Resource Type

Broom Rack (open access)

Broom Rack

Patent for a Broom-Rack
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Horn, Jacob S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for an improvement wire-stretcher using a sliding, adjustable plate (non-rotating) that provides unique means for attaching, stretching, and adjusting the wire.
Date: April 2, 1918
Creator: Moore, Charles M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Preparing Carrot Flakes. (open access)

Method of Preparing Carrot Flakes.

Patent for a process of preserving carrots by reducing them to dried flakes so they "retain their flavor and color when subsequently cooked and served."
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Horn, Mary C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Expansion-Plug. (open access)

Expansion-Plug.

Patent for "an expansion plug wherein a traveling nut cooperates with a screw to expand or contract a sectional plug" (lines 8-11) with illustration.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Barlow, Walter S.
System: The Portal to Texas History