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Blind-Stop.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive blind stop that adjusts and locks "the slats of window blinds in any position desired for the purpose of regulating the light, and to prevent the rattling and wear and tear on the slats, and to lock the slats so that they cannot be opened from the outside at all" (lines 8-13). It is easy to operate and does not use screws.
Date:
August 1, 1893
Creator:
Hoskins, William Wharton
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The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent for a cotton press that has a stationary plate and a steam or hydraulic powered plate and produces a continuous folded bat. This invention combines "advantages of the quick but not extremely powerful pressure of the ordinary steam press, and the powerful but slow pressure of the hydraulic press" (lines 14-17).
Date:
August 1, 1893
Creator:
McCutcheon, Joshua L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History