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Apparatus for Destroying Weevils.
Patent for an apparatus for destroying weevils and moths, infesting corn, peas, hay, sweet potatoes, beans, and the like, when stored. The apparatus consists of a container with an improved means of distributing heat to the contents in which the weevils and moths are found.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Kasmeier, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap.
Patent for a trap for bedbugs made of pine wood with many nooks and crannies and springs attached to either side of the wooden block. It can be put on the bed frame and bedbugs hide in its dark recesses during the day, and then the trap can either be hit to close the springs and crush the bugs or put into hot water to drown them.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Mattingly, Benjamin Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History