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Door Check. (open access)

Door Check.

Patent for a new and improved door-check. This design "has relation to door-checks . . . for retaining a door or gate in any desired opened position; and it has for its objects to provide such a door-check in which the holding or clamping mechanism of the check is operated automatically from the latch or knob of the lock, to provide a strong brace for retaining the door in its adjusted position . . . a bolt casing slides upon a rail carried at the upper edge of the door and has a bolt operated from the lock of the door for engaging the said rail, and in which a brace or arm is pivoted to the door-frame" (lines 8-26).
Date: August 14, 1888
Creator: Scarborough, William Daily
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Facilitating Making and Sharpening Molding-Bits. (open access)

Device for Facilitating Making and Sharpening Molding-Bits.

Patent for sharpening molding-bits and keeping them at standard gauge. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1897
Creator: Ross, William
System: The Portal to Texas History