Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a nut and pipe wrench. Illustrations included.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Barr, George T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memorandum Clip Board. (open access)

Memorandum Clip Board.

Patent for an improved clipboard, which provides different clasps to support checks and other sized items at specific points.
Date: January 7, 1902
Creator: Dickey, Robert B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Press for Cotton, Wool, Hay, &c. (open access)

Press for Cotton, Wool, Hay, &c.

Patent for "a press which will compress the cotton or other material into bales of hexagon, cylindrical, or other shapes, the shape of the bale corresponding with the shape of the bale-receptacle used" (lines 11-15).
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: King, John Morris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foot Scraper (open access)

Foot Scraper

Patent for a foot scraper. Illustration included.
Date: August 7, 1906
Creator: Lancster, Fennimore Cooper
System: The Portal to Texas History