Clothes-Rack (open access)

Clothes-Rack

Patent for Clothes Rack. This helps dry clothes indoors when the weather is bad outside.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Wells, Lillie Bell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Tread. (open access)

Wheel-Tread.

Patent for improvements on tractor wheel tread design, the structure of which was previously submitted by the inventor in 1918. This improved wheel tread makes the structure stronger and more compact.
Date: March 29, 1921
Creator: Ingram, Joseph D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Spur. (open access)

Riding-Spur.

Patent for improvement in riding-spurs for horsemen by “using an open-ended socket, a shank having limited sliding movement in the socket, a rowel freely journaled at the outer end of the shank, and a spring inclosed within the socket and serving to hold the shank normally outward, the tines or points of the rowel being adapted to engage the socket and secure the rowel against rotation when the shank is pressed inward.” (P. 2, lines 6-14.) Illustration is included.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Ridings, John G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Floor-Mop Wringer (open access)

Floor-Mop Wringer

Patent for a mop wringing frame that is portable and independent of the mop and the water receptacle. The device causes the mop to be subjected to a twisting action when the handle of the mop is rotated.
Date: March 1, 1921
Creator: Paul, Jennie Henry & Paul, William Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie and Rail-Fastener. (open access)

Railroad-Tie and Rail-Fastener.

Patent for a concrete railroad tie and rail fastener.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Planett, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History