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Ironing-Table.
Patent for an improved folding ironing-table that has "its top pivoted to the longer of two pairs of legs, the shorter pair designed to hold a cross bar which is adapted to support the table top about midway its length, when the table is opened and set up for use" (lines 18-22).
Date:
November 20, 1894
Creator:
Coleman, Robert Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Plow.
Patent for a wheel-plow that is meant for southern states. All the parts of this plow are adjustable in order to adapt to different sizes of bedding.
Date:
November 20, 1894
Creator:
Bunjes, Friederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal-Cutting Shears.
Patent for simple and effective metal-cutting shears that cuts hot or cold metals. The shears are mounted on a frame, and a hand-operated lever forces the upper shear down.
Date:
November 20, 1894
Creator:
Autrey, Benjamin P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wick-Regulator for Lamps.
Patent for "an improvement in those lamp-wick regulators which consists of a threaded rod operated by a nut and connected to the wick, whereby the wick may be raised or lowered by operating the nut; and the invention lies in an improved connection between the wick and rod, by which the wick can be raised with more uniformity and ease." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 20, 1894
Creator:
Harding, Walter L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Machine.
Patent for a quilting-machine that is meant to "improve the construction of quilting attachments for sewing machines, and to provide a simple and inexpensive one, which will be capable of lateral vibrations, longitudinal movement, and a rotary motion, in order that any form of design may be worked" (lines 12-17).
Date:
November 20, 1894
Creator:
Click, Washington B. & Click, Isaac A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame.
Patent for a quilting-frame that holds "the quilt in position to be sewed with an ordinary sewing machine" (lines 13-14). The frame has rollers on it.
Date:
November 20, 1894
Creator:
Broadfoot, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History