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Ventilating Attachment to Hearths.
Patent for a new and improved ventilating attachment for hearths. This design "consists in extending the ventilating box or casing . . . sufficiently below the floor of the room to the hearth to which it is applied to allow it to project into the room below" (lines 19-23).
Date:
June 27, 1882
Creator:
Howard, Joshua Eaffrom
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rein Holder.
Patent for a new and improved rein-holder. This design "has relation to that class of driving rein-holders in which a bracket is employed for attaching to the dash-board of the vehicle, and provided at one end with a standard, to which is pivoted a swinging jaw held down in position to hold the reins by means of a spring coiled around the pivot, the jaw having a convex corrugated face to more securely hold the reins" (lines 16-24).
Date:
April 27, 1886
Creator:
Winfrey, Edgar M. & Branham, Albert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Spout for Lamps.
Patent for a new and improved safety spout for lamps. This design is for an angled tube with a mouth to receive oil and a threaded end to screw onto an oil lamp. This allows for the lamp to be safely refilled while lit.
Date:
September 27, 1881
Creator:
Ingle, Ezra W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Shingle.
Patent for a new and improved metallic shingle. This design consists in "a roof made up of a series of metallic shingles bent and doubled at the ends . . . and the joint at the sides of the shingle, the doubled ends being bent at the sides to correspond with the joint at the sides of the shingle, whereby a double thickness is provided at the sides of the end joints and notching is obviated" (lines 11-18).
Date:
March 27, 1888
Creator:
Harry, Hugh Walker
System:
The Portal to Texas History