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Lock Stitch Ripper.
Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "relates to an improved combination tool or implement designed to be used in connection with sewing-machines, and combining in a convenient form several instruments which operators on sewing-machines should always have ready at hand" (lines 9-14).
Date:
April 8, 1884
Creator:
Wheeler, Elijah Harvey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lantern.
Patent for a lantern that has an "exceedingly cheap construction, that is designed for use in high winds, as well as for domestic use, and which may be employed in connection with the ordinary oil and wick or candle" (lines 10-14).
Date:
January 8, 1895
Creator:
Seys, Cornelius D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gage for Bias-Cutters.
Patent for a gauge for bias-cutters that produces "a pair of shears or scissors and provide the same with such additions as will adapt them to accurately cut to a predetermined width bias strips of any fabric" (lines 10-14).
Date:
May 8, 1894
Creator:
Steen, Nevada
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scale Alarm
Patent for an improved scale alarm that automatically alerts the user to scales that are not balanced and is unaffected by temperature changes, including illustrations.
Date:
April 8, 1913
Creator:
Rice, William Jasper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Soap Dish
Patent for "improvements in sanitary soap dishes, and the object of my invention is to construct a novel means wherein soap may be kept dry after using." (lines 11-14) including instruction and illustration.
Date:
August 8, 1916
Creator:
Tijou, Lincoln
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerocompass.
Patent for an aerocompass, which improves upon a compass combined with inclinometers or map-boards. It is intended for use on submarines, airplanes, or in an area when it would be difficult to use a regular compass.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Fischer, Fred Charlie.
System:
The Portal to Texas History