Washing-Machine. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Washing-Machine.
  • Added Title Washing Machine.

Creator

  • Inventor: Roach, Henry B.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Henry B. Roach, of Paris, Texas, Assignor of One-Half to George F. Hicks, Frank O. Hicks, and Johnson Hale, of Lamar County, Texas.

Contributor

  • Witness: Gill, W. F.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Blake, J. N.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Printer: Norris Peters Co.
    Contributor Type: Organization
  • Witness: Dieterich, H. G.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Illustration witness
  • Witness: Hillyard, V. B.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Illustration witness

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Patent Office.
    Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

  • Creation: 1897-08-24
  • Acceptance Date: 1897-08-24
  • Submission Date: 1897-02-17

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for "washing-machines which combine in one structure means for heating the suds-water and maintaining the same at the required temperature, a suds-box having chambered or hollow bottom and sides to secure a circulation of the suds-water independently of the agitation resulting from turning the drum or clothes-receptacle upon its axis, and a drum removably journaled in the suds-box and comprising longitudinal slats or bars having bent edge portions for scooping up the suds-water and directing the same into the drum and upon the clothes contained therein, whereby the washing process is greatly facilitated." (Lines 7-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
  • Physical Description: [2], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Lamar County - Paris

Collection

  • Name: Texas Patents
    Code: TXPT

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Patent

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Patent Number: 588604
  • Government Documents No.: 02/623855
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth174706

Note

  • Display Note: Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 588,604, dated August 24, 1897. Application filed February 17, 1897. Serial No. 623,855. (No model.)
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