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Sliding Weather-Strip for Doors. (open access)

Sliding Weather-Strip for Doors.

Patent for a device "which, in addition to excluding wind and rain from beneath the bottom of the door, shall also serve to bind or hold the door open to any position to which it may be brought," (lines 29-32) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 21, 1891
Creator: Brown, Josiah T. & Garret, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker (open access)

Nutcracker

Patent for nut crackers designed for use in cracking pecan nuts. It is a simple device that can be readily attached to a table or other support and is quickly adjustable for different sized nuts.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Blair, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements in plows construction, mainly for disc plows. Includes a frame to which one or many discs may be attached at various angles including instructions and an illustration.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Psencik, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History