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Gin Saw Gummer.

Patent for a new and improved gin saw gummer. This design "consists in constructing a gin-saw gummer of a base-block, having a slot to receive the saw, and carrying the dics or stationary cutters, the guide-bar and shoe, the weight-bar, the pivoted bar, carrying the cutter and the gage, the lever and cam for operating the cutter-bar, and the feed mechanism" (lines 23-29).

Date: March 1, 1881

Creator: Clopton, John Benjamin

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hame Fastener.

Patent for a new and improved hame fastener. This design utilizes a clasp that slides along a bar. When the clasp is at the desired position relative to the hame, a pin and a locking plate on the clasp lock the clasp in place; thus the hame is fastened.

Date: April 26, 1881

Creator: Crump, Thomas Jefferson

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Governor for Cotton Gins and Cotton Gin Feeders.

Patent for a new and improved governor for cotton gins. This design "consists, first, in the combination of an oscillating or movable roll-breast with a regulating attachment, whereby the size of the roll or the pressure of the cotton in the roll-box is made to regulate the feed to the gin to any desired degree; second, in forming a series of slots through the outer side of the roll-breast, so that the cotton seed may be discharged through the outer side of the breast, as well as in addition to… more

Date: May 10, 1881

Creator: Forbes, Lycurgus D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hopper for Leaching Ashes.

Patent for improved ash-hopper that is composed of suitable frame, two side boards, two triangle end boards that can be used to improve leaching ashes.

Date: June 7, 1881

Creator: Alexander, Abbington B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gopher Trap.

Patent for a new and improved trap for gophers and other subterranean animals. This design utilizes for the first time the combination of spring, jaw, treadle, trigger, and baseboard to ensnare gophers and other varmints.

Date: July 5, 1881

Creator: Norris, Abram

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Patent for a new and improved gate. This design "consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the posts, the latch-bar pivoted to the main rail by inclined braces and operated by a rock-shaft and push-arms inclined in a direction opposite to that of the inclined braces, weight-box, and cranks for operating the rock-shaft to open and close the gate" (lines 19-25).

Date: October 25, 1881

Creator: Smith, Robert B. & Curry, William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-Kindler.

Patent for a composition of matter to be used for kindling fires. Ingredients, proportions of ingredients and mixing instructions are included. No illustration.

Date: December 20, 1881

Creator: Boyd, William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Engineer's Level-Rod.

Reissued patent for an improvement in engineer's level which introduces a novel manner of marking the scale upon the face of the rod.

Date: April 5, 1881

Creator: Lynch, Michael L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seed Planter.

Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design "furnish[es] seed-planters for planting in hills or drills corn, sorghum, beans, rice, cotton, and other seeds, so constructed that the seed may be planted in any desired quantity, and at any desired distance apart, and with the rows at any desired distance apart" (lines 20-26).

Date: January 4, 1881

Creator: Holekamp, Julius

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Straw Cutter.

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

Shovel Plow.

Patent for a new and improved shovel plow. This design "provide[s] a shovel . . . having extensible wings pivoted to its rear surface, and combined with suitable mechanism by which they may be extended and forced inward . . . second, [it] provide[s] novel means of adjusting the angularity of the shovel and its standard with reference to the beam of the plow; third, [it] provide[s] novel means for adjusting the positions of the outer ends of the handles" (lines 16-26).

Date: June 21, 1881

Creator: Conner, Laurance H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway Switch Lock.

Patent for a new and improved railway-switch lock. This design "consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts whereby an independent key is used to unlock the latch or bolt of the bolt-case" (lines 14-17).

Date: August 2, 1881

Creator: Angus, Alexander & Phillips, George

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Street Car.

Patent for a new and improved street car. This design "has reference to the construction of steam and other street-cars, whereby the same can be readily turned around corners, having for its object the simplifying of the construction and lessening the cost of construction" of previous street cars (lines 22-27).

Date: August 9, 1881

Creator: Towell, Isaac

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Reflector for Lamps.

Patent for a new and improved reflector for oil lamps. This design "consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts, whereby the handle and reflector can readily be detached from the lamp-body and replaced thereon when desired" (lines 15-19). Further, the handle has a hole by which it can be hung.

Date: September 6, 1881

Creator: Ludwick, John Harvey

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shingle Gage.

Patent for a new and improved gauge for the installation of roofing shingles. This design utilizes a set of metal brackets and joined metal bars to guide in the nailing of shingles to the roof. This eliminates the need for marking in advance the target of the nail.

Date: April 5, 1881

Creator: Gay, Edward R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Axle Box.

Patent for a new and improved self-oiling axle box. This design utilizes a sleeve with several small, oil-filled holes to be placed between the spindle and the axle box, which lubricates the machine and reduces friction. A nut keeps the spindle and axle box together.

Date: April 26, 1881

Creator: Barnes, Thomas J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stamp Canceler and Register.

Patent for a new and improved stamp canceller. This design "consists in the combination, with an ordinary hand canceling device, of an indicator" (lines 22-24). This design utilizes a lever, and "[b]y properly adjusting [it], the device will indicate the cancellation of one-cent or three-cent stamps, and it is obvious that by making similar and proper provision for the adjustment of the throw of [the lever] the cancellation of stamps of any denomination may be indicated" (lines 83-89).

Date: May 3, 1881

Creator: Lupton, Lewis R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Harness.

Patent for a new and improved harness attachment. This design utilizes two disks, "one being notched in its thick or heavy edge and the other being notched in its thin or less weighty portion . . . thus effectively closing the space that would otherwise be left at the point of the hook, and preventing the ring . . . from becoming detached" (lines 55-63).

Date: June 28, 1881

Creator: Baton, Durham D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing Machine.

Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design "regulate[s] the pressure of the rubber upon the clothes, and thus facilitate[s] the operation of washing the said clothes" (lines 13-16).

Date: September 6, 1881

Creator: Hollis, William Tailler.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash-Holder.

Patent for improved sash-fasteners, which relates to sash-fasteners, the object being to furnish a simple and effective substitute for the ordinary sash weights and locks.

Date: September 13, 1881

Creator: Barb, Gustavas Henry

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spring Bed Bottom.

Patent for a new and improved spring bed-bottom. This design utilizes a new method of coiling the wire so that only one wire may be used to make up all of the springs. By moving diagonally from one end of one spring to the end of another, this design eliminates the possibility of losing any individual spring.

Date: October 18, 1881

Creator: Eichelberger, Henry. H. C. & Bruner, Hilary Wentz

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rotary Spading Machine.

Patent for a new and improved rotary spading machine. This design "consists in the combination of a cylinder or drum armed with a series of spades or teeth, and mounted on a revolving shaft having a bearing or ground wheel, and a series of cleaning fingers or disks, which operate between the teeth of a second cylinder or drum which is mounted in a frame hung loosely on the main shaft of the machine, so as to rise and fall and adapt itself to the inequalities of the ground" (lines 21-30).

Date: March 8, 1881

Creator: Schuchard, Julius

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seed Planter.

Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design consists "[i]n a seed planter, [with a] seed-dropping cylinder . . . with a row of recesses around its middle part, and rows of different-sized recesses provided with adjustable gage-screws around its end parts, whereby different-sized seeds can be dropped by the same cylinder" (lines 67-74).

Date: June 14, 1881

Creator: Holekamp, Julius

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rotary Steam Engine.

Patent for a new and improved rotary steam engine. This design "first, provide[s] a novel form of valve for regulating the induction and eduction of steam to and from the cylinder; second, [it] provide[s] novel devices for reversing the movements of the rotating pistons; and, third, [it] provide[s] novel combinations of the parts of which the engine is composed"

Date: July 19, 1881

Creator: Cross, David L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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