Harness. (open access)

Harness.

Patent for a harness that is simpler and more economical to make and is efficient in use.
Date: July 9, 1907
Creator: Crawford, Hezekiah H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano Attachment (open access)

Piano Attachment

Patent for improvements in the medium with which the piano creates notes in correlation with the striking of the strings so that the notes may be "produced alone or in concert with the bell-like tones at the will of the performer" (lines 15-17).
Date: July 9, 1901
Creator: Deutsch, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for a rail-joint that is attached by splice bars.
Date: July 9, 1907
Creator: Whittlesey, Clyde W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Discharge-Nozzle (open access)

Discharge-Nozzle

Patent for discharge nozzle for insecticide spraying machines. Proposed nozzle design to have adjustable opening.
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Gohmert, Otto Adolph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Apparatus (open access)

Dental Apparatus

Patent for "a novel and convenient construction of apparatus for supplying medicine, hot air, and water for treating decayed, and abscessed teeth" (lines 12-15).
Date: July 9, 1901
Creator: Gilbert, James Madsen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Davenport. (open access)

Davenport.

Patent for a davenport, which can be used as wardrobe, settee, or bed that includes a wider bed, extensions for head and foot rests, and a larger wardrobe door than previous models.
Date: July 9, 1907
Creator: Hartshorn, Guy C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Measuring Logs. (open access)

Device for Measuring Logs.

Patent for device for measuring logs consisting "of a pair of calipers, a measuring-segment, an arm, a plate, and a disk" (lines 13-14) in order to measure "the number of lumber feet in a log" lines 16-17), including illustrations.
Date: July 9, 1901
Creator: Cowart, Laurance P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for "a cultivator of simple and durable construction, capable of being adjusted laterally to any width and vertically to any desired height" (lines 9-12).
Date: July 9, 1889
Creator: Benthall, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History