Speed-Recorder. (open access)

Speed-Recorder.

Patent for recording instruments to use in connection with automobiles to record the speed of conveyance during the period of travel.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: Bowdish, Harry A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Tongue Support. (open access)

Shoe-Tongue Support.

Patent for a shoe tongue with a backing support to keep it from slipping down or sideways, which is held in place by the shoelaces.
Date: July 2, 1907
Creator: Thomas, Robert P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Newspaper File. (open access)

Newspaper File.

Patent for a new and improved newspaper file. This design "is adapted and designed to be laid upon a table or placed in the usual rack or suspended by a hook, and . . . it may be held in one hand by means of its handle at the base while perusing the paper" (lines 17-22). It consists, "with a standard formed at or near its upper and lower ends . . . with a suitable perforation extending through the same from the back to the front thereof, of springs arranged upon the back of the standard, one near each end thereof and each formed at its free end with an eye" (lines 22-28).
Date: July 26, 1892
Creator: Jaehnig, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History