Quilting-Frame. (open access)

Quilting-Frame.

Patent for a quilting frame designed to be used with a sewing machine and "which may be easily set up and be supported from the floor, and not in any manner mar or injure the walls or ceilings." (Lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 10, 1895
Creator: Click, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insulator (open access)

Insulator

Patent for an insulator to be used to attach electric conductors and wires to walls or posts. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Marshall, George B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Tool. (open access)

Wire-Fence Tool.

Patent for a device "that will combine in one all the tools actually necessary in building or repairing an ordinary wire fence." (Lines 14-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 1, 1896
Creator: Orton, Lewis W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement (open access)

Mechanical Movement

Patent for mechanical movement that aids in operating a gin automatically.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Tucker, Roger V.
System: The Portal to Texas History