Pliers. (open access)

Pliers.

Patent for pliers that has one jaw fitted with ribs and the other with grooves. This allows the pliers to clamp onto and kink a wire in an improved way.
Date: December 19, 1893
Creator: Neuhaus, Frank C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poison-Distributor (open access)

Poison-Distributor

Patent for a device which destroys cotton worms "in which the cylinders [holding the poison] are adapted to be both vertically and laterally adjustable with respect to the height of the cotton and width of the rows" (lines 18-21).
Date: August 19, 1890
Creator: Pressly, Thompson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter. (open access)

Carbureter.

Patent for a carburetor that automatically regulates oil based on how much air enters the carburetor.
Date: October 19, 1915
Creator: Cerny, Alois
System: The Portal to Texas History