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Portable Type-Distributer.

Patent for improvements in portable “type-distributing device which can be comfortably held in the hand and without strain on the wrist, and which is provided with a suitable main receptacle to hold the matter being distributed and also with auxiliary receptacles for leads and spaces, whereby the labor of distributing is greatly facilitated and lessened and the work much more rapidly accomplished.” (Lines 26-34) Includes illustration.

Date: August 4, 1891

Creator: Clarke, Robert

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process of Preparing and Tempering Slurry for Portland Cement.

Patent for improvements in the process of preparing and tempering slurry for Portland cement by expedite the process of production and to produce a uniform quality of cement. Detailed instructions included. No illustration.

Date: September 29, 1891

Creator: Kalteyer, George H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pneumatic Cotton-Conveyer.

Patent for a combined cotton elevator and feeder "having exceedingly few parts and which can be easily operated and kept in running order, and which will be cheap, strong, and durable," (lines 34-40) including illustrations.

Date: November 3, 1891

Creator: Clopton, John B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stock-Car

Patent for an improvement on patent no. 326,591 so as "to enable a series of troughs in a stock-car to be extended toward and withdrawn 'from a position in line with the heads of the stock simultaneously; second, to provide for a vibrating water-trough a self-folding end support; third, to provide a car-door for the entrance of the stock which is capable of being folded and will unfold to close the door-opening in line with the inner surface of the car; fourth, to provide a sliding rear suppor… more

Date: January 6, 1891

Creator: Stoner, Jacob B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stirrup.

Patent for a new and improved stirrup. This design relates "particularly to a new and improved stirrup iron or body, whereby a stirrup of extraordinary strength and lightness is produced, and also one that is ornamental and avoids the discomfort of metallic stirrups now in common use" (lines 8-13).

Date: January 6, 1891

Creator: Kerns, George A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Padlock.

Patent for a new and improved padlock. This design "relates . . . more particularly to those padlocks which are used for locking railway-switches . . . [T]he invention consists in a padlock comprising a bow, or hasp, or shackle, a spring-bolt for engaging the same, tumblers, and a lever connecting the tumblers and bolt, a locking device for the tumblers, and an audible alarm, such as a bell" (lines 9-25).

Date: January 13, 1891

Creator: Lucas, George William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pan Lifter and Turner.

Patent for a pan lifter and turner using a bent handle, a curved plate is secured at the end of the bent handle; extending upward from the curved plate with a series of teeth to engages the crimped rim of a pan for lifting. At both ends of the curved plate provided with curved notches or recesses to receive and engage the rim of a pan for turning. Illustration is included.

Date: February 10, 1891

Creator: Ericson, John

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Step.

Patent for an improvement in steps by using "a metallic frame or support composed of a series of light metallic plates, which are suitable shaped to adapt them for the purpose and then clamped and braced together,” (lines 13-17) includes illustration.

Date: March 17, 1891

Creator: Williams, Stephen P.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tire-Tightener.

Patent for improvements in tire tighteners by using wedges with longitudinal ridges, longitudinal tapering ridges or webs, together “with a wheel-rim, clamps arranged in pairs upon each side of the felly-joint, the clamps consisting of plates have a fluted or corrugated inner surface …., the extension of the registering plates being connected by transverse bolts.” (lines 37-45) Illustration is included.

Date: March 31, 1891

Creator: Reeves, Alexander Marion

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stirrup.

Patent for an improvement in stirrups by using the horns of animals to make an ornamental serviceable stirrup. Illustration is included.

Date: June 9, 1891

Creator: Baker, Joseph W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tire-Heater.

Patent for improvements in “tire-heating furnace where tires of various sizes may be heated either independently or continuously and having certain other highly advantageous characteristics.” (Lines 7-13) Illustration is included.

Date: June 16, 1891

Creator: Cook, Nathan H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sulky.

Patent for improvements in sulkies by using materials such as curved springs, cross-bar and braces to support the body of the vehicle and making it rigid, with a sturdy frame, the sulky would vibrate freely in every direction. Illustration is included.

Date: July 28, 1891

Creator: Harper, William D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Paper-File.

Patent for improvements in paper-files by using a "combination of a base board and a clamp provided with a jaw, a presser-foot provided with a bearing, a crank-shaft journaled in the bearing with its cranked portion under the clamp, and a hinged support or flap under the presser-foot." (Lines 75-80, p. 2) Papers can be held in position or remove by the raising or lowering the presser-foot. Illustration is included.

Date: August 18, 1891

Creator: Clopton, John B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mowing-Machine.

Patent for improvements in mowing-machines by “providing a simplified means of applying the power direct to the cutter-bar by means of levers and connections,” (lines 16-18) in which will result in an easily run and quieter machine. Illustration is included.

Date: September 8, 1891

Creator: Rich, Benjaman F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tire-Heater.

Patent for improvements in tire-heater by using a tire box with a number of horizontal bars, tires are placed “into the front of the box and moved into correct position upon the horizontal bars without necessarily lifting the tires.” (Lines 29-32) Diverging arms are secured to the axis inside the tire box. Lamps are secured at the outer ends of the diverging arms. These diverging arms operate by a regulating crank which makes the lamps revolved beneath the tires, therefore heating the tires… more

Date: September 8, 1891

Creator: Parks, James H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Till-Alarm.

Patent for improvements in Tills or cash-drawers by using “a combination-lock to prevent its being opened by unauthorized parties, and which will give an alarm with manipulated by any one unacquainted with the secret of its management.” (Lines 14-18) Illustration is included. Corrections in Letters are also included.

Date: September 15, 1891

Creator: Garrett, Henry

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Parcel-Delivery Apparatus.

Patent for improvements in mail and parcel delivery apparatus: "is designed particularly for use at suburban residences, or where the distance from the house to the street is considerable" (lines 11-14).

Date: September 29, 1891

Creator: Gieseke, Otto

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Music-Holder.

Patent for an improved music-holder. The music-holder is comprised of a base adapted to be secured to a music rest with a standard pivoted on the base. The standard is fixed with a spring-pressed shaft in order to press the book to the music stand.

Date: October 27, 1891

Creator: French, Clarence E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sulky-Plow.

Patent for an adjustable plow, with instructions and illustrations.

Date: December 8, 1891

Creator: Jackson, Luther C. & Reiger, John F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hame Hook.

Patent for a new and improved hame hook. This design "consists of a hook composed of two members hinged together and adapted to be clamped upon a hame-staple, one of the said members being provided with a pin adapted to project into an opening in the opposite member" (lines 14-19).

Date: January 13, 1891

Creator: Dankworth, William J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay Press.

Patent for a new and improved hay-press. This design "is to produce a hay-press of simple construction that will work easily and rapidly, that will operate in such a manner that the hay cannot clog in the press, and in which the plunger or follower will be automatically reciprocated by a continuous motion of the main pulley" (lines 9-15). It consists, "with the plunger having a sideways-extending arm, a screw-shaft connected with the plunger and having a sideways-extending arm, the pinion on th… more

Date: January 13, 1891

Creator: Donald, Frank

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grain-Conveyer for Binders, &c.

Patent for improvements in grain conveyers by using a slotted platform with parallel walls on the sides, a conveyer-block having arms and friction-rollers that is moved by an endless chain in between the walls, a lever keyed on a shaft and two gears in constant mesh with each other; all these parts working together to creating a mechanism that drives the conveyers in either direction to accomplish the binding of the grains. Illustration is included.

Date: February 17, 1891

Creator: Schubert, George

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hand-Stamp.

Patent for improvements in hand-stamps which “comprised a polygonal block or disk having some of its edges provided with rubber type-strips securely fastened thereto, its other edges cut away to form shoulders, spring-metal guides or holders secured the cut-away portions, and type-strips removably secured in the guides or holders,” (lines 75-82); includes illustration.

Date: March 17, 1891

Creator: Fox, James T.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay-Press.

Patent for improvements in hay-presses by using the combination of a ram having a connecting rod, a rack engaged with a rotatable cog-wheel, a bed-plate, a weighted lever, a buffer and other minor parts to create the pressing operation. Illustration is included.

Date: May 19, 1891

Creator: Grant, Richard A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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