Beer Tapping Apparatus. (open access)

Beer Tapping Apparatus.

Patent for a new and improved beer tap. This design calls for the air pipe to go within the beer tapping pipe and for a pump to supply the air pipe with air. This eliminates the need of a rubber nipple to connect the air pipe, easily cleans the pipe coil, and allows for the tapping of the keg from without the icebox.
Date: February 2, 1897
Creator: Haenig, Emil
System: The Portal to Texas History
Construction of Privy-Vaults and Apparatus for Use Therewith. (open access)

Construction of Privy-Vaults and Apparatus for Use Therewith.

Patent for "a new and useful Improvements in the Construction of Privy-Vaults and Apparatus for Use Therewith"(lines 4-6)" to insure cleanliness in around privy-vaults and to prevent accumulations therein, especially in localities where water is not easily available"(lines 9-12), instructions and illustrations included.
Date: February 2, 1886
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a new ratchet-wrench with "improved construction and combination of parts" (lines 26-27), including illustrations.
Date: February 2, 1886
Creator: Rettberg, Ernest Frederick & Ellis, Charles Carroll
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garbage-Burner. (open access)

Garbage-Burner.

Patent for a garbage incinerator, which has a rotating grate to speed up the evaporation of moisture from the garbage and produce quicker burning.
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Burwell, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Photographic Copying Apparatus (open access)

Photographic Copying Apparatus

Patent for a simple and effective photographic-copying apparatus capable of making copies of small objects of different sizes. The machine is for general commercial use "that may be successfully operated by persons not particularly skilled in the photographic art" (lines 23-25) including illustrations.
Date: February 2, 1915
Creator: Gregory, Oscar T. & Carkhuff, Norman W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Handpiece (open access)

Dental Handpiece

Patent for a dental hand piece for dental tools so that they may be held or rotated at an angle relative to the hand piece. Illustrations included.
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Mayes, Robert Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History