Awning Bracket. (open access)

Awning Bracket.

Patent for a new and improved awning bracket. This design "relates to awning-brackets of that class which are secured to the wall of the building over the sidewalk, and secure themselves without the use of posts, &c. The invention has for its object to provide a self-sustaining bracket possessing superior advantages in point of simplicity, inexpensiveness, durability, and general efficiency" (lines 9-16).
Date: August 14, 1883
Creator: Rodgers, Ranzil H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for baling-press to press bales of cotton into rectangular bales including illustrations.
Date: August 14, 1900
Creator: Taylor, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plaiting-Irons. (open access)

Improvement in Plaiting-Irons.

Patent for an improvement to plaiting-irons: "a plaiting-iron composed of a peculiarly-constructed iron or metal plate used in connection with a correspondingly-constructed board" (lines 23-25), with illustrations.
Date: August 14, 1877
Creator: Gingras, Joseph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism For Cleaning Seed-Cotton (open access)

Mechanism For Cleaning Seed-Cotton

Patent for mechanism for cleaning seed cotton before cotton is distributed into gins, including illustrations.
Date: August 14, 1900
Creator: Graber, Henry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reed Organ (open access)

Reed Organ

Patent for a reed organ. Illustration included.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: England, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History