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Churn.

Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "the staff-head having the slot . . . and opposite inside grooves, in combination with a dasher-stem head conforming to the recesses in the head and carrying a spring in an upper cavity thereof, a plunger having its toe resting upon said spring, and operative mechanism" (lines 77-83).

Date: June 28, 1887

Creator: Catchings, Thomas Jefferson

Item Type: Patent

Andiron

Patent for improvements to andiron or "fire-dogs".

Date: July 5, 1887

Creator: Steele, Oliver

Item Type: Patent

Corn Planting Attachment for Plows.

Patent for a new and improved corn-planting attachment for plows. This design "consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of such an attachment, which may be secured to the rear end of the beam of a common breaking-plow, having a wheel running in the furrow operating the dropping mechanism" (lines 22-28).

Date: October 18, 1887

Creator: Aten, Frank L.

Item Type: Patent

Corn Planting Attachment.

Patent for a new and improved attachment for planters. This design consists in "the combination of a standard having a seed box at its upper end provided with a longitudinal groove in the upper side of the bottom, and with slots in the end walls registering with the groove and having an arm projecting laterally from the lower end, a wheel journaled upon the said arm, a seed-slide in the groove, a bell-crank fulcrumed upon a rearwardly-projecting bracket of the box, a connecting-rod pivoted to t… more

Date: March 20, 1888

Creator: Aten, Frank L.

Item Type: Patent

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "is to provide means for raising the catch to release it from either side or from the top of the car, and holding it in such raised position" (lines 8-12). It consists, "with the draw-head and the catch pivoted therein and having tip extended vertically through the front end thereof, of eyes in said draw-head, a wire frame journaled in said eyes and having forwardly extending arms above and beneath the body of said catch, and… more

Date: October 21, 1890

Creator: Whatley, Richard I.

Item Type: Patent

Device for Cooling Milk and Butter.

Patent for improvements in devices for cooling milk and butter by using textile materials to cover the buckets or pails that contain milk or butter or other food articles, then saturated these textile covered buckets or pails with water; thus reducing the temperature of the articles contained in the buckets or pails, owing to evaporation. Illustration is included.

Date: April 21, 1891

Creator: Hall, Charles T.

Item Type: Patent

Car-Coupling.

Patent for improvement in car-coupler particularly to that known as “swing-pin.” This is how it works “a pin comprises a pin proper whose upper end is connected by a chain with the front end of the arm on a horizontal rod. The body of this pin passes through a catch, from which it may be removed.” (Lines 40-45) “The catch has a transverse pin and a rounded upper edge, terminating in a shoulder at its front end and a tongue at its rear end.” (Lines 46-49) Illustration is included.

Date: September 15, 1891

Creator: Harrington, Charles

Item Type: Patent

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for improvements in cotton-choppers by "providing a frame in which is journaled the shaft carrying the cutting-wheel, which derives its motion through connection with the traction-wheels, the said shaft being arranged at an angle to the line of travel of the machine and connected by knuckle or swivel joint with a shaft comprising a part of the driving mechanism.” (Lines 19-26) Illustration is included.

Date: October 27, 1891

Creator: Poole, Luther M.

Item Type: Patent

Cotton Picker.

Patent for machine for picking cotton that is simple in construction and comparatively inexpensive.

Date: November 10, 1891

Creator: Hyde, Thomas Burke

Item Type: Patent

Andiron.

Patent for improvement of andirons, to accommodate fuel or sticks of wood and to burn either wood or coal fuel. Includes illustrations.

Date: December 1, 1891

Creator: Kimbro, Jeremiah H. & Kimbro, John A.

Item Type: Patent

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be cheap and simple in its construction and thoroughly effective in its operation. The invention consists in the improved construction and combinations of parts" (lines 10-15).

Date: May 13, 1884

Creator: Smoot, John Devers

Item Type: Patent

Car-Replacer.

Patent for a repairable, sectional car replacer, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: March 15, 1892

Creator: Scott, Nelson S.

Item Type: Patent

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a new and improved Cotton Chopper, which explains what it is used for and what the new improvements are.

Date: October 19, 1897

Creator: Hyland, Robert R.

Item Type: Patent

Baling-Press.

Patent for a baling-press that means "to provide a simple and efficient power for operating the plunger so constructed as to allow independent return movement of the plunger to avoid loss of time in the operation of the device" (lines 9-13).

Date: June 2, 1896

Creator: Davis, John R.

Item Type: Patent

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3524, Chapter 1328

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 19; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

Date: June 18, 2005