Resource Type

Refrigerating Apparatus. (open access)

Refrigerating Apparatus.

Patent for a refrigerator that cools things "with the minimum expense for refrigerants; also, for affording ready access to the refrigerated substances" (lines 19-21). The cabinet has an outer layer, an inner layer, and a cooling layer. Ice is used to achieve lower temperatures.
Date: January 19, 1897
Creator: Cooley, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Easel (open access)

Easel

Patent for an easel that has a sliding picture-rest, which is has a "clutch mechanism for holding the sliding rest at any desired elevation" (lines 11-14). It also has a "auxiliary folding rest for holding a model or study while the artist is engaged at work" (lines 20-22), which can be folded up when finished.
Date: January 12, 1897
Creator: Cooper, Harry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eyelet-Hole Attachment for Sewing-Machines. (open access)

Eyelet-Hole Attachment for Sewing-Machines.

Patent for "a simple and perfect eyelet apparatus which can be attached to any sewing-machine" (lines 14-15).
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Reutermann, Heinrich Theodore
System: The Portal to Texas History