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Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for improvements in a device that is "adapted to take up slack in barbed and other wire fences," (lines 11-12) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 15, 1891
Creator: Wilson, Jesse H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pneumatic Rail-Brake.

Description: Patent for a pneumatic rail brake, which operates automatically to prevent derailment.
Date: March 30, 1909
Creator: Adams, Powell Orgain
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk Rake

Description: Patent for stalk rake. Illustration included.
Date: December 13, 1904
Creator: Gamble, Neill B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway-Crossing.

Description: Patent for a railway crossing track, which does not jar the train's wheels as it passes over the crossing.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Adams, Powell O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for a cotton chopper, which can be attached to a planter.
Date: October 18, 1910
Creator: Felton, Thomas W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Cooling Milk.

Description: Patent for a new and useful apparatus for regulating the temperature of milk.
Date: April 26, 1898
Creator: Porter, Louis H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bale-Tie Buckle.

Description: Patent for a bale tie buckle where "an internal shoulder adapter to cooperate with the tie or band to prevent the latter from accidentally slipping through the entrance throat in the buckle when the tie is slackened" (lines 16-20).
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Schutz, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination Plow.

Description: Patent for improvements on the combination plow that can be converted into a single, double, or three plow, including illustrations.
Date: October 28, 1890
Creator: Walton, Jacob Gipson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow Cultivator and Irrigator.

Description: Patent for an underground irrigating plow that consists of a draft bar, crank arms, plow beams that front ends swivel on the crank arms, a ratchet rod with chain spools, a ratchet lever that is attached to the ratchet rod, chains that are attached to the plow beams and the spools, braces that are attached to the crank arms, and a double-tree.
Date: April 25, 1893
Creator: Askew, Joseph W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Joint.

Description: Patent for a rail joint, which is rigid and locks in place.
Date: September 13, 1910
Creator: Adams, Powell Orgain
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk Cutter

Description: Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustration included.
Date: May 10, 1910
Creator: Michalka, Joseph & Michalka, Frank A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill-Tower.

Description: 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

Farm and Garden Implement.

Description: Patent for a new and improved tool rack. This design "consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, whereby the device may hold implements of various kinds—such as the hoe, rake, a fork, shovel-blade, a trowel, and similar hand-tools—by simply detaching one tool from the holder and inserting another" (lines 12-18).
Date: April 19, 1887
Creator: Hewitt, Ditus Pinson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Milk-Cooler

Description: Patent for a milk cooler in which the design of traditional milk coolers is improved upon.
Date: December 3, 1889
Creator: Porter, Louis H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Rotary Spade-Cultivators

Description: Patent for a rotary spade-cultivator that is secured to a frame, which is attached to the rear of a vehicle.
Date: December 7, 1875
Creator: Brodnax, David W., Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trace Carrier.

Description: Patent for a new and improved trace carrier. This design "consists in a frame having an oblong slot . . . for the passage of the back-band, and which has the trace-hook formed as a portion of it, in combination with a pivoted triangular-shaped bar or bars, which are loosely connected to the frame, and which close in the oblong opening . . . to clamp or hold the back-band . . . to provide a buckle and back-band hook which can be attached to either a cloth or leather back-band by frictional conta… more
Date: March 12, 1889
Creator: Clark, Alexander E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stock Car.

Description: Patent for improvement to stock cars, "so constructed that the hay-racks swing up automatically and the troughs can be lowered to be out of the way when not in use and can easily be swung up when the animals are to be watered" (lines 8-13).
Date: September 22, 1885
Creator: Lines, Daniel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Evaporator.

Description: Patent for a new and useful evaporating furnace, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 10, 1899
Creator: Kuzel, Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Deep Well Pump.

Description: Patent for a new and improved well pump. This design consists in "the timber bed arranged on the bottom of the well, in combination with two superposed metallic cylinders connected by a stock, said stock being provided at the bottom with inwardly-turned flanges made fast to said bed" (lines 55-60).
Date: March 22, 1887
Creator: Clark, Alexander Evans
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Sawing-Machines.

Description: Patent for improved sawing-machine, which can be operated either horizontally or vertically so that trees may be felled and cut up with one machine, the driving mechanism of which is in a protective housing.
Date: January 27, 1874
Creator: Morey, Harvey & Bellah, Samuel H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Back Band Buckle.

Description: Patent for a new and improved back-band buckle. This design "is to provide a simple and inexpensive back-band buckle adapted to protect the sides of an animal against rubbing, and capable of enabling the tug-chain to be readily secured thereto and removed therefrom and of securely holding the same without liability of the chain becoming accidentally unfastened" (lines 10-17).
Date: September 30, 1890
Creator: McCall, Dugald B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Power Device for Baling Presses.

Description: Patent for a new and improved power device for baling-presses. This design consists, "with a suitable frame, of a crank-shaft journaled therein, a pitman, and two disks, one loosely and the other rigidly mounted on said shaft and provided, respectively, upon their adjacent faces with a pair of shoulders and a lug, the length of the cut-away portion between said shoulders being greater than the length of said lug, whereby independent movement of the two disks is permitted, and a sweep rigidly at… more
Date: February 11, 1890
Creator: Nott, Henry W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow Guide and Gage.

Description: Patent for "gages and guides for plows and cultivators. the object of invention is to provide and adjustable guide and gage adapted to be attached to divided standards of plows and cultivators." (lines 11-16) including illustrations.
Date: November 5, 1901
Creator: Lindsey, John Samiel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clasp.

Description: Patent for a new and improved clasp. This design "is to make a fastener for pieces of leather by which bridles and other parts of harness may be made with less stitching and riveting, thereby lessening the labor and cost of manufacture" (lines 15-20). To this end, it consists in "two plates, [one] having key-hole slots with beveled side walls, and the [other] carrying studs undercut . . . and provided with top pin, in combination with the spring-plate perforated . . . to receive [the] pin to fo… more
Date: December 3, 1889
Creator: Waters, Richard H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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