Improvement in Motors for Operating Churns. (open access)

Improvement in Motors for Operating Churns.

Patent for "a simple and effective motive power for operating the dashers of churns; and it consists of a suitable frame-work provided with a fly-wheel, operated by a pitman attached to a bar projecting from brackets on the side of an ordinary rocking-chair, said fly-wheel being provided with cogs upon one side, which mesh into the cogs on a smaller wheel, which caries a crank for operating the dasher of the churn, a suitable belt being arranged upon the rim of the fly-wheel and around a small pulley for setting in motion a rotary fan." (Lines 13-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 15, 1878
Creator: Crump, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Press. (open access)

Press.

Patent for a new and improved press. This design consists in "the combination of the manipulating-levers, the followers, and the toggle-arms, of which arms the outer ends of two are connected to the outer ends of the levers, while their inner ends are connected to the sides of the follower near its inner end, and the outer ends of the others are connected to the levers" (lines 96-102). The inner ends of these other toggle-arms have "their inner ends . . . connected to the sides of the other follower near its inner end" (lines 1-3).
Date: January 10, 1888
Creator: Gordon, Lorenzo Dow
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grass-Destroyer (open access)

Grass-Destroyer

Patent for a grass destroyer designed to remove unwanted vegetation. Illustrations included.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Nelson, George Abner
System: The Portal to Texas History