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Washing Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design has a reversible trough, "having bearings for the detachable rollers and provided with a pair of flat springs affixed rigidly to opposite sides and at opposite ends of the trough, hooked screw-bolts having thumb-screws, and shaft of the main roller" (lines 1-6).
Date: November 15, 1881
Creator: Blake, Llewellyn A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Straw Cutter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved straw cutter. This design "relates to certain improvements in straw-cutters; and it consists in the [novel] construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 13-15). The novel construction and arrangement of parts means that "[t]he machine is simple, durable, and inexpensive in construction, will not readily get out of repair, and will perform the necessary work in an efficient manner" (lines 1-4).
Date: May 10, 1881
Creator: Cornish, John A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bedstead.

Description: Patent for a new and improved bedstead. This design consists of a frame with tension wires "extending diagonally across the bed-frame to the side pieces thereof at points intermediate between the corner posts, and independent tension devices to which the ends of the wire are connected, whereby a longitudinal and lateral strain is exerted upon the bed-frame when the wires are adjusted" (lines 1-7).
Date: November 24, 1885
Creator: Clowers, William B.
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Cotton Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the base . . . of the slotted plate secured thereto, the strip on the rear side of the said plate, the blade having apertures and threaded bolts for adjusting the said blade" (lines 96-100). It further consists in "rear cutters or scrapers on the landside" (line 1).
Date: May 1, 1888
Creator: Irwin, William H. & Hairgrove, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Device for Twisting Wire Cables of Suspension Bridges.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cable twister. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the casting having grooves and openings therein, of the semicircular disks . . . having grooves therein and openings extending through the same, the bolt for binding the several parts together, and the arms extending out from the disks" (lines 1-7).
Date: June 11, 1889
Creator: Runyon, Edwin Elijah
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Cotton Chopper and Scraper.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and scraper. This design consists in "the combination of a central beam having a slot at its rear end and a hook at its front end, the laterally-adjustable bars connected with said beam, the scraper-standards pivoted to the adjustable bars, the front clevis for the beam, and rear yoke or support having a transverse pin, and the suspension-chains with a supporting-frame" (lines 101-108).
Date: November 1, 1881
Creator: McCaskill, John C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bran Dresser

Description: Patent for new and valuable Improvement in Bran-Dressers
Date: December 13, 1881
Creator: De Haven, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dental Tool

Description: Patent for a dental tool that is to "prevent the loss of amalgam" (p. 2).
Date: June 19, 1888
Creator: Morris, James P.
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Thill Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for thills. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the clip having the ears provided with the openings of the draft-iron having the eye at its inner end adapted to be inserted between the ears of the clip and having the transverse central opening" (lines 94-98). Further, it has "the coupling-bolt having the inclined shoulder and the nut provided with the [other] inclined shoulder and the sleeves having the inclined inner ends adapted to enter the… more
Date: March 1, 1887
Creator: Findley, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Description: Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "a central post, the latch-posts arranged at equal distances on opposite sides of the central post and provided with suitable catches, the latches pivoted at their inner ends to the center post and adapted to engage the said catches, the operating-bar affixed at its center to the upper end of the center post and at right angles to the gate, the loop connected at its free ends, respectively, to the latches, and the operating-cords runni… more
Date: October 1, 1889
Creator: Eubanks, Thomas Jefferson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Post-Hole Auger

Description: New and useful improvement in Post-Hole Augers. With this construction the auger will its way easily and rapidly into any kind of soil.
Date: November 2, 1880
Creator: Hubby, Mead M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Press

Description: Patent for a press that is related to "letter or book presses" and it has "a simple and comparatively inexpensive construction, and which shall at the same time be effective and strong and convenient for use" (p. 2).
Date: August 27, 1889
Creator: Kay, William V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Barrel

Description: Patent for ventilated barrels for shipment of fruits, vegetables, meat, and other articles in order to remain fresh
Date: February 28, 1882
Creator: McCormick, Willis B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice.

Description: Patent for "a new and improved Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice" (lines 3-4)
Date: July 13, 1880
Creator: Zilker, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Book-Rack

Description: Patent for a book rack that can be used as book-rest.
Date: July 6, 1880
Creator: Murphy, James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Farm Gate.

Description: Patent for a new and improved gate. This design "is mounted upon a hinge-rod, which is adapted for adjustment at its upper end within a rack fixed to the top of the hinge-post and provided with a pivoted keeper for said hinge-rod, the object being to set the upper end of the hinge-rod away from the latch-post as may be required to raise the free end of the gate to take up the sag, to support the gate a sufficient height above the ground to swing free of snow, and to allow of the passage of smal… more
Date: September 13, 1881
Creator: Miller, Wilson B. & Bell, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wagon-Bed Elevator

Description: Patent for a wagon-bed elevator that "is to provide an elevator for wagon-beds by means of which a single person can raise the bed from the wagon to any desired height and leave it suspended in position where it can be readily lowered upon the wagon again at any time" (p. 2).
Date: July 24, 1888
Creator: Holliday, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Animal-Traps.

Description: Patent for improvements to animal-traps to wound or kill rats, mice, and game with the size and strength being adjustable to the size of animals sought.
Date: August 15, 1887
Creator: Martin, Josiah
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spur.

Description: Patent for a spur that can be attached and removed easily from boot heels, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 30, 1880
Creator: Tytler, Alexander D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Draft-Equalizer

Description: Patent for an improved three-horse equalizer for draft horses.
Date: February 20, 1883
Creator: Kerby, George M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Planter.

Description: Patent for an improvement in cotton-planters.
Date: April 5, 1881
Creator: McFall, Mark M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash-Holder

Description: Patent for an improved window-sash lock.
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Carson, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Caster.

Description: Patent for an improved design for casters, otherwise known as "rollers for bedsteads and the like" (lines 15-16), including illustrations.
Date: April 19, 1881
Creator: Custer, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Selkirk Candlestick

Description: Patent for candlestick handle/dish with an extension that can be used traditionally for holding and carrying a candle as well as hanging on a nail in a wall with illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 13, 1880
Creator: Selkirk, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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