Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a new churn, an improvement on the device shown in prior Patent Number 944,129 granted December 21, 1909.
Date: October 20, 1914
Creator: Floyd, Ellis E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Line. (open access)

Clothes-Line.

Patent for Clothes-Line that is to supply an endless amount of clothesline in order to facilitate easy placement and/or removal of clothing from the line.
Date: October 15, 1918
Creator: Anderson, Chester A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washboard. (open access)

Washboard.

Patent for a washboard, with improvements to the conventional washboard such as "having a scrubbing surface formed of transversely arranged, longitudinally twisted wires, which (...) have their ends cleated to the board which prevent displacement" (lines 15-19), including illustrations.
Date: October 24, 1916
Creator: Butler James. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoof Trimmer (open access)

Hoof Trimmer

Patent for a hoof trimmer. Illustrations included.
Date: October 18, 1910
Creator: Polk, Neal R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Fan. (open access)

Fly-Fan.

Patent for improvements in fly fans, is to use the fan in conjunction “with screen doors whereby during the opening and closing of the door the fan will be operated in a direction to direct a current of air outwardly and thereby act as a barrier against the ingress of flies” (lines 16-21). Illustration is included.
Date: October 7, 1913
Creator: Williams, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing-Rod Handle. (open access)

Fishing-Rod Handle.

Patent for a fishing rod handle that also functions as a pistol.
Date: October 7, 1919
Creator: Key, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing-Float (open access)

Fishing-Float

Patent for a new type of fishing float with "ferrules or caps" (line 18) on the ends to prevent water from getting into the float, causing it to decay, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Scott, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Sack Carriage (open access)

Cotton-Sack Carriage

Patent for a simply structured carriage that will provide support to cotton sacks varying in different lengths.
Date: October 6, 1914
Creator: Alexander, Eugene E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date: October 18, 1910
Creator: Paris, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History