Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for churns with accompanying illustration and description of machine.
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: McCausland, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Scraper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Scraper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and scraper. This design consists "[i]n a four-wheeled machine for scraping and chopping cotton, the combination of the two scrapers having their standards connected by a cross-bar at the top to form a foot-rest, and pivoted intermediately to the frame, with the rear rotary choppers connected adjustably with the same shaft, and arranged at an oblique angle thereto" (lines 86-93).
Date: July 10, 1883
Creator: Russell, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Pole. (open access)

Vehicle-Pole.

Patent for a simple vehicle-pole that has an improved fastening. It consists of a table with a socket, a pole in the socket, arms connected to the table, singletrees attached to the extending ends of the arms, and a running gear.
Date: July 11, 1893
Creator: Rohn, Frank G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Force-Pumps. (open access)

Improvement in Force-Pumps.

Patent relating to "that class of force-pumps which are to be submerged and are double-acting" (lines 17-19). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: July 8, 1879
Creator: Finney, James J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Underscoring Attachment for Type-Writers. (open access)

Underscoring Attachment for Type-Writers.

Patent for an improvement on an underscoring attachment for type writers that allows the user to use the functions of underscoring, correcting, and cancelling characters as they type, allowing some functions to occur simultaneously, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 17, 1917
Creator: Aiton, Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poultry Drinking-Fountain. (open access)

Poultry Drinking-Fountain.

Patent for a poultry drinking fountain, which run water from a water tank to the the water trough and cuts off automatically when the trough is full.
Date: July 20, 1909
Creator: Anderson, Heartwell B.
System: The Portal to Texas History