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Churn.
Patent for a churn that employs a reciprocating dasher in order to improve all parts of the churn and its operating mechanism.
Date:
October 11, 1911
Creator:
Edwards, Henry L. & Perkins, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Tongue Support
Patent for improvements to wagon tongue supports. "Spring supporting device which can be quickly and easily moved into position to support the tongue or move out of position to permit the tongue to be lowered to the ground." (15-19)
Date:
January 11, 1916
Creator:
Cole, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Joint
Patent for a railway joint. This invention consists "of a rail joint which is provided with a novel locking means whereby the fish plates will be held in engagement with the meeting ends of a pair of rails preventing any undesired disconnection of the latter" (lines 12-16). Illustrations included.
Date:
February 11, 1913
Creator:
Cole, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Teaching Penmanship.
Patent for a device for teaching penmanship, which can be adjusted to fit different hand sizes.
Date:
October 11, 1910
Creator:
Smith, Sidney R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator
Patent for acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
Date:
December 11, 1906
Creator:
Hays, Parx Orr
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Twisting Wire Cables of Suspension Bridges.
Patent for a new and improved cable twister. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the casting having grooves and openings therein, of the semicircular disks . . . having grooves therein and openings extending through the same, the bolt for binding the several parts together, and the arms extending out from the disks" (lines 1-7).
Date:
June 11, 1889
Creator:
Runyon, Edwin Elijah
System:
The Portal to Texas History