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Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a new and improved churn. This design "ha[s] a curved bottom and rounded ends and consisting of the bottom, the sides, the partitions . . . similar to the sides and arranged adjacent to the latter" (lines 101-104). Said partitions "[form] water compartments, the transverse partition providing a communication between the water compartments and being formed by a plate bent longitudinally at an angle and having its apex extending across the body of the churn, and the dasher arranged above the partition and suitably secured in place" (lines 1-8).
Date: August 26, 1890
Creator: Day, William Howel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Butt Board for Grain Binders. (open access)

Butt Board for Grain Binders.

Patent for a new and improved butt board for grain binders. This design "relates to improvements in butt-boards for grain-binders to even the butts of the gavel of grain to be bound and to also adjust said gavel in regard to length so that short grain will be bound near the center as well as long grain . . . [i]t has reference more especially to the construction of the butt-board and operating parts, so as to even the butts of the grain and adjust the same to proper position to the binder at one single movement of the butt-board" (lines 12-27).
Date: April 26, 1892
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain Conveyer for Binders, &c. (open access)

Grain Conveyer for Binders, &c.

Patent for a new and improved grain-conveyer for binders. This design "relates to improvements in reciprocating grain-conveyers for binders and harvesters in which arms fold for the rearward movement of the conveyer and unfold for the forward movement to shift the grain on the platform to the inner inner end or off the inner end of the platform. The objects of the invention are, first, to provide the vertical side arms with extensions hinged to said vertical arms so that the upper ends of said side arms will fold grainward and so that they can be unfolded at the grainward end of the platform" (lines 12-24).
Date: July 26, 1892
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Casing (open access)

Well-Casing

Patent for a sectional well casing. Illustrations included.
Date: July 26, 1910
Creator: Hardy, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Lowering and Raising Well-Tubes (open access)

Tool for Lowering and Raising Well-Tubes

Patent for a tool used for lowing and raising well tubes. Illustrations included.
Date: July 26, 1910
Creator: Hardy, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for a hay-press that has a oscillating sweep-arm on the plunger so that the plunger's movements are minimized and the hay can be pressed faster.
Date: June 26, 1894
Creator: Walton, Robert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Stalk-Breaking Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Stalk-Breaking Machine.

Patent for a simple and economical stalk breaking machine "which shall admit of the team straddling the adjoining row, and the driving wheel to run in the furrow or stubble" (lines 11-13). The driver sits on one side so they do not get hit with debris. The frame and stalk breakers mechanism are mounted on the running gear of a mower or reaper, and is easily disconnected.
Date: June 26, 1894
Creator: Grimland, Yeren & Ringness, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History