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Kitchen-Cabinet (open access)

Kitchen-Cabinet

Patent for "a device of this class which shall be simple in construction, inexpensive, and in which provision shall be made for the safe-keeping of all the materials and ingredients used in bread-making and in ordinary cooking as well as for pies, cakes, cold victuals and the like" (lines 9-15).
Date: July 9, 1889
Creator: Skipper, James Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Motor (open access)

Mechanical Motor

Patent for "a motor of cheap and simple construction, which is adapted for driving various classes of light machinery, and more especially for use in connection with fans, such as are commonly used for creating currents of air in bar-rooms, dining-rooms, and the like" (lines 16-22).
Date: July 9, 1889
Creator: Harpst, Edgar S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame Fastener. (open access)

Hame Fastener.

Patent for a new and improved hame-fastener. This design "is to provide a fastener . . . which is of simple construction, which can be readily adjusted, and in which all strain is removed from the pivot of the locking-dog, thus obviating any breakage of the pivot, whatever may be the strain" (lines 17-23).
Date: July 9, 1889
Creator: Anderson, Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame Tug. (open access)

Hame Tug.

Patent for a new and improved hame-tug. This design consists in "the combination, with the bar provided at one end with a buckle, of the shield secured to the inner side of the bar and provided with an outward-extending guard, which extends through the loop of the buckle and is provided with a slot for the reception of the tongue of the buckle" (lines 64-70).
Date: July 9, 1889
Creator: McKenzie, Joseph Hyder
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for "a cultivator of simple and durable construction, capable of being adjusted laterally to any width and vertically to any desired height" (lines 9-12).
Date: July 9, 1889
Creator: Benthall, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History