Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a wrench, which has a pipe wrench on one end and a monkey wrench on the other end.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Paul, Zacharier M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lid Mover for Ice Boxes, Refrigerators, and the Like. (open access)

Lid Mover for Ice Boxes, Refrigerators, and the Like.

Patent for a lid mover for ice boxes, refrigerators, ice cream cabinets, etc., that allows the lid to move parallel to the top of the box or other device. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: White, Brown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Binder (open access)

Paper-Binder

Patent for a binder for papers, bills, etc. Illustrations included.
Date: October 8, 1912
Creator: Byron, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heater (open access)

Heater

Patent for an improved heater for heating water and utilizing exhaust steam.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Averitt, Robert W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scissors Hanger (open access)

Scissors Hanger

Patent for scissors hangers for sales people in stores that provides a pair of hooks that is "depending from a shank and connected by an arched guard strip" (lines 15-16) that forms a scissors holding element. The scissors hanger will also have a plate metal body that allows the hanger to be attached to the clothing of the wearer.
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Walker, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Planter (open access)

Corn and Cotton Planter

Patent for a corn and cotton planter that plants seeds in hills of equal distance from one another.
Date: October 8, 1912
Creator: Roy, Henry F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Box. (open access)

Collapsible Box.

Patent for a collapsible box for use in shipping goods.
Date: November 8, 1910
Creator: Pinto, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History