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Chicken-Roost. (open access)

Chicken-Roost.

Patent for a chicken roost, which has a receptacle for droppings that is easily cleaned.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Kaneaster, Henry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool. (open access)

Combination-Tool.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in a combination tool, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 14, 1898
Creator: McCarty, William N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Bedsteads. (open access)

Brace for Bedsteads.

Patent for a new and improved brace for bed frames. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the bedstead having bolts at the corners, the hooks at the centers of the end rails, and the hooks at the centers of the side rails, of the two wires on each side having their ends secured to the bolts, engaging the hooks and passing to the side of the bed and engaging the hooks, the rings strung on and embracing the adjoining wires between the hooks . . . so as to cause the wires to be brought together, and the cord or strap connecting the said rings so as to slide the rings upon the wires" (lines 20-31).
Date: February 14, 1888
Creator: Warfield, Dunbar Griffith
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm. (open access)

Burglar-Alarm.

Patent for a burglar-alarms by constructing “an alarm which would adapted and arranged to sound and to be operated at and by the raising of the window or opening of the door, and simultaneous with the sounding of the alarm to produce an illumination.” (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: Canterbury, Crawford R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steering Mechanism for Motor-Plows. (open access)

Steering Mechanism for Motor-Plows.

Patent for a steering mechanism for motorized plows.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Hill, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle For Attachment To Vehicles (open access)

Receptacle For Attachment To Vehicles

Patent for a receptacle for attachment to vehicles. Illustration included.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Wright, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History