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Apparatus for Operating Churns, &c.
Patent for an apparatus for operating churns, ice cream freezers, or the like, and is meant "to produce an apparatus in which there is simultaneously given to the vessel a revolving motion and a revolving or vibrating motion to the agitator working in the vessel" (lines 14-18).
Date:
April 16, 1895
Creator:
Crawford, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writing Machine.
Patent for a type-writing machine that allows the spacing mechanism to operate in conjunction with other parts so that the paper-carriage releases and return the paper automatically at the end of the line. The springs automatically release and return to action with each release.
Date:
April 16, 1895
Creator:
Butler, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose or Pipe Coupling.
Patent for a hose or pipe coupling meant to "provide a coupling of great simplicity of construction forming a tight and efficient connection by which the hose can be connected without turning it, without the screwing together of the sections and without a loose washer within one of the couplings which is readily lost and quickly gets out of order" (lines 12-19).
Date:
April 16, 1895
Creator:
Conley, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Roof.
Patent for a metallic roof that has "an improved means for securing the adjoining edges of the metallic strips together, whereby a tight water proof joint is produced and the metal strips securely attached to the sheathing of the roof" (lines 15-20).
Date:
April 16, 1895
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Rack.
Patent for a hay-rack meant to "provide an improved device for holding or clamping hay within reach of livestock, and which while not impairing the feeding of the stock will prevent them from pulling the hay down beneath their feet" (lines 14-19).
Date:
April 16, 1895
Creator:
Erskine, William James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Earth-Auger.
Patent for an earth-auger that is more effective than other augers and can be constructed to make different sized holes. It is operated by moving two blades back and forth.
Date:
April 16, 1895
Creator:
Smith, Wiston Allin
System:
The Portal to Texas History