Combined Shears And Knife (open access)

Combined Shears And Knife

Patent for a knife attached to shears.
Date: June 26, 1900
Creator: Fulks, Fredrick F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mantel (open access)

Mantel

Patent for an invention that can be applied to a mantel, consisting "essentially, of a flexible screen, guard, or shield adapted to wind upon a roller, the latter being housed in the space formed between the shelf off the mantel and the headboard" (lines 22-25). It is intended to prevent fire from getting into the from from the fire, control heat radiation, and provide a closure for the fireplace when it is not in use.
Date: September 30, 1899
Creator: Cox, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mantel. (open access)

Mantel.

Patent for fireplace guards that connect to mantels, which can be folded out of sight, or rolled out to prevent sparks or closing off the fireplace when not in use.
Date: March 7, 1899
Creator: Cox, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace - Fastener (open access)

Trace - Fastener

Patent for improved spring activated trace fastener.
Date: June 26, 1900
Creator: Woods, Washington Green Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame Attachment (open access)

Hame Attachment

Patent for improved Hame Attachment with "snap hame-hook" (line 11) "preventing accidental displacement." (line 13-14)
Date: June 26, 1900
Creator: Dobbs, William, Jackson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Incandescent Hydrocarbon-Lamp. (open access)

Incandescent Hydrocarbon-Lamp.

Patent for "a new and useful incandescent hydrocarbon-lamp employing an easily-evaporated oil for fuel which transformed into gas before burning." (lines 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 26, 1900
Creator: Yorty, Henry Harrison & Purdy, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History