Churn-Cover. (open access)

Churn-Cover.

Patent for an improvement in churn covers "which will embody a closed dead-air space above the body of the churn, a guide-tube for the dasher-rod, and the special construction at the outer edge of the base of the cover by which to provide a channel to fit upon the upper edge of the churn-body" (lines 10-15).
Date: May 27, 1902
Creator: Van Hoozer, Thomas H. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for improvements on a churn design, in particular for churns with a vertical dasher that have reciprocating motion.
Date: October 27, 1891
Creator: Henderson, Henry Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Digger. (open access)

Post Hole Digger.

Patent for a new and improved post hole digger. This design has "the combination of the head, consisting of a ring having vertical dove-tailed recesses to receive the blades or cutters, and provided with converging arms uniting so as to form a shank" (lines 61-65). The result is "a convenient, serviceable, and inexpensive tool" (lines 12-13).
Date: March 27, 1883
Creator: Switzer, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coverer For Planters (open access)

Coverer For Planters

Patent for a coverer for planters. Illustrations included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Stapp, George & Robertson, Newton K.
System: The Portal to Texas History