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Fumigator.
Patent for a fumigator meant to exterminate prairie dogs, mice, rats, Texas red ants, and other pests. It burns fumes, and the container has a hose on the top that forces fumes into the pests' homes. There is an inlet pipe in the base of the container.
Date:
October 16, 1894
Creator:
Manahan, Thaddeus A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a simple and effective wire-stretcher that stretches wire and attaches it to the same post to which it is applied. It has a frame, a claw, a spool, a crank, a ratchet wheel, a pawl, and and a chain that secures the claw to the frame. The parts fit inside the body portion of the frame, and wire wraps around the spool.
Date:
September 11, 1894
Creator:
Myers, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Dairy.
Patent for a portable dairy that consists of a frame with legs, a pan at the top of the frame, a tube that goes from the bottom of the pan and through the middle of the frame, a perforated bottom for the dairy, a cloth that surrounds the dairy while still allowing for air circulation, and the cloth goes into the pan.
Date:
May 1, 1894
Creator:
McIlveen, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History