Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for "simple and easily-operated mechanism for opening and closing a gate and for controlling the latch thereof by the same mechanism which opens and closes the gate" (lines 12-16).
Date: June 11, 1901
Creator: Seckler, Levi W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Making Machine (open access)

Mattress-Making Machine

Patent for a machine designed to improve the creation of mattresses, with the intent of making them of uniform length, width, depth, and amount of stuffing.
Date: March 11, 1901
Creator: White, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rein-Holder. (open access)

Rein-Holder.

Patent for rein supports to be attached to the front of a buggy, with an adjustable height and being collapsible for storage.
Date: June 11, 1901
Creator: Hill, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Gage. (open access)

Saw-Gage.

Patent for improvements on saws by providing “cleaner-teeth and arranged to permit accurate filing of the cleaner-teeth without leaving an undesirable bur and without danger of filing the teeth too short for proper working in a cut.” (Lines 10-14) Illustration is included.
Date: June 11, 1901
Creator: Steele, Daniel Carlos
System: The Portal to Texas History