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Potato-Curing Apparatus
Patent for an apparatus used to cure sweet potatoes and similar vegetables by circulating heated air through storage bins and removing moisture.
Date:
March 1, 1921
Creator:
Wells, James Barber
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plant-Supporting Device
Patent for a simple form of a plant supporting and sticking device for gardeners and agriculturalists, with illustration (lines 10-15).
Date:
March 2, 1915
Creator:
Allen, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan-Hanger.
Patent for a ceiling fan hanger that allows the fan to be moved higher or lower in the room as needed and stays firmly in place at each height setting.
Date:
March 12, 1907
Creator:
McBee, Marshall E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knife.
Patent for improvement in pruning-knives by creating a hollow slot in the handle of the knife and a pivoted blade; in which the blade can be pull out of the slot when in use and place it back to the slot when it is not in use. Illustration is included.
Date:
March 4, 1902
Creator:
Zwicker, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hand Support for Use in Writing.
Patent for a new and improved writing aid. This design "is an improved device to rest the hand and give ease and fluency thereto in writing; and it consists, essentially, in a support made of glass, rubber, or other similar suitable material, and having very smooth edges to travel without friction over the writing-paper, in combination with a hand-rest pivoted and capable of a certain degree of motion thereon, and having connected to it the handle of the pen" (lines 18-27).
Date:
March 16, 1886
Creator:
Wyche, John Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History