Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for an automatic churn, which churns up and down and rotationally. To operate, turn a crank and a gear inside the churn moves the blades.
Date: May 4, 1897
Creator: Rogers, James P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Extinguisher for Cotton-Gins. (open access)

Fire-Extinguisher for Cotton-Gins.

Patent for an improved, simple, and durable fire extinguisher that can be used quickly conveniently, and effectively to extinguish a fire in a cotton gin. The extinguisher is built into the gin. The gin has a hole in its top, a lint chute on one side, a valve that closes the hole, a valve that closes the lint chute, a connection between the valves, and a rope that connects the valves to a guide.
Date: May 30, 1893
Creator: Northcraft, Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Wrench. (open access)

Combination Wrench.

Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design consists in "[t]he bar having the nut-wrench and the hammer-head formed at one end, the pipe-wrench formed at the opposite end, and the slot made in one side, the spring located in the bottom of the slot or opening, and the blade pivoted in one end of the slot or opening and bearing on the free end of the spring, the said blade forming a screw-driver" (lines 52-59).
Date: May 4, 1886
Creator: Wright, Augustus Washington
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Sweep. (open access)

Cotton Sweep.

Patent for a new and improved cotton-sweep. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the frame, having the longitudinal beams and with the detachable shanks of the blades or points each composed of the outer long arm and the inner short arm, making the front angle of about forty-five degrees with each other, and having their lower front edges sharpened" (lines 83-90).
Date: May 8, 1888
Creator: Knight, Thaddeus Warsaw
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker's Wagon. (open access)

Cotton Picker's Wagon.

Patent for a new and improved wagon for cotton pickers. This design consists in "the combination of the frame, supporting wheels, cover, side-curtains, troughs, and partitions" (lines 53-55).
Date: May 1, 1883
Creator: Collins, Charles P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Horse-Power Mill. (open access)

Improvement In Horse-Power Mill.

This patent is for a new improvement with how a horse can be attached to a horse-power-mill to do the necessary work needed on a farm. As the horse moves around the machine moves with it.
Date: May 7, 1878
Creator: Pitts, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand Seed-Planter. (open access)

Hand Seed-Planter.

Patent for an improvement in hand-seed planters, designed especially for cotton-seed. The seeds are spit out the bottom through a series of springs, pins, and plungers.
Date: May 11, 1897
Creator: Merwin, Charles F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Bench Clamp And Dog. (open access)

Automatic Bench Clamp And Dog.

Patent for a new and useful automatic bench clamp and dog.
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Rogers, James P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for new bailing press that that improves "hay-presses of the full circle or continuous type for baling hay, straw, and the like." (lines 8-10) Illustrations included.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Leineweber, Francis & Welge, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive and efficient wrench device, which is "capable of extracting nails and of being used as a screw-driver without interchanging any of the parts or substituting one part for another" (line 14 - 17).
Date: May 3, 1898
Creator: Weiss, Martin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Tube Holder (open access)

Well-Tube Holder

Patent for a well tube holder for removing pipes from wells and holding them in place. Illustrations included.
Date: May 3, 1910
Creator: Preston, Lyman L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, May 2013 (open access)

CAPCOG Connections, May 2013

Monthly newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments discussing news , upcoming events, and other information of relevance for regional planningi n the Austin, Texas area.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Cable Clamp. (open access)

Drill-Cable Clamp.

Patent for Drill-Cable Clamp is for a device that clamps the rope to which the drill connects. The rope can be rotated, while connected to both the drill and the drilling machine securely.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Clayton, Robert Fentress
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Pump. (open access)

Air-Pump.

Patent for an air pump improvement that simpler and cheaper to produce. It also provides a description of "the combination and arragement of parts" (lines 14-15), including illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Runge, Friedrich Albert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door. (open access)

Door.

Patent for a door "that can be secured in either open or closed position either from the exterior or interior of the building on which the door is mounted" (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Niemann, Otto
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
News Drop, May 2023 (open access)

News Drop, May 2023

Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Aquifer Authority discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to programs, projects, and topics related to water management and conservation.
Date: May 2023
Creator: Edwards Aquifer Authority (Tex.). Communications and Development Department
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History