Resource Type

Churn-Cover. (open access)

Churn-Cover.

Patent for improving of the churn's mechanical process by means of the construction of churn covers which prevent the liquid from splashing out the churn.
Date: October 6, 1903
Creator: Poole, Robert J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn that has a frame supporting the churn and swinging motion mixes the cream. This invention successfully separates oily globules from the cream, thus making churning more effective and easy.
Date: October 10, 1893
Creator: Bailey, James Westey & McNorton, John Tomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Tuning Hammer. (open access)

Piano-Tuning Hammer.

Patent for "a combination tool adapted for turning, driving, extracting, and otherwise manipulating tuning-pegs and other parts of a piano-action, whereby one tool is capable of performing the functions of a series of ordinarily independent instruments." (Lines 10-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 30, 1894
Creator: Fuchs, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History