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Design for a Sprayer Attachment for Washing-Machines. (open access)

Design for a Sprayer Attachment for Washing-Machines.

Design patent for a sprayer attachment for washing machines that includes a conical base-plate with a circular spout projection at its apex.
Date: November 16, 1897
Creator: Bessonette, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a new and useful cotton chopper. The invention "relates to cotton-choppers, and has for its object to provide a simple and efficient device of this class whereby grass, weeds, and the like may be removed from the spaces between stands of cotton, corn, and similar vegetation" (line 8 - 13).
Date: November 2, 1897
Creator: Taylor, William Harlow
System: The Portal to Texas History