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Automatic Shutter for Poultry-Houses and the Like. (open access)

Automatic Shutter for Poultry-Houses and the Like.

Patent for automatic shutter for poultry houses, which closes with accumulation of rain water and opens upon rainwater drainage.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Hawkins, Fletcher M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Open Link. (open access)

Open Link.

Patent for a new and improved carabiner ("open link"). This design adds a lip to the hinge to enable easier intentional opening and to discourage unintentional opening from striking against a foreign body.
Date: December 14, 1880
Creator: Sanders, John Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History