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Animal-Poke.
Patent for animal-poke that prevents them from jumping or forcing their way through fences. It consists of a yoke with its ends pointing upward, a brow band, rods that connect the brow band and the ends of the yoke, and bulges at the ends of the rods.
Date:
October 10, 1893
Creator:
McWilliams, Anderson W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mouse-Guard Attachment for Piano-Pedals
Patent for an attachment to prevent rodents from entering a piano by way of the pedal openings.
Date:
February 10, 1914
Creator:
Collier, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design consists "in a washing-machine, the combination, with the furnace, of the box, having the semicircularly-curved top, of the cylindrical cage and the flues in the box" (lines 87-90).
Date:
November 10, 1885
Creator:
Richardson, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Sharpening Tool
Patent for a saw-sharpening tool granted to Robert S. Munger. The tool may also be used for sharpening cotton gin blades.
Date:
October 10, 1882
Creator:
Munger, Robert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a flat shovel and a shank, of the bead on said shovel having a transverse slot therethrough, a slotted wedge inserted between said shovel and shank, and a bolt passing through said bead, wedge, and shank" (lines 95-100).
Date:
April 10, 1888
Creator:
East, Elias
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn Power.
Patent for a new and improved motorized butter churn. This design utilizes paralleled uprights, shafts, through-holes, screw-holes, a crank, pit-men, and a cross-head (lines 85-92). This combination and arrangement of parts allows rotary motion to be converted to reciprocal motion, which improves the churning process.
Date:
August 10, 1880
Creator:
Brace, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History