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Washing-Machine.
Patent for an improved washing machine that is meant to "provide a machine which will be exceedingly simple, durable and economic in construction, and wherein clothes may be washed expeditiously and conveniently and without injury thereto" (lines 9-13).
Date:
June 6, 1893
Creator:
Jones, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Machinery.
Patent for new and improved well-drilling machinery. This design "is to make a well-drilling machine which will drop the drill at the proper time and from the proper height" (lines 11-14). It consists in "the bevel-wheel having cam on its periphery and arranged loosely on a vertical shaft, a bevel-pinion fast on power-shaft, a loose drum sliding on [the] shaft, the spring, and collar, in combination with the drill-rope" (lines 69-74).
Date:
June 7, 1892
Creator:
Lee, Joseph G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Machinery.
Patent for a mechanism that drills and bores; it attaches to a vehicle so the engine can be used to power the mechanism.
Date:
June 27, 1893
Creator:
Lee, Joseph G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel.
Patent for a new and useful wheel, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 7, 1898
Creator:
Millen, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for an improvement in windmills by providing “a number of converging blades which are arranged to the inner side of a casing, midway between the front and rear series of feathering wings or sails. These blades are arranged at opposite angles to the normal position of the feathering wings or sails. These blades are stationary and serve the purpose of deflecting the wind after it has operated upon the front set of wings or sails and directing it squarely against the rear set of wings or sails.” (Lines 90-101) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 16, 1891
Creator:
Monday, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-blind and awning
Patent for a pair of swinging window blinds.
Date:
June 18, 1897
Creator:
Gluck, Solomon & Keach, George D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Curtain.
Patent for improvements in curtain-fixtures in which it can be “readily applied to a window and capable of enabling its brackets to be readily adjusted to suite a curtain-roller.” (Lines 11-13) It also can prevent the curtain-roller becoming accidentally disengaged from the bracket by reason of one bracket being slightly higher than the other. (Lines 15-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 30, 1891
Creator:
Mendenhall, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash.
Patent for an improved window sash that is meant to "provide means for securing a sash in its frame whereby it is capable of free movement, and at the same time is dust-proof, wind-proof, rain-proof, and snow-proof" (lines 9-13). The sash does not rattle and cannot be displaced from the outside.
Date:
June 6, 1893
Creator:
Roach, George W. & Ralph, Sidney L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a new and useful wire stretcher, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 27, 1899
Creator:
Yankee, Elmer
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a simple and efficient wire stretcher that aids in fence-building, tightening loose wires, cutting wires, and tying broken wires. The stretcher is similar in appearance to a wrench that can be taken apart in order to properly utilize the tool.
Date:
June 13, 1893
Creator:
McKinney, John Wilson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wire stretchers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 13, 1899
Creator:
Smith, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Womb-Battery.
Patent for a womb-battery that has "an advantageous electrical or galvanic device adapted, when placed in the womb of a patient where it will be subject to the chemical action of the mucous fluid, to develop a mild electric action and thereby stimulate the generative organs and promote the cure of the various diseases peculiar to the female sex" (lines 13-20). It also is not easily displaced and is easily adjusted.
Date:
June 5, 1894
Creator:
Petit, Julius C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench that can be adjusted without the use of screws. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1897
Creator:
Thomas, Theodore G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History