Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn with a construction which will prevent "access of objectionable matter to the churn-body" (lines 14-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 3, 1900
Creator: Hargrove, Kincheon W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Ice-Boxes. (open access)

Attachment for Ice-Boxes.

Patent for an attachment for ice-boxes which is "a vessel for the reception of ice and having a surrounding series of compartments for the reception of the matter to be refrigerated" (lines 11-14).
Date: April 3, 1900
Creator: Moyes, Aceph B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Canning Fruits or Vegetables. (open access)

Apparatus for Canning Fruits or Vegetables.

Patent for an improvement to canning fruits and vegetables.
Date: April 3, 1900
Creator: Compton, Anna & Jackson, A. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener. (open access)

Wire Tightener.

Patent for wire tightening improvement.
Date: April 3, 1900
Creator: Hansford, James, S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Tool. (open access)

Wire-Fence Tool.

Patent for a new wire fence tool for "applying binding members at the crossings of the strand and stay wires, and has for its object to simplify and improve the construction and increase the efficiency of devices of this character" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date: April 3, 1906
Creator: Harris, Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truss. (open access)

Truss.

Patent for a truss used to give relief to cases of ruptured hernias. Adjustable to be used by patients of varying sizes, and adaptable to treat both inguinal and umbilical ruptures. Includes illustrations.
Date: April 3, 1900
Creator: Johnson, Irven E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shear-Sharpener. (open access)

Shear-Sharpener.

Patent for an improved shear sharpener which has a "new and novel construction by which shears are quickly and properly sharpened, ... whereby a shear is held at the proper bevel while being moved over an oilstone or the like" (lines 12-16), including illustrations.
Date: April 3, 1906
Creator: Jeffrey, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Road-Working Machine. (open access)

Road-Working Machine.

Patent for a road working machine, which claims to simplify and improve the type of this machine that is designed to "operate upon banks at the sides of the road for the purpose of trimming such banks and moving the surplus dirt in the direction of the center of the road." (lines 11-14)
Date: April 3, 1906
Creator: McBride, William J. & Alford, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Salt Making Apparatus. (open access)

Salt Making Apparatus.

Patent for an apparatus to improve salt-making.
Date: April 3, 1900
Creator: Wilderspin, Anderson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Derrick (open access)

Derrick

Patent for a derrick. Illustration included.
Date: April 3, 1906
Creator: McClain, Thomas & McDaniel, Robert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for an acetylene gas generator, which claims to improve upon this device by simplifying the "means for feeding carbid to the water," (line 14) hence making it "more efficient and durable in use and less expensive to manufacture." (lines 19-21)
Date: April 3, 1906
Creator: Dulaney, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History