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Fanning-Machine. (open access)

Fanning-Machine.

Patent for improvements in fanning-machines by making the fanning-machine portable, so that it “can be placed upon a table or other support or attached to a bed, chair, lounge, or seat of any kind;” (lines 18-21) it also can keep away flies and insects from people. Illustration is included.
Date: June 2, 1891
Creator: Wallace, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heel-Sweep Brace. (open access)

Heel-Sweep Brace.

Patent for heel-sweep brace "relates to new and useful improvements in attachments to cultivators for strengthening the heel sweep thereof and prevent the same from rocking upon the foot."(lines 15-19)
Date: October 2, 1917
Creator: Goodlett, Henry Jimison
System: The Portal to Texas History