Attachment for Fishing-Floats. (open access)

Attachment for Fishing-Floats.

Patent for a device to attach fishing floats to fishing lines.
Date: August 3, 1915
Creator: Davis, Samuel William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tank-Valve. (open access)

Tank-Valve.

Patent for tank-valves in which “a valve may be readily detached for renewal or repairs and adaptable without material change of structure to any of the various forms and structures of tanks manufactured.” (Lines 18-22.) Illustration is included.
Date: January 3, 1905
Creator: Burchett, Edward Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Family Record Keeper (open access)

Family Record Keeper

Patent for a family record keeper that could preserve certificates of birth, marriage, and death, in a manner that would protect them from the elements.
Date: November 3, 1903
Creator: Flanagan, Roland A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines. (open access)

Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines.

Patent for a new removable quilting frame for sewing machines. Patent for "improvements in sewing-machine attachments for quilting designed to support a quilting frame that can be moved from place to place" (lines 14-21) including instructions and illustrations. Patent for a new quilting attachment for sewing-machine design with, including illustrations.
Date: January 3, 1888
Creator: Clark, Chester Cady
System: The Portal to Texas History