Andiron. (open access)

Andiron.

Patent for improvement of andirons, to accommodate fuel or sticks of wood and to burn either wood or coal fuel. Includes illustrations.
Date: December 1, 1891
Creator: Kimbro, Jeremiah H. & Kimbro, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design is "to provide a plow adapted for steady and easy running, capable of combining therewith various styles of shovels or shears, and so constructing said plow as to be readily adjusted to form furrows of varying depths" (lines 9-14). This design consists, "with the beam and the loosely-depending standard provided at its lower end with a shovel, of the angular brace pivoted at its angle to the standard, adjustably connected at its upper end or branch to the beam, and having its lower end adapted to travel along the furrow in rear of the shovel" (lines 7-14).
Date: December 9, 1890
Creator: Peterson, Hans
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool. (open access)

Combination-Tool.

Patent for a new and useful combination tool, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 12, 1899
Creator: Prinzing, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pounder (open access)

Clothes Pounder

Patent for a new and useful improvements in clothes pounders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 7, 1897
Creator: Schofield, Frank B. & Schofield, Joseph L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for a new and improved acetylene gas generator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 26, 1899
Creator: Walters, Loren B.; Davis, Will H. & Hawkins, Augustus L.
System: The Portal to Texas History