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Necktie-Presser (open access)

Necktie-Presser

Patent for "a device of simple construction which will hold a number of scarfs or neckties flat and will press them so that they will always be in proper condition for wear" (lines 14-17), including illustrations.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Brown, Bence O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter. (open access)

Planter.

Patent for improvements in planters in which a planter can also be used as cultivator; it will plant seed in deep and shallow furrows as well as the proper covering of the furrows and cultivation of the soil. Illustration is included.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: Reeder, Jonh F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Closet (open access)

Sanitary Closet

Patent for an improvement upon sanitary water closets with a removable receptacle for excrement with a firebox for sanitation of the receptacle.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: Foster, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History