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Water Motor (open access)

Water Motor

Patent for a water motor. This is an invention for a type of motor operated by tidal power.
Date: October 20, 1903
Creator: Brooks, Jesse W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table. (open access)

Ironing-Table.

Patent for an improved folding ironing-table that has "its top pivoted to the longer of two pairs of legs, the shorter pair designed to hold a cross bar which is adapted to support the table top about midway its length, when the table is opened and set up for use" (lines 18-22).
Date: November 20, 1894
Creator: Coleman, Robert Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Measuring Machine. (open access)

Cloth-Measuring Machine.

Patent for a cloth cleaning machine to "furnish bagging-reels, so constructed that the bagging can be conveniently unwound from the roll, measured automatically, and again wound into a roll" (lines 13-17).
Date: January 20, 1880
Creator: Dodson, Orson W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Absorber and Axle-Reinforcement. (open access)

Shock-Absorber and Axle-Reinforcement.

Patent for a shock absorber and axle reinforcer designed to protect the axle and spring in motor vehicles with a front transverse spring while driving over rough road.
Date: April 20, 1920
Creator: Teller, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door Seal. (open access)

Car-Door Seal.

Patent for a lockable seal to be affixed to doors of passenger cars.
Date: October 20, 1916
Creator: Wright, Memory G.
System: The Portal to Texas History