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Hame Tug.

Patent for a new and improved hame-tug. This design "relates to a hame and trace attachment, having for its object to provide a simple, strong, and durable device to connect the front end of the trace chain or strap to the hame, whereby the movement of the said chain or strap is prevented from wearing the parts, and thus necessitating frequent repair or replacement" (lines 9-16).

Date: September 18, 1888

Creator: Anderson, Charley N. & McPhaill, Robert

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hammock.

Patent for a new and improved hammock. This design "is to provide a . . . hammock which is simple and durable in construction, very comfortable, and yielding to the motion of the body, at the same time avoiding the catching of buttons on the dress, as is frequently the case with hammocks having meshes. The invention consists of a number of slats, each provided at its ends with a transverse aperture, through which passes a cord or wire for holding the slats together to form the hammock" (lines 7… more

Date: October 2, 1888

Creator: Norris, Barry A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hame.

Patent for a new and improved hame. This design "has relation to hames, and more particularly to the means of securing the hames adjustable to each other, and for connecting the usual parts of the harness thereto; and among the objects in view are to provide an easily-manipulated serviceable hame connection that may be adjusted to fit any sized collars, and which may be constructed at a minimum cost" (lines 11-19).

Date: November 13, 1888

Creator: Anderson, Lee

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hoe.

Patent for a new and improved hoe. This design consists in "[a] hoe having two blades, the upper blade having a straight cutting-edge projecting from the top of the main blade at an obtuse angle to the inner face of the lower blade and entirely within the plane thereof, and the shank" (lines 79-84).

Date: December 18, 1888

Creator: Hefner, John M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grain Adjuster.

Patent for a new and improved grain adjuster. This design "consists in the combination, with the platform-frame, of a wire or rod, which is preferably corrugated or bent, and which is fastened to the outer end of the frame and extends inward over the carrier in the rear of the cutter . . . The object of [the] invention is to apply to the frame of binding-machines a corrugated rod or wire, upon which the heads of the grain will catch, and thus prevent the heads of the cut grain from being moved … more

Date: March 27, 1888

Creator: French, Horatio Benjamin

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Swing.

Patent for improvement in swings, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: February 7, 1888

Creator: Goebel, Herman A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Patent for a crank-armed, lever operated gate.

Date: April 24, 1888

Creator: Spencer, Hiram

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate Latch.

Patent for a new and improved gate-latch. This design consists "[i]n a latch, the combination of the case having at its lower end a guide ledge or flange with its bearing face arranged laterally in from the inner face of the side plate of the case, a loosely suspended ring held and movable against the said ledge or flange, and means whereby the said ring may be operated" (lines 5-11).

Date: August 7, 1888

Creator: Charleville, George W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the gate composed of the latch-upright, hinge-upright, longitudinal wires and cross-braces, of the spring-depressed latch, pivoted to the brace just in front of the crossing part of the opposite brace, the double-armed lever pivoted through its center to the inner surface of the top of the latch-upright, and the cords connecting said arms to a proper point of the latch" (lines 82-90).

Date: August 28, 1888

Creator: England, David

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Thermostatic Signal

Patent for Thermostatic Signal. "The object of my invention is to provide a device whereby an alarm will be automatically sounded when the temperature of the drier has reached too high a point." (lines 13-16). With Illustrations.

Date: September 18, 1888

Creator: Lutcher, Henry J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sweep for Corn and Cotton Cultivators.

Patent for a new and improved cultivator sweep. This design "compris[es] a long thin blade, having its front end bent downward and rearward, forming a lip adapted to take into the earth . . . [and] the combination of the beam, the standards secured thereto, and the blade having the projections secured to the standards and having the downward and rearward turned lip at its front end" (lines 59-68).

Date: November 13, 1888

Creator: Cowan, Elias

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Suspension-Bridge

Patent for a suspension bridge which functions are to "transmit a given pressure equally in either direction therefrom to the piers or abutments; second, to balance a given pressure irrespective of its location; third, to provide an elastic yielding road-bed or flooring which will transmit the pressure of an incumbent weight or strain; fourth, to increase the length or span over an existing conditions; fifth, to dispense with piers, except on the shore margins; sixth, to facilitate the construc… more

Date: December 18, 1888

Creator: Runyon, Edwin Elijah

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Drill.

Patent for a new and improved drill. This design consists in "the combination, with the main shaft carrying two bevel gear-wheels, of a shaft carrying a bevel gear-wheel adapted to be connected alternately with the two bevel gear-wheels on said main shaft, a pinion secured on the said shaft, and a disk provided with a bevel gear-wheel meshing in the said pinion, said disk being connected with the drilling-tool, so that the latter can move freely up and down, but is turned by the said disk" (lin… more

Date: June 26, 1888

Creator: Godwin, John Calhoon.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-Escape

Patent for a fire escape "which will be capable of lowering people or goods for a high structure with perfect ease and comfort, and without danger of breaking" (lines 21-24) while also being "very simple and durable of construction thoroughly efficient in operation, and cheap to manufacture" (lines 26-28).

Date: March 6, 1888

Creator: Glasscock, James H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire Escape

Patent for Fire Escape. "may be folded up out of the way when not in use, and which can be lowered to the ground and secured in position for use in an emergency in the shortest possible space of time and with the least expense of physical force." (lines 15-20) With illustrations.

Date: March 27, 1888

Creator: Hornby, James

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire Kindler.

Patent for a new and improved fire starter. This design "has for its object to provide novel means for making comparatively inexpensive fire-kindlers; and to such end the invention consists, essentially, in a vessel having two chambers, one capable of being opened at the top and adapted to contain ashes, and the other closed, except as to a bottom passage in communication with the ash-chamber, and adapted to contain a combustible fluid—such as petroleum oil or other liquid hydro-carbon—which fl… more

Date: April 3, 1888

Creator: Streeter, George D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire Kindler.

Patent for a new and improved fire starter. This design "is to provide novel means for determining when the oil is exhausted from the oil vessel and to provide novel means for keeping the ashes from direct contact with the oil-supply openings . . . [for] ashes possess great capillary attraction and take up more hydro-carbon fluid than is requisite when the ashes are dry and not tightly packed, so that the ashes become soft and mushy" (lines 12-21).

Date: April 3, 1888

Creator: Streeter, George D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Elevator for Cotton-Cleaning Machines

Patent for improvements in the construction and design in elevators for machine for cleaning cotton.

Date: May 22, 1888

Creator: Wiggins, Ransome Hundley

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire Escape.

Patent for a new and improved fire-escape. This design "relates to that class of fire-escapes which embody a long sack or flexible tube mounted upon a frame adapted to be secured in a window and permit the passage of the occupants of the burning building to the ground through said sack or tube. The object of [the] invention is to provide a simple and improved fire-escape of this class which will possess advantages in point of inexpensiveness, ease of application, and general efficiency, and whi… more

Date: May 29, 1888

Creator: Reimers, Henry

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire Escape.

Patent for a new and improved fire-escape. This design "has relation to that class of fire-escapes consisting of a chute placed in an inclined position against a window . . . and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of such a chute fire-escape having transverse rollers in the bottom of the chute for reducing the friction between the bottom of the chute and the body sliding down the chute, and provided with means for regulating the revolutions of the anti-friction ro… more

Date: August 21, 1888

Creator: Howard, William H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Envelope-Machine

Patent for "a machine for making envelopes, paper bags, and similar receptacles from paper and other like materials" (lines 7-9).

Date: November 13, 1888

Creator: Clarke, George R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Piston Packing.

Patent for a new and improved piston packing. This design consists in a "piston head cast entire and having radial arms bored out, in combination with the piston-segments, the steam-ports in the piston-plates, and stems of said segments, packing expansible rings on said stems, and the expansible packing-rings inclosing the said piston-segments" (lines 87-93).

Date: February 7, 1888

Creator: St. James, Henry L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate for Railway Tracks.

Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a shaft crossing a railway-track and provided with weighted depending ends, with rollers connected eccentrically to said ends, a gate connected to said shaft, and lever and bar apparatus for operating said weighted ends from the vicinity of the rails" (lines 41-47).

Date: December 25, 1888

Creator: Jacobs, William Ramsey & Houston, Samuel Callahan

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash Fastener

Patent for Sash-Fastener. "My invention relates to sash-fasteners for holding and locking a window-sash either in an open or closed position." (lines7-9). With illustrations.

Date: March 27, 1888

Creator: Williams, Harry I.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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