Machine for Dressing Surfaces of Pavements. (open access)

Machine for Dressing Surfaces of Pavements.

Patent for improvements in machines for dressing surfaces of wooden or block pavements that may be operated by a traction-engine of known construction, including illustrations.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: Love, Robert Hamilton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella-Stand. (open access)

Umbrella-Stand.

Patent for an umbrella-stand. It is meant to display umbrellas, parasols, walking-canes, etc. The frame is made from tubing secured by wire, a channeled plate along the sides of the frame, and the base is adapted to support umbrella tips.
Date: November 26, 1895
Creator: Perry, Thomas C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shade and Curtain Fixture (open access)

Shade and Curtain Fixture

Patent for invention of new and useful Shade and Curtain Fixture of which a complete, clear and exact description is provide. The invention provides a simple practical, and efficient device which will afford adjustable support for a window shade and for a current -pole, whereby the curtain and shade may be together lowered and permit the free entrance of light above these screens or the admission of air through a lowered upper sash (5-14).
Date: November 8, 1892
Creator: Herring, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calculating - Machine (open access)

Calculating - Machine

Patent for an improvements in calculating machines. This invention "relates to machines for making rapid and accurate calculations" (line 8-9).
Date: November 16, 1897
Creator: Minnis, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History