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Book Carriage and Protector.
Patent for a new and improved mobile bookcase. This design is "composed of a base-piece having a longitudinally-central raised table-piece adapted to support the leaves of the book, and a depressed-ledge portion outside thereof adapted to support the cover of the book" (lines 20-25).
Date:
March 19, 1889
Creator:
Leith, Lawrence C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Pawl for Anchor Chains.
Patent for a new and improved locking pawl for anchor chains. This design is "to provide a novel combination of parts whereby the rising and falling and horizontally-moving clamping-block can be rigidly locked in its engagement with the cable to stop the latter; also, to provide novel means for protecting the wood-work of the vessel from wear as the cable is moved" (lines 13-19).
Date:
February 19, 1884
Creator:
Lucas, Thomas P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheeled Vehicle.
Patent for a new and improved wheeled vehicle. This design consists in "[a] one-wheeled sulky in which are combined the single wheel, the frame, the thills, the seat, the standards, and the rods or braces" (lines 54-57).
Date:
June 19, 1883
Creator:
Boyd, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mattress Making Machine.
Patent for a new and improved mattress making machine. This design calls for a box with a hinged door and gauges that adjust the box to the desired width for mattress making. Additionally, slats at the bottom of the box and along the inside of the hinged lid have straps and pins that one uses to bind the mattress material after it fills the box.
Date:
October 19, 1880
Creator:
Howe, Charles P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Holder.
Patent for a new and improved sash holder. This design "consists in supplying the sash with two spring-actuated cams—one upon each side—which cams in their normal condition press against the frame and hold the sash, but are simultaneously withdrawn and held out of contact with the frame by the partial rotation of a cylindrical operating-handle, with which the cams are connected by suitable rods, said handle also furnishing the means by which the sash is raised and lowered" (lines 41-50).
Date:
January 19, 1886
Creator:
Cutter, Martin A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History