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Combination-Penknife
Patent for a combination penknife that includes: blades, awl, tack puller, screwdriver, beer bottle opener, cork screw, thorn extractor. The pen knife uses a "pocket" within the blades to house the corkscrew and awl.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Feyrer. Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design "has for its object the production of a simple, cheap, and effective device whereby the ants are confined to a space within the circle of the trap, speedily captured, and exterminated. It consists in a trap constructed with a circular flanged pit provided with tubes leading therefrom to a central ant-receptacle; also, in the details of construction of the trap" (lines 8-16).
Date:
November 9, 1886
Creator:
Barnes, Robert Hanson & Salles, George Camiel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Frame Attachment
Patent for a window frame attachment of bars that shades can be attached to.
Date:
July 9, 1912
Creator:
Hillman, Annie M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Generator
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of steam engines.
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Thompson, Samuel F. & Barnes, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History