Improvement in Motors for Operating Churns. (open access)

Improvement in Motors for Operating Churns.

Patent for "a simple and effective motive power for operating the dashers of churns; and it consists of a suitable frame-work provided with a fly-wheel, operated by a pitman attached to a bar projecting from brackets on the side of an ordinary rocking-chair, said fly-wheel being provided with cogs upon one side, which mesh into the cogs on a smaller wheel, which caries a crank for operating the dasher of the churn, a suitable belt being arranged upon the rim of the fly-wheel and around a small pulley for setting in motion a rotary fan." (Lines 13-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 15, 1878
Creator: Crump, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saw-Set. (open access)

Improvement in Saw-Set.

Patent for an invention "which can be used for setting the teeth of all kinds of saws by hand, and without requiring and intricate machinery" (lines 15-18). The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: February 15, 1870
Creator: Harris, H. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History