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Printing Attachment for Letter-Boxes.

Patent for a printing attachment for letter-boxes where people can postmark the mail they want to be sent. It fist on any street letter-box. The attachment is a case with stamps for every day of the month and the location of the town, city, or post-office the letter is being collected to, and there is a pocket below where one slips the package or envelope to mark it. An inking-pad is also in the pocket for the stamps, which can be used by pulling a lever.

Date: November 10, 1896

Creator: Hargrove, Bryon Lafayette

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow Attachment.

Patent for a plow attachment that guides and aids the plow, and regulates "the depth at which the plow or cultivator shovel shall run in the ground" (lines 13-15).

Date: November 17, 1896

Creator: White, Hedley

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trolley Cut-Out.

Patent for "a new and improved cut-out designed for use on trolley-wires, electric light and power wires, and telegraph wires, the cut-out being arranged to reduce the danger from such wires incident to the breaking of the live wires." (Lines 7-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: January 14, 1896

Creator: Fletcher, Theodore

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Paint.

Patent for "a new and useful Improvement in Aqueous Paint" (lines 5-7) involving mud taken from Lake McDonald, in Austin, Texas, in combination with various admixtures of chemical and organic materials.

Date: February 4, 1896

Creator: Reynolds, Walter James

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Muzzle-Yolk.

Patent for a cattle-yolk that stops the animals from jumping or breaking through fences. The yolk "will bind upon him, thus effectually stopping the animal from any further effort" (lines 12-15) if it tries to jump or break through a fence.

Date: March 10, 1896

Creator: Courtney, Thomas Lafayette

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stump-Puller.

Patent for a stump-puller that "can be quickly assembled and taken apart, to devise a device which will admit of the rope being quickly paid off from the capstan after the stump has been uprooted, and, finally, to provide a machine which can be easily handled and which will perform the required work in a rapid and satisfactory manner and which can be transported from one stump to the other by being dragged upon the ground" (lines 10-19).

Date: April 7, 1896

Creator: Widmer, Louis J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tree-Protector.

Patent for "wire fenders or protectors for trees, [the] purpose being to provide a simple and inexpensive guard capable of being readily applied to trees of any size and having such construction that it shall be held by its own elasticity at such a distance from the trunk that rabbits or other rodents shall not be able to gnaw the bark, and the fender shall not chafe or wear the tree by continued use." (Lines 8-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: April 7, 1896

Creator: Smith, John Dawson

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stirrup.

Patent for a light and durable stirrup that can be used in light and heavy saddles and has an improved construction.

Date: April 28, 1896

Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Music-Leaf Turner.

Patent for a music-leaf turner to be used on pianos. It can turn pages to the right or left and the pianist need not use their hands. The pianist depresses a pedal with their foot to turn a page.

Date: June 30, 1896

Creator: Stinson, James C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stirrup.

Patent for a saddle-stirrup with springs on the bottom and a spring-catch on the top.

Date: August 11, 1896

Creator: Long, Francis F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trolley-Wire Crossing.

Patent for "means of which trolley-wires may be made to cross each other without contact and at the same time admit of the passage of trolley-wheels over each of the cross-lines." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 8, 1896

Creator: Handshy, Henry Milton

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tie-Plate Machine.

Patent for "a machine for properly positioning and securing metal plates to the cross-ties in the construction of railways, and which will obviate the coupling, buckling, or warping of the said plates when applying them to the wooden ties." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 8, 1896

Creator: Greenshield, William H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Paper Box.

Patent for a paper box that can be easily and securely locked. The ends of the box are locked into place with inwardly-curved edges, and slits receive the end portions of the inwardly -curved edges.

Date: September 15, 1896

Creator: Girard, Alexandre Ferdinand

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stem for Tobacco-Pipes or Cigar-Holders.

Patent for a stem for tobacco-pipes and cigar-holders designed to prevent nicotine from being inhaled. "The object in view is to provide a stem consisting of detachable members to facilitate cleansing when foul" (lines 11-14). The pipe is a serpentine shape and contains cotton filters in its crooks.

Date: September 29, 1896

Creator: Sjolander, Eric O.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stock-Guard.

Patent for a stock-guard meant for use in railway-tracks. It has many beveled caps, "each having a flange or projection on one side, and adapted to fit over the cross-ties" (lines 46-18). There are also slats, each with a flange on its upper edge, and the slats are arranged between the caps.

Date: November 10, 1896

Creator: Lee, Jacob Martin

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Musical Hoop.

Patent for "a musical hoop or wheel which is intended to interest and amuse children." (Lines 12-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: December 8, 1896

Creator: Milledge, John Henry

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tag.

Patent for a tag that is glued to the board that cloth is wrapped around, forming a "bolt". This invention allows bolts of fabric to be labeled without damaging the fabric.

Date: December 15, 1896

Creator: Brown, Sampson H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Telephone Attachment.

Patent for "a device which will support the weight of the telephone-receiver on the switch-lever whether the receiver be hung on the hooks of said lever or carelessly dropped, [the] object being to provide against the short-circuiting of the local battery when the telephone is not being used, whereby it would become uselessly exhausted, and also to insure that the signal-bell shall at such times always be in operative circuit with the central station, so that the annoyance to a distant exchange… more

Date: December 22, 1896

Creator: Christopher, William O.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hat-Pouncing Machine.

Patent for a felt hat-pouncing machine that can automatically pounce a hat no matter its contour, and means are "provided for setting the pouncer or pouncing-roll to bear uniformly on all parts of the convex surface to be pounced" (lines 13-15).

Date: March 17, 1896

Creator: Clarke, George R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Horse-Check.

Patent for an automatic that prevents horses from starting off when left unattended. It detects when the vehicle begins moving and pulls back on the reins.

Date: July 21, 1896

Creator: Lee, Charles

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

General Index and Alphabetical Record.

Patent for a general index and alphabetical record that organizes records in an index instead of a book.It is a chest of shallow drawers, each having a letter of the alphabet printed on its front. Attached to each drawer is a blank book.

Date: July 28, 1896

Creator: Ward, George C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Governor for Steam-Engines.

Patent for "a steam engine governor for shutting off the supply of steam to the engine in the event of the governor-belt breaking or slipping from the pulley, which is operatively connected with the weighted arms of the governor, so as to control the motion of the latter." (Lines 9-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: August 25, 1896

Creator: Wilcox, Ferdenand, S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hand-Car.

Patent for an improvement on the construction of the driving mechanism and brake on hand-cars.

Date: September 8, 1896

Creator: Small, Henry

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay-Press.

Patent for a hay-press where "the plunger or traverser is arranged in a suitable frame and is drawn toward its rearward position by means of a spring. rods are connected to the opposite sides of the plunger or traverser, and these are in turn connected to a cross-head, which in turn is connected with a pitman provided on its outer end with a hook that engages mechanism to give it a motion which imparts a reciprocating motion to the plunger" (lines 15-25).

Date: September 8, 1896

Creator: McIntosh, Alexander

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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