Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for an automatic butter churn with illustrations.
Date: January 28, 1902
Creator: Fitzhugh, James, S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher. (open access)

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for new and useful improvements in wire-stretchers. The "invention has relation to improvements in wire-stretchers, and especially to that class of wire-stretchers employed in wire-fence building or repairing" line 10).
Date: January 28, 1902
Creator: Dunlap, Sam H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Machine. (open access)

Ironing Machine.

Patent for a new and useful ironing-machine. "Invention is to improve the construction of ironing-machines and to provide a simple, efficient, and comparatively inexpensive one, designed for use both in laundries and elsewhere and capable of advantageously operating on all kinds of garment" (line 10-15).
Date: January 28, 1902
Creator: Dunn, William H. & McCurdy, Delo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Hook (open access)

Switch-Hook

Patent for a switch lock which prevents "splitting" (line 13). Illustrations included.
Date: January 28, 1908
Creator: Tullock, John Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Windmills (open access)

Gearing for Windmills

Patent for gearing used in the operation of windmills. This invention improves the rotary motion of the wheel shaft that operates the pump. "A further object of the invention is to provide a wheel supporting frame in which is mounted for vertical movement the pump actuating rod" (13-16). Illustration included.
Date: January 28, 1908
Creator: Brown, Herbert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow. (open access)

Harrow.

Patent for a riding harrow, which can have its teeth lifted up and out of operation.
Date: January 28, 1908
Creator: Hosford, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flavoring Compound (open access)

Flavoring Compound

Patent for an improved flavoring compound "especially adapted for flavoring meats and food products, soups, stews, etc., and consists in combining Mexican pepper, spices of cuminum and origanum, salt, garlic, tallow or suet." (Lines 10-14)
Date: January 28, 1908
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator (open access)

Refrigerator

Patent for a refrigerator. Illustrations included.
Date: January 28, 1908
Creator: Frank, Gustav
System: The Portal to Texas History