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Yardstick Calculator.

Patent for a new and useful yard stick calculator for linear measurement. Yard stick is use in connection with dry goods and or business where items are sold by linear measurement including instructions and illustrations.

Date: August 1, 1899

Creator: Praeger, Ewald

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Yardstick-Calculator.

Patent for "a calculating-yardstick adapted for use in connection with the dry goods or any other business in which goods are sold by linear measurement, the object in view being to provide, in connection with a linear measuring scale or rule, an indicating device provided with a plurality of price-scales having relation to the measuring-scale and adapted to indicate the price of a given length of an article at a given price per unit of measure, and also adapted to indicate the length of an art… more

Date: September 1, 1896

Creator: Praeger, Ewald

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher designed "to provide simple and efficient means for twisting the terminals of a broken fence-wire together for connecting them, and also to enable a wire to be readily severed when desired." (Lines 17-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: December 1, 1896

Creator: Morrow, William I.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive wire stretcher "which may readily be employed for stretching wires to a post for stapling, for stretching or drawing the ends of wires together for tying and for drawing out or removing staples from a post" (lines 12-16).

Date: August 1, 1893

Creator: Palmer, Joshua C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Tightener.

Patent for a wire-tightener that stretches "the wire after it has been secured to the post, and to take up any slack which may exist therein, owing to causes arising subsequent to the first stretching of the wires" (lines 10-13). It has similar features of other wire-tightener but is simple and efficient.

Date: January 1, 1895

Creator: Glenn, John William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine-Gun

Patent for an improvement in a "battery of guns, and has for its object the operating of any one of the guns by the recoil of another and in succession as long as may be deemed necessary" (lines 7-11).

Date: July 1, 1890

Creator: Greer, John William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tuning-Hammer.

Patent for improvements in tuning-hammers by using a handle having a central square hole closed at its upper end, a ferrule around its lower end adapted to receive a tool. The tool is a T shaped head having holes in the ends of its cross-bar and the end of its shank adapted to fit into the handle that can be used to tune pianos. Illustration is included.

Date: September 1, 1891

Creator: Fuchs, Benjamin F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windlass.

Patent for a new and improved windlass. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a frame having the cross-bars near its lower and upper ends, the windlass-shaft journaled in the side pieces of the frame and having the balance-wheels and the pinion, the operating-gears mounted in one side of the frame and one of said gears meshing with said pinion, an upright mounted upon the lower front cross-piece of the frame and having a guide-pulley at its upper end, arms extending laterally from said … more

Date: April 1, 1890

Creator: Bridges, Thomas H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Sharpening Gin-Saws

Patent for "a machine of this class which shall be simple, durable, an d easily manipulated, and by means of which the teeth of gin-saws may be sharpened in a rapid, convenient, and effectual manner" (lines 9-14).

Date: July 1, 1890

Creator: Smith, John Quince

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve-Motion.

Patent for "a variable cut-off valve-motion, and has for its object to provide simple and efficient and at the same time readily adjustable means for varying the points at which the ports communicating with the cylinder of a locomotive or other engine are opened and closed, in accordance with the load, the desired speed, &c." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: January 1, 1895

Creator: Shelb, Peter J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Life-Boat.

Patent for an improved life boat that "consists principally of a central closed hull equipped with propelling machinery, and floats extending on the sides of the said hull and rigidly secured thereto, to support the hull in position." (Lines 12-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 1, 1896

Creator: James, William F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ironing-Table.

Patent for a simple and durable ironing table that is sturdy when in use and can be folded when not in use. The table is hinged to and held up by a vertical piece of wood. Two sets of legs cross and are centrally pivoted together, one being stopped by the vertical board. When not in use, the table swings up and rests on the board.

Date: September 1, 1896

Creator: Mauritzen, James B. & Tinkle, Jesse C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Elevator

Patent for "an apparatus for use in connection with a well, whereby the well-bucket will be automatically elevated and emptied into a trough by the weight of the cattle that may come to the well to drink, the apparatus be ing particularly designed for use in the Western countries, where large numbers of cattle come to each well in herds" (lines 16-23).

Date: April 1, 1890

Creator: Campbell, George W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vacuum Electric-Arc Furnace.

Patent for "an improved electric furnace having means to positively insure the thorough fusion or reduction of the substances placed therein without loss due to combustion or the oxidation of such substances, while at the same time providing an effective distribution of the heat and the prevention of the loss of carbon by combustion" (lines 17-25). Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: June 1, 1897

Creator: Eldridge, Hilliary; Wright, George Hudson & Clark, Daniel J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stem Winding and Setting Watch.

Patent for a new and useful winding and setting mechanism for watches, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: November 1, 1898

Creator: Donnelly, Leo E. & Looney, John H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Speed-Gearing.

Patent for improvements in “gearing mechanism in which the speed or rotation of a drum or wheel is greatly increased through the intervention of gearing-wheels mounted upon a single shaft.” (Lines 11-14) Illustration is included.

Date: March 1, 1898

Creator: Scofield, John R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spark - Arrester.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in spark-arresters. This design is to "provide and improved device of this class which is adapted to be connected with the pipe or escape-flue" (line 20 - 23).

Date: February 1, 1898

Creator: Woods, Murray Stover

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow-Cleaner.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in plow cleaners, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: November 1, 1898

Creator: Yeagley, Jacob B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow-Carriage.

Patent for a new and useful plow carriage, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: November 1, 1898

Creator: Shipman, Samuel H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Patent for an addition "to provide a plow of this character that shall perform both operations at one and the same time, one that is exceedingly cheap and simple, one that will always move in a straight line and protect the plants being barred, and one that requires very little more power than an ordinary plow" (lines 15-18).

Date: November 1, 1892

Creator: Couch, John P.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process of Purifying Vegetable Oils.

Patent for a process of purifying vegetable oils, specifically cottonseed oil, using a little or no soap-stock and without losing oil. It also improves the purifying process. This process is meant for crude oil, but can be used to further refine already refined oil.

Date: October 1, 1895

Creator: Latting, Richard G., Jr.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tire Adjuster.

Patent for a new and improved wheel adjuster. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the terminal tire-lugs having right and left screw-threaded sockets, of a right and left screw-stem, a turning block of substantially the same cross-section as the rim of the wheel, connected to the screw-stem so as to slide thereon but revolve rigidly together, and means . . . for locking the turning block to the terminal lugs" (lines 8-16).

Date: April 1, 1890

Creator: Surratt, George

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Paint Compound.

Patent for "a fire and water-proof coating material adapted for application to wood and metallic roofing, boats, &c., to preserve the material from corrosion and render the same impervious to water." (Lines 9-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: January 1, 1895

Creator: Rook, Benjamin F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grass-Burning Device.

Patent for improvements in grass burning devices in which “the grass may be safely burned on the prairies and the fire kept from spreading.” (Lines 16-18) Illustration is included.

Date: March 1, 1898

Creator: Slaughter, George M. & Christian, Fred

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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