Cartridge Belt. (open access)

Cartridge Belt.

Patent for a new and improved cartridge belt. This design "is to provide a new and improved cartridge-belt for holding cartridges securely, the said belt being simple in construction, strong, and durable. The invention consists in the combination of a belt, with a strap held on the same by up-right metal fasteners and forming pockets on the belt. The invention also consists in the combination, with the above belt and strap, of a cord passed transversely through the several pockets, and in other combinations of parts" (lines 11-18).
Date: April 14, 1885
Creator: Beach, Willie P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pianissimo Device. (open access)

Pianissimo Device.

Patent for a pianissimo device for upright pianos, which "takes up the lost motion when the soft pedal is used by automatic means" (lines 14-16).
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Decker, Herman L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle. (open access)

Puzzle.

Patent for a wooden cube puzzle made up of many irregular shaped pieces, which can be manufactured to be hard or easy.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Critchett, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ticket-Holder. (open access)

Ticket-Holder.

Patent for device to hold car tickets, and to administer these tickets one at a time.
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Wohl, Charles J.
System: The Portal to Texas History