Windmill-Oiler. (open access)

Windmill-Oiler.

Patent for a windmill oiler to automatically pump oil of the proper amount to lubricate the windmill bearings which is placed on the windmill head.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Brown, Herbert Eddes
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Windmills (open access)

Gearing for Windmills

Patent for gearing used in the operation of windmills. This invention improves the rotary motion of the wheel shaft that operates the pump. "A further object of the invention is to provide a wheel supporting frame in which is mounted for vertical movement the pump actuating rod" (13-16). Illustration included.
Date: January 28, 1908
Creator: Brown, Herbert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History