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Feed Water Regulator.

Patent for a new and improved feed-water regulator. This design "consists in the combination, with the heater, of a supply-pipe having a valve-chamber, a valve opening and closing said pipe, and having a stem which is packed through the wall of the heater, a bell-crank lever fulcrumed upon a stud projecting from the inner wall of the heater, and actuated by a float connected with one arm, the other arm being connected to the valve-stem, whereby the supply-pipe is opened and closed by the fall a… more

Date: December 11, 1883

Creator: Osborn, Adelbert E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire Kindler.

Patent for a new and improved fire-kindler. This design is for "[a] fire-kindling torch consisting of two perforated sections, each having an exterior longitudinal ridge, and angular side flanges, and provided at one end with lugs which bear flatly against each other, a pivot-pin passing transversely through the lugs to permanently connect the sections and form a pintle on which they can turn, and a handle connecting the other ends of the sections together, said sections having an interposed fi… more

Date: December 25, 1883

Creator: Osborn, Adelbert E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Screw-cutting Die.

Patent for a screw-cutting die, including illustrations. The invention includes "a die-plate of special construction, adapted to cut either right or left hand threads" (lines 12-13).

Date: February 6, 1883

Creator: Müller, Joseph

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seed Planter.

Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design "relates to machines for dropping or planting cotton, corn, or other seed, and has for its object to provide a device embodying simplicity, convenience, cheapness, and efficiency. To this end it consists in certain improvements in construction and operation of the same" (lines 12-18).

Date: March 13, 1883

Creator: Lowder, John Ellis

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Screw Propeller.

Patent for a new and improved screw propeller. This design "connect[s] propellers on the opposite sides of a vessel with one another and with a stern propeller, so that they will act at the same time upon different parts of the vessel in urging her forward," which leads to increased speed (lines 7-11).

Date: March 20, 1883

Creator: Gartner, John

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seed-Planter.

Patent for a seed planter, with illustrations. "The object of this invention is to facilitate the planting of seeds, and also to promote convenience in adjusting and operating the planter" (lines 22-24).

Date: May 8, 1883

Creator: Wise, David

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Range-Finder for Rifles.

Patent for range-finder for rifles, with illustrations. The invention "is adapted for ready application to a rifle by producing a simple dovetailed groove in the stock or stock-tip, near the front end" (lines 9-12).

Date: May 22, 1883

Creator: Ord, Edward O. C., Jr. & Kress, John A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway Steam Car Brake

Patent for improvement in railway car brake by adding a steam actuating device attached to the locomotive.

Date: May 22, 1883

Creator: Walker, Fred B. & Lauder, James

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Self Packing Cotton Press.

Patent for a new and improved self-packing cotton press. This design "consists in a cotton-press constructed with a pivoted double baling-box, a pair of rolls and their driving mechanism for packing the cotton into the baling-box automatically, and a screw-driven follow-block for compressing the cotton into bales" (lines 22-27).

Date: September 25, 1883

Creator: Rummel, Louis C. & Fielder, Emil J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Telephone-Transmitter

Patent for improvements to telephone transmitters by transmitting the sound waves into electrical currents.

Date: January 16, 1883

Creator: Crawford, Witsius A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Separator for Pecan and Other Nuts.

Patent for a new and improved nut cracker. This design is "provided with an inclined bed of parallel positively-driven rollers . . . and arranged at a suitable distance apart to allow of the leaves and other refuse falling through between them, but conducting the cleansed or separated nuts over them for delivery over a back board, or otherwise, away from the leaves and refuse, and where they may be put into sacks . . . a hopper arranged over the upper or highest portion of the inclined bed of s… more

Date: February 6, 1883

Creator: Dolman, John H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sheep-Wash.

Patent for "a new and useful sheep dip or wash for the prevention and cure of 'scabs' " (lines 10-12) which lists the ingredients, measurements, and instructions for making and applying.

Date: March 13, 1883

Creator: Dunlap, John Q.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wind Engine.

Patent for a new and improved wind engine. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a suitable frame, of the shaft, having wind wheel or drum, provided with rods having wings and arms or cranks, and laterally projecting brackets, having bell-crank levers, loaded at their lower ends, the connecting rods, sleeve[s], washer, spring, and . . . having pivoted rods connecting said sleeves with the arms" (lines 94-102).

Date: April 3, 1883

Creator: Fletcher, George Ephraim

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shepherd's Crook.

Patent for a new and improved shepherd's crook. This design "has relation to shepherd's crooks; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the tapering and balanced staff, the slender neck near the head or crook, the broad bearings of the crook, and the guard-knob on the end thereof" (lines 16-21).

Date: April 3, 1883

Creator: Deland, Edward E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Smoke and Cinder Conductor.

Patent for a new and improved smoke and cinder conductor. This design "has for its object to provide a simple and efficient conducting mechanism to be attached to the cars, and provided with an improved coupling device at its ends, by which a coupling can be automatically effected with the conducting mechanism of an adjoining car" (lines 11-17).

Date: May 1, 1883

Creator: Brown, William A. & Smith, James F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay and Cotton Press

Patent for "hay and cotton press that can be easily and cheaply constructed and that can be operated by hand or horse power" (Lines 20-22).

Date: June 19, 1883

Creator: Donaldson, Sven

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sheep-Dip.

Patent for "a new composition of matter for the treatment of 'scab' on sheep or for other animals subject to like diseases" (lines 9-11) which lists the ingredients and measurements and instructions.

Date: June 19, 1883

Creator: Carpenter, Peter M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing Machine

Patent for an improved washing machine consisting of a wash-boiler into which one or more streams of hot water may be thrown.

Date: May 10, 1883

Creator: Caldwell, James S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Straining Beam.

Patent for a new and improved straining beam. This design "is especially adapted to be used in that class of structures, especially bridges and columns, in which it is necessary to combine the maximum of strength with the minimum of weight; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of a beam" (lines 22-27).

Date: September 11, 1883

Creator: Davis, Benjamin F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Removable Can Top.

Patent for a new and improved removable lid for cans. This design "consists of a can top or protector to be fitted over the top of the can which has had one of its heads cut out in such a manner that the contents of the can can be easily and conveniently removed and, should it be desired, the life and usefulness of the can prolonged at a trifling expense" (lines 24-30).

Date: December 25, 1883

Creator: Grainger, Charles J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Register for Barber's Chairs.

Patent for a new and improved barber's chair. This design relates to certain improvements in registering devices for barber-chairs, and has for its object to provide means whereby a correct tally can be kept of the persons shaved and the number of hair-cuts which have been performed during the day, week, or month. . . . [The] invention is only applicable to the style of barber-chairs that have a tilting motion backward and forward, for the purpose of more conveniently placing the person when be… more

Date: July 31, 1883

Creator: Lane, Fernando G.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fan Attachment.

Patent for a new and improved fan attachment. This design "consists of an attachment for rocking-chairs, cradles, &c., and having an oscillatory arm adapted to hold a fan" (lines 9-11).

Date: January 2, 1883

Creator: Cohen, Moses

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fence.

Patent for a new and improved fence. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the bevel-end lap-joint top rails connected to and supported by the posts, the pendent panels consisting of series of horizontal rails interwoven in wire slings connected to the top rails, and links connecting the lower parts of the panels and the intermediate posts" (lines 20-27).

Date: May 8, 1883

Creator: Sevier, Moses Nimrod

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire Place.

Patent for a new and improved fire place. This design "simplif[ies] the construction of . . . that class of fire-places provided with an air-space around its back, sides, and under its hearth, whereby the air in said space is heated and used for ventilating a room . . . thus enabling them to be manufactured at a greatly reduced cost and set up for use without the necessity of building an arch in the wall of a room to receive the fire-place" (lines 17-26).

Date: June 12, 1883

Creator: Rembert, Henry

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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