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Churn.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive churn that works efficiently and does not take up much space. It consists of a solid upper portion, a lower portion, a horizontal bar that connects the two, a bracing frame, a shaft, bearings, a band wheel attached to the shaft, an adjustable drive wheel, a crank wheel, and a dasher.

Date: March 21, 1893

Creator: Gibson, Wyatt

Improvements in Compounds for Destroying Trees, Roots, &c.

Patent for a new and useful improvements to compouds used in the destroying of trees. Lists ingredients and dosages.

Date: October 21, 1879

Creator: Buchanan, William T.

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for an improvement in the design of corn and cotton cultivators, including illustrations.

Date: January 21, 1873

Creator: Sims, Zachariah B.

Spark Arrester for Smoke Stacks.

Patent for a new and improved spark arrester. This design consists "a direct flue or smoke-stack . . . [which] projects and deflects the sparks or cinders through perforations in a vertical wall of a stack into a dead-air space that surrounds the draft-flue, there causing these sparks . . . to impinge against vertical ribs that subdivide the annular air-space that intervenes between an inner and outer cylindrical wall of the stack, gravity of the accumulating mass of cinders causing their disch… more

Date: June 21, 1887

Creator: Wilson, Martin M.

Specific-Gravity Scale

Patent for a type of weighing-scale, "designed for determining the specific gravity of any body, be it solid, liquid, or a gas" (lines 14-15) including illustration.

Date: January 21, 1902

Creator: Bogue, Robert Jackson

Hoof-Trimming Device.

Patent for a hoof trimming device that cuts cleanly and accurately and can be adjusted for differing depths of cuts.

Date: May 21, 1907

Creator: Huckelby, Berry

Dish-Drainer

Patent for dish-drainer.

Date: April 21, 1903

Creator: Cleek, Florence

Fluid-Dispensing Apparatus.

Patent for improvements to a fluid-dispensing apparatus for fluids such as oil. Safety features relieve air pressure through a valve and a pressure tank.

Date: July 21, 1914

Creator: Catron, John James

Device for Sheltering Animals.

Patent for a new and improved animal shelter. This design "relates to a device which may be adapted for use as a hen's nest, a dog-kennel, a stable for domestic animals, or for analogous purposes. The principle of construction prevalent in all these different adaptations for use of the device consists of certain improved means for automatically closing the door as the animal steps into a vertically-swinging compartment, and for automatically opening the door as the animal leaves said swinging c… more

Date: December 21, 1880

Creator: Austin, John Overton