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Machinery for Irrigating Purposes

Patent for a machine that irrigates with a water wheel. The water wheel is connected to a float and a rod connected that is connected to a crank on the shaft of the wheel.

Date: September 25, 1888

Creator: Owen, Benajah Dotte

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Commode.

Patent for an integrated air-venting commode.

Date: November 9, 1886

Creator: Bardon, Prosper

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knee Pad and Protector.

Patent for a new and improved knee pad. This design consists in "the combination of a body or main portion, padding contained therein, a re-enforcing piece secured to the said main portion, and a spring interposed and bearing between said main portion and re-enforcing piece . . . [a] cap-piece for knee-protectors slitted from its opposite edges . . . forming flaps, combined with connections for securing said flaps to the body of the cap-piece" (lines 72-81).

Date: May 17, 1887

Creator: Ridgill, Angus G.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Watch Case Pendant.

Patent for a new and improved watch-case pendant. This design "is to improve the construction of the bow and crown-holder of stem-winding watches, so that they will be prevented from working loose. Furthermore, to produce a bow and crown-holder which may readily be attached to watches having the ordinary holder thereon, and, finally, to produce a stem which shall be simple of construction, and which may be attached to a watch with but a slight expense" (lines 15-24).

Date: May 21, 1889

Creator: Rohrer, Edmond Charles & Joseph, Isidora

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk-Cutting Machine.

Patent for a machine to cut corn and other stalk vegetables and plants.

Date: July 5, 1887

Creator: Killingsworth, Thomas H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lamp Wick.

Patent for a new and improved wick for oil lamps. This design "consists in forming the lamp-wick of one or more layers of mineral wool inclosed in a textile material, the whole being sewed together by a series of parallel longitudinal stitches" (lines 18-22). Employing textile material represents an improvement in capillarity over previous wicks made with refractory cement.

Date: February 14, 1882

Creator: Bèck, Gebhard

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Means for Ventilating Grain, &c.

Patent for a new and improved ventilator for grain, etc. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the tubes, of the protecting end caps, consisting of a base-plate, by which it may be secured to the structure, and provided with a central opening, in which the ends of the tubes are adjusted, and a semi-cone . . . [also] [t]he combination, with the structure provided, with transverse ventilating-tubes projecting on the outside of the structure, of the . . . protecting caps" (lines 88-97).

Date: December 12, 1882

Creator: Street, John Kennedy

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Marine Torpedo Service.

Patent for a new and improved torpedo system. This design is "to so place and connect the torpedoes that they may be drawn out of the way of friendly vessels, so that they will automatically resume positions that will interfere with the passage of [unfriendly] vessels . . . [and] the invention consists of a series or system of torpedoes that are connected to guide-lines that pass under anchored sheaves and lead to a point where the lines are all connected to a single manipulating-line . . . whi… more

Date: December 7, 1886

Creator: Aylesworth, Charles Samuel

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sulky Plow and Cotton Scraper.

Patent for a new and improved sulky plow and cotton scraper. This design "relates to an improvement in sulky-plows, its object being to render the plow right or left hand for operation, to adjust the angle of presentation of the plow with relation to the line of draft, and to adapt the plow as a cotton-scraper; and it consists of the combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 14-20).

Date: May 16, 1882

Creator: Baucum, Samuel C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil Can.

Patent for a new and improved oil can. This design "consists in the combination, with an oil-can, of a wire passing loosely through the nozzle and into a tube secured on the bottom of the can within the said can. The outer end of the wire is curved, and part of the wire is finely grooved or roughened" (lines 13-18).

Date: March 27, 1883

Creator: Campbell, James A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil Press Mat.

Patent for a new and improved oil press mat. This design consists in "having its body portion composed of card-board cut to the size of the press-box, the adjacent faces being covered with sheet metal, which is pressed or stamped into the paper body to give the required cavity, which is bounded by raised margins and transverse ribs struck up from the metal, and supported by paper strips interposed between the layers of card-board, the two leaves of the mat having a leather backing and being hin… more

Date: September 18, 1883

Creator: Osborn, Adelbert E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil Can.

Patent for a new and improved oil can. This design is of an oil-can "in which the nozzle remains closed, except when the bottom of the can is pressed, thereby preventing useless waste of oil. To prevent the oil-outlet from being stopped up; to enable the operator to see how much oil is given to each hole, and to facilitate the removal of dirt and grease from the oil-holes before oiling" (lines 8-15).

Date: October 23, 1883

Creator: Campbell, James A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil Press Mat.

Patent for a new and improved oil press mat. This design "has for its objects to provide an improved oil-press mat which can be pressed and shaped into a compact body of the required configuration, and such shape be retained when subjected to pressure to compress heated envelops containing the meal from which the oil is to be extracted, and to provide a mat the face of which is elastic and tough, and liable to become heated, like like metal face-plates, while the main body of the mat is prevent… more

Date: July 8, 1884

Creator: Osborn, Adelbert E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil Distributer for Harbors, &c.

Patent for a new and improved oil-distributor. This design consists "in a device for distributing oil upon the waves in the vicinity of piers and harbors, the combination, with the main tank upon the shore, of a main pipe extending from it into the water, auxiliary tanks along the main line, and perforated auxiliary lines connected with the auxiliary tanks" (lines 23-30).

Date: December 4, 1888

Creator: Lyle, John Newton

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil Burning Apparatus.

Patent for a new and improved oil-burner. This design "is in oil burners intended for heating purposes, the combustion being, as in Bunsen burners, so complete as to afford little or no light. The apparatus involves constriction of the flame from a burner to arrest combustion and the admixture of air therewith as the gas rises while still heated through a laterally-perforated tube, at the top of which it is either ignited or conveyed away for subsequent consumption" (lines 11-21).

Date: November 12, 1889

Creator: Streeter, George D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Receipt Book Holder.

Patent for a new and improved holder for receipt books. This "is especially designed for the use of weighers" (line 8). The design calls for being "attached to the scales . . . that is, in the most convenient and agreeable position for the weigher. The book is always at hand, can be fully controlled by the weigher, and saves him [or her] very much trouble" (lines 42-48).

Date: November 2, 1880

Creator: Dickey, Robert Barbour

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ratchet Wrench.

Patent for a new and improved ratchet wrench. This design "relates to improvements in ratchet-wrenches wherein a handle carrying a rotating head having jaws to grasp a nut is provided with pivoted pawls, so that by oscillating the handle the pawls serve to rotate the head and screw or unscrew the nut, bolt, or other device" (lines 8-14).

Date: March 25, 1884

Creator: Osborn, Adelbert E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Necktie and Collar Fastener.

Patent for a new and improved tie and collar fastener. This design consists in "[a] fastener for securing the proper relation between the shirt-band, collar, and necktie, consisting of a spring adapted to fit inside the shirt-band and next to the neck, in combination with a hollow stud on the middle of the convex side, having a separable head with spring-catches, and the bent hook-sections, toothed . . . and arranged to separate the shirt-band, collar, and necktie" (lines 66-75).

Date: December 1, 1885

Creator: Coffey, Robert Samuel

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Means for Effecting Upward Draft in Privies, Commodes, &c.

Patent for a new and improved ventilation system. This design consists in "an aperture having a size about ten inches by seven inches in area, a ventilating draft-flue having a diameter of about six inches by six and one-half inches and a height of about ten feet, and a receptacle having a diameter of about twenty-two inches, the said relative proportions being followed accordingly as the size of the privy, commode, or closet is increased or decreased" (lines 56-64).

Date: November 2, 1886

Creator: Bardon, Prosper

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mattress Stuffing Machine

Patent for a device to stuff a mattress, comprising a combination of ropes, pulleys and gears.

Date: January 10, 1888

Creator: Stephenson, E. N.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mattress-Stuffing Machine

Patent "to provide simple means whereby the dimensions of the packing-box, as well as the spout, may be readily increased or diminished, either vertically or laterally, to enable the operator to stuff mattresses of varying sizes, whereby the dimensions of the packing-box and spout shall be at all times varied in the same relative proportions" (lines 12-20).

Date: March 5, 1889

Creator: Stephenson, Edwin N.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mold for Making Sewers.

Patent for a new and improved sewer mold. This design consists in "[a]n expansible and contractible reversible mold for sewers, in form in cross-section of either a semi-circle, semi-ellipse, or semi-ovate, formed of segmental portions hinged together and provided with stay-braces and thrusting tie-rods" (lines 76-81).

Date: June 18, 1889

Creator: Baade, John

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Elevated Suspension-Railway

Patent for improvements in construction and engineering of elevated railways

Date: November 19, 1889

Creator: Johnston, Lysander

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Door Check.

Patent for a new and improved door-check. This design "relates to improvements in devices for checking the movements of a door to prevent its forcible contact with a wall or other object, and for automatically fastening it in an open position, so that it will not be accidentally closed. The invention consists of a check or catch plate adapted to be secured to the floor or wall and provided with an inclined track for the passage of a spring-bolt on the door, a transverse projection being arrange… more

Date: May 25, 1886

Creator: Cevor, Charles

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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