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T-Square.
Patent for a new and improved t-square. This design calls for a triangular prism of a tongue, which enables more scales to be available to the work-person. The head, with its brackets and rabbet, will fasten the tongue in place while the work-person uses it.
Date:
November 7, 1882
Creator:
Rowe, Joseph William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp Chimney Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved attachment for oil-lamp chimneys. This design is for a metal piece to be inserted into the top of the glass chimney, resting along the chimney's brim. The piece has an elbow that connects the inserted part to an angled and tapered part, which, when appropriately turned, prevents the wind from extinguishing the lamp's flame.
Date:
November 28, 1882
Creator:
Illingworth, James O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Arm Holder.
Patent for a new and improved pistol holster. This design "consists of a plate of malleable iron or other suitable metal, curved to conform to the waist of a person, having secured to it on the inside a spring adapted to push outward from the waist toward an auxiliary slotted countersunk plate, serving to hold the head of the screw attached to the fire-arm" (lines 19-25).
Date:
November 21, 1882
Creator:
Petmecky, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History