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Churn.
Patent for a mixing machine designed for churns, but can also be used in ice cream freezers. It works by producing a partial vacuum, forcing the liquid to go from the bottom to the top of the vessel. Blades force the liquid to go against "the centrifugal action" (line 21) and towards the center of the vessel.
Date:
April 27, 1897
Creator:
Norcross, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Wheel.
Patent for a wind-wheel "designed to secure a rapid descent of the pump-rod and thus enable the wheel to raise more water in a given time" (lines 8-10). Damaging the wheel proper with the forcefulness of rapidly descending water is avoided in this design.
Date:
April 27, 1897
Creator:
Pippin, John William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool.
Patent for "...a tool embodying certain novel features and details of construction, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, and claimed" (lines 7-10) with illustration and descriptions.
Date:
April 27, 1897
Creator:
Hutchins, John Pearce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mining Sulfur.
Patent for a method of mining sulfur and other things that have similar melting points that is less expensive and more efficient than previous methods. A machine sprays hot fluid at fissures where the mineral exists, melts it, and carries it away in the stream.
Date:
April 27, 1897
Creator:
Higgins, Pattillo & Carroll, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hog-Trough.
Patent for an improved and durable pig trough, one that stays clean and can be filled and eaten out of easily without wasting feed.
Date:
April 27, 1897
Creator:
Neill, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sack-Tie.
Patent for sack-ties that consist of a brace with a wire that folds in with the upper edges of the mouth of the sack and hold it into position, by hooking around the ends of the brace.
Date:
April 27, 1897
Creator:
Driffill, Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History