Bedclothes-Clamp. (open access)

Bedclothes-Clamp.

Patent for new clamping device that holds the mattress and bedding of a folding bed in place, is adjustable, and is not in the way when the bed is in use.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: Baley, Katie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pounder. (open access)

Clothes-Pounder.

Patent for an improved clothes washer that is made up of a cylinder, a piston that is two disks attached together with notches and flared edges, and a packing strip in the groove of the disk edges.
Date: August 14, 1894
Creator: Lewis, Nathan D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marine Illusion Apparatus (open access)

Marine Illusion Apparatus

Patent for a Marine Illusion apparatus. This invention is to fit between two boats so that passengers can travel from one boat to another that is attached to a dock. Illustration included.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: White, Francis Marion & Langever, James J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Passenger Mileage-Recorder. (open access)

Passenger Mileage-Recorder.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in mileage recorders for steam railway coaches and similar vehicles" (lines 8-10) including illustrations.
Date: August 14, 1888
Creator: West, Samuel M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draw-Bridge (open access)

Draw-Bridge

Patent for improvements in the construction and design of draw bridges.
Date: August 14, 1888
Creator: Briggs, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Molds for Making Blocks of Plastic Material. (open access)

Molds for Making Blocks of Plastic Material.

Patent for an invention related to molds used to form plastic blocks for building purposes. Objectives and illustrations of invention are included.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Hawkins, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History