Horse Detacher (open access)

Horse Detacher

Patent for horse detacher. Illustration included.
Date: September 27, 1904
Creator: Chivers, Algernon Sidney
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Hanger (open access)

Door Hanger

Patent for a door hanger for a sliding door, more specifically a car door.
Date: June 17, 1913
Creator: Mock, Michael
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Clearing Waste-Pipes. (open access)

Device for Clearing Waste-Pipes.

Patent for a device for clearing clogged waste pipes, which attaches to an air pump.
Date: July 19, 1910
Creator: Somerville, Robert A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Capturing and Destroying Insects. (open access)

Device for Capturing and Destroying Insects.

Patent for "a new and original method of destroying the Mexican cotton-boll weevil (Anthonomus gradis boh) and other insects that damage cotton while growing &c., &c. (lines 5-8) including illustrations.
Date: June 8, 1897
Creator: Strouhal, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History