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Ritchey, Andrew M. & Shane, Robert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History