Resource Type

Animal Trap (open access)

Animal Trap

Patent for a trap to catch small animals
Date: November 28, 1916
Creator: Baker, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridge-Truss. (open access)

Bridge-Truss.

Patent for an invention, which relates to a new and useful truss, particularly intended for bridges but applicable also for use in various other structures.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Beard, Eddie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Power. (open access)

Churn-Power.

Patent for improvements in churn-power by using a combination of “a vertical support [piece], an operating-lever pivoted thereto, a dasher-shaft, a horizontal bar connected to the said lever, and a cord secured at its ends to the said bar and wrapped between its ends around the dasher-shaft. All these parts combined to enable the churn to operate as described.” (Lines 55-61) Illustration is included.
Date: November 24, 1891
Creator: Reese, Roswell
System: The Portal to Texas History