Cot-Canopy (open access)

Cot-Canopy

Patent for a cot with a surrounding canopy that is designed to keep insects away from the user.
Date: May 15, 1906
Creator: Kerridge, Isaac Curtis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chair for Sewing Machines and the Like. (open access)

Chair for Sewing Machines and the Like.

Patent for a folding chair for a sewing machine or a similar machine, which can fit into a space between the supporting legs. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: Hagner, Frederick Hayes
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Velocipede. (open access)

Improvement in Velocipede.

Patent for improvement in velocipedes by using “two levers that are secured by a pivot-connection to pendent vibrating fulcra, on each side of the machine, and to the cranks of the driving-wheel; this would develop greater power than can be brought to bear by the placing of the feet of the driver directly on pedals on the crank-pins, or wrists.” (Lines 32-37) Illustration is included.
Date: June 15, 1869
Creator: Flint, Daniel P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Velocipede. (open access)

Improvement in Velocipede.

Patent for an improved arrangement of velocipedes "to allow the use of a much larger driving-wheel than is compatible with the use of pedals that are placed directly on the crank pins or wrists, and to increase the power that can be applied to the propulsion of the machine by the feet of the driver, and the the speed at which is may be driven." (Lines 16-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1869
Creator: Flint, Daniel P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track-Rail Brace (open access)

Track-Rail Brace

Patent for a track rail brace that connects the rails of a track and prevents spreading.
Date: June 15, 1909
Creator: Snodgrass, Willie B.
System: The Portal to Texas History