Churn-Operating Mechanism. (open access)

Churn-Operating Mechanism.

Patent for a churn operating mechanism, which can be attached to a wall.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Wiley, Alvin Herbert; Lathem, Diah Walter & Lathem, Mariand Wiendfield
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lumber-Drier (open access)

Lumber-Drier

Patent for "means adapted to superheat steam and supply it to a drying-chamber, substantially" (lines 28-30).
Date: February 4, 1890
Creator: Hooton, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for improved plow-stock applying multiple plow-irons to the same plow-frame.
Date: February 11, 1873
Creator: Love, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Trap (open access)

Fish-Trap

Patent for a fish trap. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Allday, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal Valve for Boilers. (open access)

Signal Valve for Boilers.

Patent for a new and improved signal valve for boilers. This design "consists in the combination, with a check-valve, of the ordinary construction, which is adapted to operate in connection with an inspirator, injector, or jet-pump, such as are commonly employed for feeding steam-boilers, of a signal-valve which is located above the check-valve, and which signal-valve, when the check-valve ceases to operate, is caused to open by the backward pressure of the steam from the boiler, permitting the escape of said steam, and thereby indicating that the feeder is not operating" (lines 14-26).
Date: February 24, 1885
Creator: McLane, Reed Atchinson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pot-Rack. (open access)

Pot-Rack.

Patent for a pot-rack which can hold a scalding-crate, cooking-pan, or canning-machine in a boiler at any depth of one's choice, including illustrations. The pot-rack is simple in design, durable, and inexpensively manufactured.
Date: February 13, 1906
Creator: Cloninger, Ellie B.
System: The Portal to Texas History