Churn-Top. (open access)

Churn-Top.

Patent for a churn top, which prevents the milk from splashing out of the churn while it is in use and keeps out bugs and dirt.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Lewis, Lola
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn. Illustration included.
Date: May 10, 1910
Creator: Hopkins, Samuel M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Buckle. (open access)

Back-Band Buckle.

Patent for an inexpensive and simple back-band buckle that doubles as a trace-carrier and locks the trace into place. It secures to the carriage and locks the trace into place with a snap-hook.
Date: February 20, 1894
Creator: Ware, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blind Stop. (open access)

Blind Stop.

Patent for a new and improved blind-stop. This design consists "of a corrugated flange or plate connected with the frame thereof, a spring-retaining strip, a corrugated bar arranged between the retaining strip and the corrugated flange, a socket formed upon the corrugated bar and adapted to receive the slat-bar, and a set-screw carried by the retaining strip" (lines 77-84).
Date: February 8, 1887
Creator: Gulick, Lizzie Talley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bag Holder and Filler. (open access)

Bag Holder and Filler.

Patent for a new and improved bag holder and filler. This design "consists of an expansible bag holding and filling funnel composed of a metallic strip having overlapping edges and provided with attached spring-wires, such funnel being capable of contraction to enter a bag, and of expanding therein for the purpose of holding and filling the bag" (lines 13-19).
Date: February 6, 1883
Creator: Adkisson, Duncan Rudolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter Attachment. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter Attachment.

Patent for a planter attachment. It allows quick attachment of a stalk cutter that would let a planter serve two purposes.
Date: February 7, 1922
Creator: Haynes, Jack M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fence. (open access)

Improvement in Fence.

Patent for a new fence design that "can be adapted to any desired length, width, or height" (lines 14-15). The patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: February 15, 1870
Creator: Kerr, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Casing Spear (open access)

Well-Casing Spear

Patent for a well casing spear. Illustrations included.
Date: February 28, 1911
Creator: Norris, Joseph B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track Switch (open access)

Track Switch

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Track-Switches" (lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: South, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Apparatus. (open access)

Hoisting Apparatus.

Patent for "an improved hoisting apparatus for use in loading and unloading freight from and upon a wharf, bluff, bank, or other elevated place." (Lines 8-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 14, 1891
Creator: Davis, Benjamin F. & Davis, Matilda L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Escapement for Torsion Pendulums. (open access)

Escapement for Torsion Pendulums.

Patent for a new and improved escapement for torsion pendulums. This design "consists in one or two weighted levers acting in conjunction with an escape-wheel and a spindle, which levers are used as a medium to carry force from the train of a clock to the pendulum" (lines 12-16).
Date: February 5, 1884
Creator: Stahlberg, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ship-Protector. (open access)

Ship-Protector.

Patent for an improved protection device which may be attached to the bow of a ship.
Date: February 10, 1914
Creator: Wood, Shirley Hay
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Tongs. (open access)

Pipe-Tongs.

Patent for pipe tongs used for rotary well boring machinery. The tongs are designed to be carried with and used by rotary machines.
Date: February 13, 1912
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Clock. (open access)

Electric Clock.

Patent for new and useful improvements in electrically operated clocks, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1900
Creator: Iversen, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detaching Device for Wheel-Hubs. (open access)

Detaching Device for Wheel-Hubs.

Patent for an attachment for a wheel-hub that allows for the hub to be quickly and easily removed or engaged. The invention does not require a nut wrench; "devices for screwing and unscrewing the axle nut are carried by the wheel-hub, and are always in proper position for immediate use whenever it is necessary to detach the nut" (lines 16-19).
Date: February 6, 1894
Creator: Butler, George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History