Spittoon (open access)

Spittoon

Patent for a spittoon for hospital use. Illustrations included.
Date: October 15, 1912
Creator: Grisham, Mattie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Frame. (open access)

Quilting Frame.

Patent for a new and improved quilting frame. This design consists in "an improvement in quilting-frames, the combination, with the foot-pieces, of the hinged arms, braces, clamping screws, rollers, and set-screws" (lines 66-69).
Date: October 10, 1882
Creator: Murphree, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Joint (open access)

Pipe Joint

Patent for a swiveling branch connection for water tanks on railways, for easier dispersal of water. The joint would be extendedable to the desired position.
Date: October 10, 1916
Creator: Vaughn, Pink
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin. (open access)

Cotton-Gin.

Patent for an invention relates to cotton gins, and the principal object of this invention is to produce a cotton gin of small dimensions.
Date: October 20, 1914
Creator: Morrison, Porter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Tool. (open access)

Design for a Tool.

Design patent for a tool.
Date: October 10, 1899
Creator: Morgan, Daniel Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History