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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

Trundler For Spooled Wire.

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

Twine-Cutter.

Patent for improvements in rope-cutters by designing a “cutter having a slotted bracket with a lateral extension or bearing that has a longitudinal slot and a stop,” with a “combination of a lever-handle having a projecting knife-blade, registering with the slot in the bearing.” (Lines 81-86) This enable the rope to be cut in a single operation without sever the fibers. (Lines 74-76) Illustration is included.

Date: October 13, 1891

Creator: Maulden, Chester Doctor

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trunk-Strap Fastener.

Patent for a device "whereby a trunk-strap after having been tightly drawn around a trunk or other article of baggage can be fastened without the use of the usual buckle," (lines 10-14) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: December 15, 1891

Creator: Webb, William James

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Window-Curtain Holder.

Patent for improvements in window-curtain holders,in which the curtain holder has a upper and a lower socket, “with the lower socket having a central opening and mounted on a base-plate, of the upper socket having a side opening and mounted on a base-plate, and the U-shaped clasp pivoted at its lower end in the lower socket and having its upper end laterally bent and designed for insertion in the side opening of the upper socket” (lines 84-92). The curtains would be retained and giving them th… more

Date: March 17, 1891

Creator: West, Eugene B. & Finney, William D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machinery For Pressing Cotton.

Patent for improvements in machinery for facilitating the pressing of cotton; and it relates particularly to mechanism in which cylinders and pistons are used, under the influence of fluid or liquid, such as steam, air, water, or gas under pressure to operate the follower-block of a bailing-press. (Lines 12-18) Illustration is included.

Date: May 5, 1891

Creator: Bachman, Joseph A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill.

Patent for an improvement in windmills by providing “a number of converging blades which are arranged to the inner side of a casing, midway between the front and rear series of feathering wings or sails. These blades are arranged at opposite angles to the normal position of the feathering wings or sails. These blades are stationary and serve the purpose of deflecting the wind after it has operated upon the front set of wings or sails and directing it squarely against the rear set of wings or … more

Date: June 16, 1891

Creator: Monday, Robert

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Window-Curtain.

Patent for improvements in curtain-fixtures in which it can be “readily applied to a window and capable of enabling its brackets to be readily adjusted to suite a curtain-roller.” (Lines 11-13) It also can prevent the curtain-roller becoming accidentally disengaged from the bracket by reason of one bracket being slightly higher than the other. (Lines 15-17) Illustration is included.

Date: June 30, 1891

Creator: Mendenhall, John W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheel.

Patent for improvements “in wheel-tightening arrangements in which a cylinder with a conical-formed end works by means of a thread inside the hub, for the purpose of forcing the spokes to the outside and to tighten by these means the whole wheel, when the wooden parts of the wheel are shrunk together.” (Lines 9-15) Illustration is included.

Date: August 11, 1891

Creator: Pluck, James

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Handling and Cleaning Seed-Cotton.

Patent for improvements in machines for handling and cleaning seed-cotton by “taking seed-cotton from wagons or storehouses through pneumatic tubes and delivering it freed from dust and other extraneous matter to any number of gins. It includes devices for imparting flexibility to the feed-section of the tube for distributing the cotton and for disposing of the surplus when the cotton is supplied faster than it can be ginned.” (Lines 15-22) Illustration is included.

Date: August 25, 1891

Creator: Thomas, Robert Smith; Hardwick, Sauny Warren & Elam, William Erwin

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Weight for Horses' Hoofs.

Patent for improvement in weights for horses’ hoofs by providing “a toe-weight or side weight which will adjust itself to the inclination of the hoof to which it is applied, and further, to provide a weight that will be self-locking, be effectively held against rattling, and be readily attachable and detachable.” (Lines 9-14) Illustration is included.

Date: September 22, 1891

Creator: King, George R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Fence Machine.

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

Machine for Dressing Surfaces of Pavements.

Patent for improvements in machines for dressing surfaces of wooden or block pavements that may be operated by a traction-engine of known construction, including illustrations.

Date: November 3, 1891

Creator: Love, Robert Hamilton

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill-Tower.

Patent for "skeleton towers of a character more especially adapted to support a wind-wheel" (lines 8-10) and that allow the wheel to be lowered.Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: December 15, 1891

Creator: Walton, Jacob Gipson

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheel.

Patent for "improvements in wheels particularly designed for use on harvesters in heavy or muddy ground." (Lines 8-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: May 26, 1891

Creator: Stroud, Wiley N.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Cooler.

Patent for an improved water-cooler by wrapping the outer surface of a water container with two layers of fabric; an imperforate projection–tube from a supplemental water reservoir arranged above the water container would moist the inner layer fabric and maintain its moisture; where the outer layer fabric prevents the water forcing through, thus keeping the water cool, illustration is included.

Date: February 3, 1891

Creator: Beacham, Alexander Thacher

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mechanical Movement.

Patent for a mechanical movement using a crank to operate the lazy-tongs through the medium of a pitman, guided by a pair of parallel wires and, a reciprocating bar guided by a socket to produce the reciprocating motion. Illustration is included.

Date: February 10, 1891

Creator: Baker, George W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vertical Steam-Pump.

Patent for improvements in steam-pumps, of which “are adapted to compress a liquefiable gas—such as that of ammonia—to a state of partial liquefaction, the pressure being subsequently removed and the liquefied refrigerating agent expanding through tubes and chambers, and the cooling effect produced by the volatile liquid again assuming its gaseous state is utilized for the absorption of heat.” (Lines 10-17) Illustration is included.

Date: June 23, 1891

Creator: Robinson, Charles H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hot Pan Lifter.

Patent for a new and improved potholder. This design is "to provide novel means whereby the various sizes of baking and other pans in the equipment of a kitchen can be conveniently and safely handled without danger of the pan being accidentally disengaged from the implement . . . to provide a novel hot-pan lifter which will in use have a positive toothed engagement with the rim of a hot-pan . . . to provide novel, simple, and efficient means whereby the lifter or implement can be promptly and c… more

Date: January 13, 1891

Creator: Penfield, Matie B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Thill-Coupling.

Patent for improvements in thill-couplings by using a combination of forward extension arms, having each near its forward end, circular shoulders, adapted to engage the ends of the shaft-iron; the spring-catch for holding the lever arm in locking position and, for retracting arm when the catch is released. Illustration is included.

Date: March 17, 1891

Creator: Bryan, William L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk-Chopper and Cotton-Thinner.

Patent for improvements in stalk-cutters and cotton-thinners by making the cutting-blades and scraper-blades interchangeable, “so as to use the apparatus either as a stalk-chopper or a cotton-thinner; or may be changed to a dropper as may be desired.” (Lines 19-21) Illustration is included.

Date: September 15, 1891

Creator: Mauldin, Columbus Scott

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk-Cutter

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

Hydraulic Motor.

Patent for improvements in “water-motor in which the float-boards, paddles, or buckets move through the water in such a manner as to get as nearly as possible all the force it is capable of yielding, avoiding the great waste of power that results from the use of water-wheels.” (Lines 16-22) Illustration is included.

Date: October 27, 1891

Creator: Hurd, Judson B. & McLane, Hiram H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Means for Ventilating Cars.

Patent for a new and improved ventilator. This design is "first, to ventilate cars or other vehicles in such a manner that the air-currents may be formed within and directed to any part of the car and the admission of the air regulated in quantity; second, to change the direction of the air-currents formed within the car and regulate their escape" (lines 11-17). It consists in "the body of a vehicle having its walls provided with a suitable pipe-opening, of an air-receiving pipe provided with a… more

Date: January 6, 1891

Creator: Lazarus, Samuel

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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