Resource Type

States

Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for improvements in nut-locks, "wherein a ratchet and pawl is employed to prevent retrograde movement of the nut after it has once been turned up into the desired position." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 23, 1891
Creator: Magee, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plank Fence (open access)

Plank Fence

Patent for "invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences" (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1892
Creator: Jobe, Warren, Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cake-Baking Pan. (open access)

Cake-Baking Pan.

Patent for a device "which will afford the means to bake form-cakes of different varieties in a perfect manner in the oven," (lines 9-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 11, 1891
Creator: McDaniel, Mary E.
System: The Portal to Texas History