Catamenial Sack (open access)

Catamenial Sack

Patent for a catamenial sack. This invention is a "catamenial sacks or shields and the object is to provided such a device which will be cleanly and sanitary in effect, which is pliable and easily and comfortably conformable to the form of the wearer" (lines 8-13). Illustration included.
Date: June 8, 1909
Creator: Frommann, Franklin A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Child's Crib (open access)

Child's Crib

Patent for new "suspended cribs or cradles for the use of children" (lines 17-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 8, 1880
Creator: Brown, Fred Harvey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ignition Device. (open access)

Ignition Device.

Patent for improvements in Ignition Devices. This device will assist in locating trouble when a multi-cylinder gasoline engine is not firing regularly and one cylinder is "missing".
Date: June 8, 1920
Creator: Wood, Robert N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shocking Apparatus. (open access)

Shocking Apparatus.

Patent for a shocking apparatus for forming shocks of wheat or other grains, which can be attached to a harvester.
Date: June 8, 1909
Creator: Kelly, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History