Fruit-Cutter and Juice-Extractor. (open access)

Fruit-Cutter and Juice-Extractor.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements Fruit-Cutters and Juice-Extractors" (Lines 6-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 19, 1913
Creator: Cooper, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Fire Screen and Fender. (open access)

Combined Fire Screen and Fender.

Patent for a combined fire screen and fender. This design "works in the mantle-piece by means of weights, and is secured in position by by means of a spring-latch that catches in notches in the jamb. This screen thus arranged can be made to answer for three purposes: By letting it down nearly to the hearth it acts as a blower; by letting it entirely down accidents from fire are prevented, and when let down in the summer time it makes a handsome summer screen" (lines 21-30).
Date: July 19, 1881
Creator: Matthews, James Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Van Zandt County Water Pipeline Route, Van Zandt County, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Van Zandt County Water Pipeline Route, Van Zandt County, Texas

Archaeological survey of proposed pipeline northeast of Grand Saline in Van Zandt County, Texas.
Date: September 19, 2007
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Hand-Stamp. (open access)

Rotary Hand-Stamp.

Patent for a rotary hand stamp that has an interchangeable printing surface that is simple, convenient, and is especially created for rapid operation.
Date: March 19, 1912
Creator: Walshe, Denny Edmund
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for a cultivator. This invention is an attachment used to connecting with other machines to cultivate the ground. Illustration included.
Date: March 19, 1907
Creator: Wheeler, Claud H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History