Apparatus For Making Mattresses (open access)

Apparatus For Making Mattresses

Patent for mattress making machine, which cleans, compresses, and stuffs cotton or other materials into a mattress, including illustrations.
Date: July 30, 1901
Creator: Woolery, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Tank. (open access)

Water-Tank.

Patent for improved water-tank of which will provide a construction to prevent leakage, bruising, and warping of the wood and in which water will be kept cool and clean.
Date: July 30, 1901
Creator: Evans, Edwin Fousiiee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer. (open access)

Insect-Destroyer.

Patent for fumigation insect destroyer, in particular cotton boll weevils, but also for prairie dogs and other vermin.
Date: July 30, 1901
Creator: Koy, August & Kveton, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life-Preserver. (open access)

Life-Preserver.

Patent for life preserver worn on the human body and inflated with a valve attached to rubber tubes. Includes illustration.
Date: July 30, 1901
Creator: Graham, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for "a gate which can be built at a comparatively low price, which will be durable and practical, and which can be opened from either side with ease" (lines 13-17).
Date: July 30, 1901
Creator: Baker, Cicero McRee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener (open access)

Hame-Fastener

Patent for an improved hame fastener, including illustration.
Date: July 30, 1901
Creator: Dodson, Roy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress Stuffing Machine (open access)

Mattress Stuffing Machine

Patent for a mattress stuffing machine that holds material to form mattresses, as well as compressing and stuffing the material into ticks.
Date: July 30, 1901
Creator: Woolery, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History