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Banana-Case (open access)

Banana-Case

Patent for a banana case to "provide a case or crate in which bananas may be readily packed and transported without injury to the fruit."
Date: November 13, 1888
Creator: Aiken, Robert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold and Angle-Piece Used in Constructing Concrete Walls (open access)

Mold and Angle-Piece Used in Constructing Concrete Walls

Patent for tools to create uniform concrete pieces and angles, with description of use and improvements and illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1886
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Vacuum Pump. (open access)

Steam Vacuum Pump.

Patent for a new and improved steam vacuum-pump. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a pump-cylinder, the water inlet and outlet pipes, a condenser-pipe, a steam-pipe, and valves located in the several pipes, of a vertically-movable rod having stops thereon, levers connecting the rod with the valves in the condenser-pipe and steam-inlet pipe, and a float loosely mounted on the rod and adapted to actuate the same" (lines 62-70).
Date: April 13, 1886
Creator: Hensley, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Check. (open access)

Door Check.

Patent for a new and improved door check. This design "consists in providing the door with a sliding rod, which is adapted to be actuated so as to engage with a retaining-block attached to the floor by the knob-shank, which is provided with a dog for raising and lowering the rod" (lines 17-22).
Date: January 13, 1885
Creator: Niggli, Emil
System: The Portal to Texas History