Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in cotton choppers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Bartels, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beverage Cooler And Dispensing Apparatus. (open access)

Beverage Cooler And Dispensing Apparatus.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements i beverage coolers and dispensing apparatus, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Sidoti, Antonio
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Spreader. (open access)

Knee-Spreader.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in knee spreaders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Trice, Sinnette Y.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Frame And Sash. (open access)

Window Frame And Sash.

Patent for new and useful improvements in window frames and sashes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Wood, Alpheus H. & Tunnell, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lift. (open access)

Lift.

Patent for certain new and useful improvment
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Jones, Athelstan O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Musical Instrument. (open access)

Musical Instrument.

Patent for a new musical instrument, similar to a lyre, designed to "provide a new and improved musical instrument which is simple and durable in construction, very light, of high resonant qualities, and arranged to permit convenient manipulation of the strings without the player touching the soundboard with the fingers" (lines 10-15), which includes illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1906
Creator: Krueger, Amandus M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hook For Wagon-Covers. (open access)

Hook For Wagon-Covers.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in hooks for wagon covers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Wright, Robert G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing-Reel. (open access)

Fishing-Reel.

Patent for a new and improved fishing reel that allows an angler to control the tension of the line when unwinding.
Date: February 6, 1906
Creator: Dickson, Frederick Lindsay
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener. (open access)

Sash-Fastener.

Patent for an improvement in sash fasteners for window attachments. The patent allows the window to be opened without counterbalances and also keeps the window from being opened from outside.
Date: February 6, 1906
Creator: Staton, John William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary for Oil-Wells. (open access)

Rotary for Oil-Wells.

Patent for a pipe rotary for use "in sinking oil-wells" (line 10). The patent allows for the power to be applied to the "pipe-sections which constitute the casing of the well" (line 14-15).
Date: February 6, 1906
Creator: Bernard, Horace D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame. (open access)

Quilting-Frame.

Patent for a quilting frame that is adjustable for different conditions, as well as constructed so that material to be quilted can be attached without sewing. Additionally, the quilting frame can be folded to occupy less space when not in use.
Date: February 6, 1906
Creator: Massey, Dora
System: The Portal to Texas History
Neck-Yoke Center. (open access)

Neck-Yoke Center.

Patent for a device that improves, simplifies, and strengthens the construction of neck yoke centers.
Date: February 6, 1906
Creator: Quick, E. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Making Machine. (open access)

Mattress-Making Machine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in mattress making machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Stewart, Isaac N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow improvement specifying the method in which the handle attaches to the beam of the plow. Parts of the plow are adjustable.
Date: February 6, 1906
Creator: Baker, Jefferson H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Railway. (open access)

Elevated Railway.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in elevated railways, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Anderson, Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History