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Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists "[i]n combination with the standard and bracket, the hinged arm having [a] bearing, oscillating driving-wheel, belt, belt-tightening wheels, dasher-wheel, and socket" (lines 94-98). It facilitates churning.
Date: December 1, 1885
Creator: White, Frank Lewis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a car-coupling that has a draw head with a link opening, a pin opening that goes across the link opening and has two side recesses, a sliding head in the link opening, a spring that holds the sliding head in place, two lever arms in the side recesses, a catch block that the lever arms move, and an apparatus for raising the coupling pin.
Date: January 1, 1895
Creator: Shwadlenak, August Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap (open access)

Trap

Patent for a trap. This design is for a live trap. Illustration included.
Date: September 1, 1908
Creator: Pierce, William Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a vertically adjustable machine that "reduces liability to clog" (line 18) and reduce clogging.
Date: June 1, 1914
Creator: Scott, Oscar F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire Adjuster. (open access)

Tire Adjuster.

Patent for a new and improved wheel adjuster. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the terminal tire-lugs having right and left screw-threaded sockets, of a right and left screw-stem, a turning block of substantially the same cross-section as the rim of the wheel, connected to the screw-stem so as to slide thereon but revolve rigidly together, and means . . . for locking the turning block to the terminal lugs" (lines 8-16).
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Surratt, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paint Compound. (open access)

Paint Compound.

Patent for "a fire and water-proof coating material adapted for application to wood and metallic roofing, boats, &c., to preserve the material from corrosion and render the same impervious to water." (Lines 9-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 1, 1895
Creator: Rook, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Pitching and Stacking Machine. (open access)

Hay Pitching and Stacking Machine.

Patent for improvement to hay pitching and stacking machines "to provide a device for pitching and stacking hay, the parts of which can be easily and quickly taken apart or adjusted, and which may be employed in making stacks of hay or straw" (lines 18-22).
Date: February 1, 1887
Creator: Donald, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reading-Stand. (open access)

Reading-Stand.

Patent for a simple, durable, and economic reading stand that has two desks, one of which is adjustable so that a person can read while sitting at any angle. The second desk is capable of holding heavy books. Both stands are vertically adjustable. The stand can be constructed to hold a lamp in addition to books.
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Anderson, Francis John & Irick, William Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Instrument. (open access)

Dental Instrument.

Patent for a dental-instrument holder which suitable handle allows to hold a clamping rod firmly while reaching out the difficult cavities and surfaces during the teeth cleaning.
Date: September 1, 1903
Creator: Harrell, Hardy B.
System: The Portal to Texas History