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Wire Basket.

Description: Patent for a wire basket, which is sturdier than previous ones for use in groceries.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Goodwin, Thomas J.
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Wooden Bridge

Description: Patent for a wooden bridge with a focus on increased durability of the structure and effective drainage for moisture from the timbers and for the free circulation of air between, around, or through the structure.
Date: October 6, 1891
Creator: Ferguson, Benjamin F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trundler For Spooled Wire.

Description: Patent for a trundler for spooled wire that is strong, light, and shapely enough to propel or draw spooled fence-wire, telegraph-wire, or similar material that is coiled upon flanged spools, and distribute the same lines for the manufacture of fences or erection of electric conductors.
Date: October 6, 1891
Creator: Smith, Cullen R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trunk.

Description: Patent for new and improved trunk that according to the inventor, "can be erected and adapted for use as a wardrobe, desk, or table, or can be adjusted as a support for a mattress or other bedding".
Date: October 6, 1885
Creator: Wulff, Henry F.
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Lubricator.

Description: Patent for a lubricating device for use on railroad cars, which continuously supplies lubricant to the journal box of the train car.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Maness, William C.
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Vaporizer for Use with Electric Fans

Description: Patent for an improvement on diffusers used for purifying, cooling and humidifying air.
Date: October 6, 1914
Creator: Stratford, John R. & Ackley, John A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Fence Machine.

Description: Patent for "new and useful improvements in wire-fence machines" (lines 12-13), including illustrations.
Date: October 6, 1891
Creator: Darden, John J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Picket-Fences

Description: Patent for improvement for picket fences composed of zig zag settings with their upper ends brought in line and are connected and supported by wires and posts.
Date: October 6, 1874
Creator: McGinty, Robert H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Warp-Beam for Looms.

Description: Patent for a warp beam for a loom, which allows the thread to be attached directly from the spool to the warp beam without the need for a reel in between.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Harbour, Rebecca
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improved Mode of Preserving Meat.

Description: Patent for a process that claims to preserve meat. The patent includes only instructions and no illustrations.
Date: October 6, 1868
Creator: Perl, M.
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Stalk-Cutter

Description: Patent for a stalk cutter that is especially adapted for cutting cotton-stalks or cornstalks, although it may be used for cutting any variety of stalks.
Date: October 6, 1891
Creator: Brownlee, Robert N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Medical Compound.

Description: Patent for an improvement in medicinal preparations by combining Mexican sarsaparilla, broom-sage, alcohol and sugar to treat yellow fever, chills and fever, diphtheria, and other diseases; exact amount of the ingredients and instructions on how to mix them are detailed in the patent. No illustration.
Date: October 6, 1891
Creator: White, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lamp Attachment.

Description: Patent for a wick holder for use in lamps, which can be refilled without removing the chimney of the lamp.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Schanick, Henry J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mechanism for Converting Motion

Description: Patent for mechanism for converting motion. "The present invention relates to mechanism for converting reciprocatory into rotary motion; and the objects are to provide a practical apparatus of this character in which rotary motion may be imparted to a driven member without occasioning any dead-centers and to provide simple means reversing the direction of motion of the driven member" (line 10-19). Illustrations included.
Date: October 6, 1903
Creator: Griffin, George L.; Griffin, Robert Alonzo; Griffin, Chelsea Beach & Griffin, Herbert Elvia
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Stirrup and Connections therefor.

Description: Patent for a stirrup which remains perpendicular to the horse and does not become twisted.
Date: October 6, 1903
Creator: May, William J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Packing attachment for cotton presses.

Description: Patent for improvement of packing attachment for cotton presses.
Date: October 6, 1885
Creator: Bradford, John B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hand-Car.

Description: Patent for improvements in hand-cars by “providing gearing operated by cranks, on the shaft of which are arranged triangular balance devices, the cranks being adjustable by means of set-screws of other analogous means, so that they may be made to operate the wheels in either direction desired.” (Lines 24-29) Illustration is included.
Date: October 6, 1891
Creator: Lo Casto, Tony
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate-Hinge.

Description: Patent for an inclined gate-hinges. One part is "secured to the supporting-post or upright and is formed with two parallel loops slightly separated one from the other located just outside the recess in said post, and the other [part is] adapted to be secured to the gate, having an outwardly-extending arm and a cross-head adapted to be passed between and parallel loops and to bear against the rear surface thereof" (lines 94-102).
Date: October 6, 1896
Creator: Wilson, James L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shutter-Hinge

Description: Patent for a shutter hinge made of sheet metal which does not creak in the wind and is sturdier than older hinges made of cast metal.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Williams, John B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Looping Tool.

Description: Patent for improvements in wires tightening tool by using a frame in the shape of a lyre and a hollow screw-shaft mounted on the frame. A twister-rod arranged within the shaft which having a hook at one end and a polygonal head at the other. A hand-lever is adapted to operate the shaft and rod in order to twist a wire. Illustration is included.
Date: October 6, 1891
Creator: Flatau, Louis S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Roller-Press.

Description: Patent for a roller cotton press, which compresses the inner layers of the bale more than the outer layers.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Reagan, Edgar
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rein-Holder.

Description: Patent for improvement in rein-holders that are being used in carriages and wagons by using two horizontal jaws, one with a downwardly-projecting rear end and the other with a downwardly-projecting front end; the first jaw is secured to the side of the wagon and the second jaw is pivoted to the first jaw. This device will "hold the reins when the driver is absent and capable of being tripped by pressure of the driver’s foot" (lines 11-13). Illustration is included.
Date: October 6, 1891
Creator: Watson, Thomas H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Planter

Description: Patent for a new improved planter. "It consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims" (p. 1; lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 6, 1885
Creator: Morris, John Edwin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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