Kitchen-Cabinet. (open access)

Kitchen-Cabinet.

Patent for "a more complete and convenient kitchen cabinet... with an effective and desirable sink attachment, whereby dirty water may be easily disposed of." (Lines 9-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 28, 1895
Creator: Brooks, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stove. (open access)

Stove.

Patent for "a stove in which the heat may be shifted to various parts thereof to the exclusion of other parts," and "wherein the radiation of the heat from the bottom of the heat-passage is made to heat a secondary or supplemental oven, thereby making use of heat which is otherwise lost." (Lines 19-30) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 28, 1895
Creator: Brooks, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Planter. (open access)

Peanut-Planter.

Patent for a device that evenly and uniformly deposits peanut seeds during the planting operation whereby the required quantity of seed may be deposited in the soil. The device contains a supplemental container, separate from the main container, where the supplemental container can uniformly divide seeds for planting.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Norman, William A. & Norman, Mack D.
System: The Portal to Texas History