Beverage Cooler And Dispensing Apparatus. (open access)

Beverage Cooler And Dispensing Apparatus.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements i beverage coolers and dispensing apparatus, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Sidoti, Antonio
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Spreader. (open access)

Knee-Spreader.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in knee spreaders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Trice, Sinnette Y.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Digging Machine. (open access)

Well Digging Machine.

Patent for a new and improved well-digging machine. This design "consists in connecting to the bottom of [a] shaft a gang of plows, which effectually break and cut up the earth, and combing therewith a fixed and inclined shear-blade and detachable earth-receiver, the said shear-blade being located in the rear of the plows, for raising the earth from the motion of the plow, and delivering it automatically into the detachable earth-receiver, which is raised to the surface with its load by means of ropes and pulleys" (lines 27-37).
Date: February 6, 1883
Creator: Chambers, Job C. & Chambers, Silas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mailing-Cabinet. (open access)

Mailing-Cabinet.

Patent for a mailing cabinet, which will assist the mail service to better aid the distribution of the mail with a larger space to sort.
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: Exline, Marcus P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame. (open access)

Quilting-Frame.

Patent for a quilting frame that is adjustable for different conditions, as well as constructed so that material to be quilted can be attached without sewing. Additionally, the quilting frame can be folded to occupy less space when not in use.
Date: February 6, 1906
Creator: Massey, Dora
System: The Portal to Texas History