Corset. (open access)

Corset.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corsets, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 6, 1900
Creator: Marple, Grace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher (open access)

Wire-Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher for barbed wire or woven wire fences. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Graham, Bruno
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer. (open access)

Type-Writer.

Patent for "attachments for returning the carriages of type-writers to the place of starting and for automatic spacing; and the object is to construct a device that will accomplish these results without in any way interfering with the working of a type-writer and by which the type-writer carriage can be sent back to the first position from any point without the necessity of going to the end of its beat" (lines 7-16).
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Fry, Fred H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stay Wire Applying Tool (open access)

Stay Wire Applying Tool

Patent for a stay wire applying tool. Illustration included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Shelton, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hook For Wagon-Covers. (open access)

Hook For Wagon-Covers.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in hooks for wagon covers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Wright, Robert G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener. (open access)

Sash-Fastener.

Patent for new and improved sash-fastener so as to "lock the sash when elevated as well as closed" (line 15 & 16), including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Neher, John F. & Neher, Noah N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sleeping-Car Seat and Berth. (open access)

Sleeping-Car Seat and Berth.

Patent for a sleeping car berth, which has pneumatic elevators for raising and lowering the top bunk, and folds the bunks and sheets between the car seats during the day.
Date: August 6, 1907
Creator: Butz, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Making Machine. (open access)

Mattress-Making Machine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in mattress making machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Stewart, Isaac N.
System: The Portal to Texas History