Acetylene-Gas Lamp. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Lamp.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in acetylene gas lamps, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1900
Creator: Josserand, Peter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongs. (open access)

Tongs.

Patent for tongs with gripping jaws that are removable and have variable gripping surfaces on each vertical side of the jaws.
Date: December 11, 1900
Creator: Rice, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Smoke-Consumer and Artificial Draft (open access)

Smoke-Consumer and Artificial Draft

Patent for a smoke consumer used to maintain the heat of a furnace while absorbing the smoke. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Ford, Andrew H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for "simple and easily-operated mechanism for opening and closing a gate and for controlling the latch thereof by the same mechanism which opens and closes the gate" (lines 12-16).
Date: June 11, 1901
Creator: Seckler, Levi W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eccentric Cylinder Rotary Engine (open access)

Eccentric Cylinder Rotary Engine

Patent for eccentric cylinder rotary engine. Illustration included.
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Stanford, George W. & Smith, Louie F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abdominal Support (open access)

Abdominal Support

Patent for an abdominal support in pants which is held up by leggings.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Towns, Minnie C.
System: The Portal to Texas History