Couch (open access)

Couch

Patent for a couch. This design is meant to be mouse proof. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1903
Creator: Hardtmann, Julius R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chafing-Iron (open access)

Chafing-Iron

Patent for a chafing iron for passenger cars designed to prevent injury to passengers who place their hands in between the irons. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Labadie, Victor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measuring and Dispensing Device. (open access)

Measuring and Dispensing Device.

Patent for improvements to measuring and dispensing devices for powdered malted milk and other powdered substances.
Date: December 29, 1919
Creator: Shaw, Wilber S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan Blower (open access)

Fan Blower

Patent for a fan blower. The invention is designed to provide the maximum amount of air at the minimum amount of power. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1903
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current-Controler or Rheostat. (open access)

Current-Controler or Rheostat.

Patent for an electric-current control or rheostat to be used when a "close, accurate, and absolute graduation of the current is necessary" (lines 15-16), in places "where a very delicate graduation is necessary either in passing the plain galvanic current or where the current is used for producing anesthesia" (lines 19-21).
Date: December 29, 1896
Creator: Werner, Ernest Emil
System: The Portal to Texas History