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Combination-Tool.
Patent for a combination tool "specifically adapted for use as a pan or plate lifter or a stove-lid lifter and which may also be used for holding dishes while being washed" (lines 4-7), including illustrations.
Date:
May 18, 1897
Creator:
Swenson, Charles E. & Swenson, Olive C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-press.
Patent for a baling press intended to work with hay, cotton and similar material, and form bales of many different sizes.
Date:
June 18, 1897
Creator:
Murphy, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap.
Patent for a "trap designed to be placed around an ant-hill and adapted to capture ants leaving or returning to the ant-hill." (Lines 11-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 18, 1897
Creator:
Bond, William Beebe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrist-Guide and Foot-Guard for Pianos.
Patent for “…a piano attachment consisting of an adjustable wrist-pin and foot-guard adapted to serve as a means for securing the proper position of the wrist and forearm in practice and also adapted to protect the front panel of the instrument and serve, with children, as a foot-rest. Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims” (lines 8-19).
Date:
May 18, 1897
Creator:
Norcross, Levi Watson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-blind and awning
Patent for a pair of swinging window blinds.
Date:
June 18, 1897
Creator:
Gluck, Solomon & Keach, George D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Substitute.
Patent for an oil paint substitute consisting of furniture glue, water, soda ash, and salicylic acid, rosin, and pigment. Includes instructions for three different formulas.
Date:
May 18, 1897
Creator:
Reynolds, Walter James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Freezer.
Patent for improvements to freezers for freezing liquids and confections, with illustrations.
Date:
May 18, 1897
Creator:
Jordan, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Faucet.
Patent for an improvement on a previous faucet, patent no. 539,633. This faucet is "a valve-seat consisting of a cylinder having an internal shoulder, a tubular valve operating within said cylinder and below said shoulder, a packing-ring carried by said valve and engaging said shoulder, a piston-road attached to said valve for operating the same, and a drop-valve in the lower end of said tubular valve, substantially as specified" (lines 60-69)
Date:
January 18, 1897
Creator:
Murphy, George S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History