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Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for an inexpensive, strong, and simple wire stretcher that can be used quickly to stretch and secure wires. It also connects wires of different heights, and stretches wires to different tensions.

Date: October 17, 1893

Creator: Gillis, John H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Patent for a plow that improves on turning plows. The improvement turns soil completely during operation, through a newly designed moldboard.

Date: October 10, 1893

Creator: Kelly, George A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Patent for a strong, durable, and adjustable plow that has an improved sweep stock. The plow has an "implement for holding sweeps, half shovels, bull tongues, &c., all of which are needed in the proper cultivation of corn, cotton and the like; and a further object of the invention is to do so construct a sweep stock as to prevent it from choking by weeds" (lines 10-16).

Date: October 31, 1893

Creator: Symmank, Herman & Matthijez, Ernst

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stump-Puller.

Patent for a simple and effective stump puller that pulls stumps entirely from the ground using a large amount of force. The machine uses a series of pulleys, hooks, levers, and cranks.

Date: October 31, 1893

Creator: Rupe, Salathiel C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hitching Device.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive hitching device that can be easily applied to the driver, can connect a weight to the draft animal's bit, and can be easily adjusted.

Date: October 3, 1893

Creator: Crowley, Joseph L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hoof-Pad.

Patent for an adjustable rubber foot pad or expander for horses. It can fit on any sized foot, does not put metal into contact with any sensitive parts of the foot, and can be worn for any type of travel. The parts can be easily replaced when they ear out. The pad can expand a contracted hoof naturally and easily.

Date: October 17, 1893

Creator: Ryan, Frank A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay-Press.

Patent for a simple and effective hay-press that consists of a plunger, a spring actuated toggle lever that is connected to the plunger, a toothed segment on the lever, a draft attachment with a toothed section that lines up with the toothed segment on the lever, a tongue, a disk connected to the tongue, a cross bar on the frame, plates attached to the cross bar, a pitman, a brake, and a mechanism that throws the brake into action.

Date: October 24, 1893

Creator: Wilson, Albert G.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

End-Gate.

Patent for "an end gate for scooping adapted to be readily applied to the ordinary construction of wagon bodies which have end gates sliding in vertical cleats and which re usually provided with a removable rod for securing the end gate in the cleats" (lines 11-16).

Date: October 10, 1893

Creator: Lovett, Morris J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Envelope.

Patent for an improved, simple, and durable envelope that can hold many letters, documents, and similar materials. "The invention consists of two overlapping end flaps connected with each other by a band and forming, with the front, an expansible pocket for the accommodation of the documents, a top flap and a bottom flap adapted to be folded one above the other, and both over the end flaps, and a band for holding the top and bottom flaps closed" (lines 12-19).

Date: October 10, 1893

Creator: Scougale, Malcolm

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate-Closer.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive gate closer that can be used with any gate and is easy to use. It consists of an arm that is secured to the gate, an adjustable wedge that sits between the arm and the gate, a weight connected to the arm, fastening devices, a slot on the wedge, pulleys mounted in a casing, and chords.

Date: October 10, 1893

Creator: Dickson, Thomas C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Riding-Saddle.

Patent for an improvement in saddle trees that secures the saddle more firmly to the horse than other saddles.

Date: October 17, 1893

Creator: Tenison, Albert P.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wiffletree-Hook.

Patent for a strong and durable wiffletree-hook that is spring-actuated and uses an eye-bolt to hold the trace securely. It consists of a socket with an eye-bolt, a seat with flanges on all four s ides, pivot-lugs extending from the seat, a hook pivoted between the lugs, and a bow spring on the flanged-seat.

Date: October 31, 1893

Creator: McBean, Robert Sinclair & McBurnett, John Wesley

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Harness-Rack.

Patent for a simple harness rack that can be attached to a wagon bed, and is meant to conveniently hold harnesses when the horses are not hitched. The device can be turned out of the way when not being used.

Date: October 10, 1893

Creator: Kitching, John Thomas

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Photographer's Changing and Developing Box.

Patent for an apparatus that aids in changing and developing photographic plates. It is portable, convenient, easy to use, and safety.

Date: October 10, 1893

Creator: Snapp, James F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad-Rail.

Patent for an improved railroad rail that is "composed of track or running rails proper and supplementary rails bolted to the track rails and having a laterally-projecting top portion which serves as a wheel guard or lateral brace for the track rails" (lines 14-19).

Date: October 17, 1893

Creator: Keenan, Michael J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Curtain-Fixture.

Patent for an improved method of hanging and supporting window shades. It consists of a bracket with overlapping portions that form a sleeve, lugs that hold a roller, and end pieces to cover the end of the bar in the sleeve.

Date: October 10, 1893

Creator: Snapp, James F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Distributer for Gin-Feeders.

Patent for a cotton-distributor that moves cotton from a wagon or storage and evenly and quickly distributes it to multiple gin feeders in a line.

Date: October 17, 1893

Creator: Davis, Micajah R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Safety-Valve.

Patent for an improved safety valve for boilers that consists of a valve chamber with a socket at its bottom, a valve seat with a steam outlet, a valve in the socket, a steam inlet tube that passes through and below the valve, a piston mounted in a guide chamber, a spring that holds the piston, a guide chamber with a valve seat, and a steam cylinder.

Date: October 10, 1893

Creator: Cameron, Charles Hoyle

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sewer-Trap.

Patent for a sewer trap that prevents "the grease and other extraneous matter from sinks, and other fixtures in the house to effect a logment in the sewer, to the consequent obstruction and clogging up of the same" (lines 16-20). This makes sewers healthier and require less maintenance.

Date: October 17, 1893

Creator: Heffron, Isaac

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Double-Incline Wrecking-Frog.

Patent for a wrecking-frog that has "a minimum of weight and maximum of strength and durability, which will accurately guide a derailed wheel to replacement upon the track and which is also equally adapted to derailing a train, car or other vehicle when an occasion arises rendering derailment necessary or expedient" (lines 10-16).

Date: October 31, 1893

Creator: Mooney, Patrick T.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Cleaner.

Patent for a cotton cleaner that provides "certain improvements in machines for cleaning lint cotton, and especially to provide a machine of this character which is intended to be arranged in the common lint flue, so as to occupy a position between the ordinary condenser in the lint room, and the nearest gin thereto" (lines 9-16). The cotton is thoroughly cleaned after leaving the gin, so that motes, stems, sticks, dry leaves, sand, &c. will be separated from the cotton.

Date: October 3, 1893

Creator: Rembert, Henry

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a novel, simple, and practical car coupling that has a link and gravity pin. It "may be set to coupe two of the improved couplings on approaching cars, when these devices engage each other, and also that may be manipulated by the usual lever or chain attachment to uncouple two connected drawheads, effecting such a detachment from the sides or roof of the car" (lines 12-19).

Date: October 17, 1893

Creator: Tiner, John F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for a clothes pin made from spring metal that "automatically adapt[s] itself to lines of different thicknesses, and whereby the pin may be used to retain an exceedingly thin article in engagement with the line as effectually as an exceedingly thick article, the pin being capable of holding a bit of lace and likewise a heavy blanket or quilt" (lines 11-18). It is especially designed for use with metal clothes lines.

Date: October 31, 1893

Creator: Jones, George W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Patent for a churn that has a frame supporting the churn and swinging motion mixes the cream. This invention successfully separates oily globules from the cream, thus making churning more effective and easy.

Date: October 10, 1893

Creator: Bailey, James Westey & McNorton, John Tomas

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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