Cloth Rack. (open access)

Cloth Rack.

Patent for a new and improved clothes rack. This design "essentially consists in constructing a vertical rectangular revolving frame, each side of which carries a tier of racks. Each of the racks is provided with a support on which the bolt of cloth or similar material may be readily turned, and has pivoted parallel to and in front of said bolt a roller, which retains the same in place, and over which the free edge of the cloth passes from the lower surface of the bolt, and which, in addition, facilitates the unrolling of the cloth" (lines 21-32).
Date: August 4, 1885
Creator: Palmer, William Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Closet Attachment. (open access)

Water-Closet Attachment.

Patent for an attachment for water closets in outhouses without running water that blocks odors from escaping the pit by closing off the pit when not in use and automatically opens by a pressure bar behind the seat when the water closet is in use.
Date: June 4, 1907
Creator: Bradford, McDuffee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine (open access)

Steam-Engine

Patent for an improved steam engine for train engines.
Date: June 4, 1912
Creator: Sanders, William Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Door-Fastener. (open access)

Portable Door-Fastener.

Patent for a portable door fastener used to secure the door via the door frame.
Date: September 4, 1900
Creator: Lingle, Charles Llewellyn
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental - Chair. (open access)

Dental - Chair.

Patent for a new and useful dental chair to "easily adjust to various positions and be folded into very compact form for transportation or storage" (line 13-14).
Date: January 4, 1898
Creator: Rose, Nicholas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History