Harrow (open access)

Harrow

Patent for harrows to provide utilizing spring teeth that can either be used for gathering vegetation or loosening soil.
Date: April 29, 1913
Creator: Tucker, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Penholder (open access)

Penholder

Patent for a penholder. Illustration included.
Date: April 25, 1905
Creator: Matthews, Lina
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke (open access)

Animal-Poke

Patent for an animal-poke.
Date: April 14, 1903
Creator: Morris, Rolin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hearth Guard or Shield. (open access)

Hearth Guard or Shield.

Patent for a new and improved fireplace cover. This design consists in a "hearth guard or shield, the same consisting of a rectangular plate of sheet metal cut out to form the inside openings of different size, and bent at right angles at the point where the smaller opening in the vertical or upright part opens into the larger opening in the horizontal part, thereby forming projections or inside shoulders having notches adapted to be bent to fit the sides of the grate" (lines 64-73).
Date: April 7, 1885
Creator: Sanders, William Jefferson
System: The Portal to Texas History