Improvement in Sad-Iron Heaters. (open access)

Improvement in Sad-Iron Heaters.

Patent for improvements to sad-iron heaters, including illustrations.
Date: September 7, 1875
Creator: Cottingham, Gideon Wesley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing Apparatus. (open access)

Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.

Reissue patent for an ironing machine that "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the horizontally-moving iron and horizontally-reciprocating table..." (para. 2).
Date: September 21, 1875
Creator: Cottingham, Gideon W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Shackles. (open access)

Improvement in Shackles.

Patent for a shackle for the hands and feet that is designed to prevent the use of objects in order to escape.
Date: September 30, 1870
Creator: Belcher, Melvin Anderson & Perrenot, George Francis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Oven-Plate. (open access)

Rotary Oven-Plate.

Patent for a certain new and useful rotary oven plate, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 12, 1899
Creator: Naquin, Olinda G.
System: The Portal to Texas History