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Window-Curtain Holder.

Description: Patent for improvements in window-curtain holders,in which the curtain holder has a upper and a lower socket, “with the lower socket having a central opening and mounted on a base-plate, of the upper socket having a side opening and mounted on a base-plate, and the U-shaped clasp pivoted at its lower end in the lower socket and having its upper end laterally bent and designed for insertion in the side opening of the upper socket” (lines 84-92). The curtains would be retained and giving them th… more
Date: March 17, 1891
Creator: West, Eugene B. & Finney, William D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wall and Ceiling Polish.

Description: Patent for an improvement of a polish mixture for wall and ceiling which is water-proof and has a glossy finishes; instructions and ingredients for the mixture are included, no illustration.
Date: February 10, 1891
Creator: Neavitt, Thomas J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process of Tanning.

Description: Patent for improvements in tanning by steaming the broom-weed (Amphiachyris dracunculoides) to extract liquor and gradually condense the liquor into a strong solution as tanning ingredient for treatment of hides or skins. No illustration.
Date: October 13, 1891
Creator: Turner, Robert W.
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Churn.

Description: Patent for improvements on a churn design, in particular for churns with a vertical dasher that have reciprocating motion.
Date: October 27, 1891
Creator: Henderson, Henry Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tobacco Substitute.

Description: Patent for an improvement in tobacco substitutes, by using a combination of ingredients that “will completely destroy all desire for tobacco and thus enables them to discontinue its use without any of the inconvenience or suffering,” (lines 18-21) ingredients of the compound are included. No illustration.
Date: March 24, 1891
Creator: Miller, Levi, H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Medical Compound.

Description: Patent for an improvement in medicinal preparations by combining Mexican sarsaparilla, broom-sage, alcohol and sugar to treat yellow fever, chills and fever, diphtheria, and other diseases; exact amount of the ingredients and instructions on how to mix them are detailed in the patent. No illustration.
Date: October 6, 1891
Creator: White, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stirrup.

Description: Patent for an improvement in stirrups by using the horns of animals to make an ornamental serviceable stirrup. Illustration is included.
Date: June 9, 1891
Creator: Baker, Joseph W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for an improvement in plows by “employing a combined brace for the mold-board and a locking device for the share” (lines 46-48), including illustration.
Date: March 3, 1891
Creator: Hyer, Robert Stewart
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fuel Produced From Lignite.

Description: Patent for the process by which fuel is created from lignite coal.
Date: December 15, 1891
Creator: Edelmann, Albert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for improvements in car-couplings by enhancing a device called pin-lifter to couple and uncouple rail cars. Illustration is included.
Date: September 8, 1891
Creator: Weathersby, Sarah Ann
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Piston for Pneumatic Pumps.

Description: Patent for improvements in pistons for pneumatic pumps by using a combination of a tubular shell, a cylindrical valve, a conical aperture and a conical projection to fulfill the conditions required of a piston in pumps. Illustration is included.
Date: March 31, 1891
Creator: Robinson, Charles H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insecticide.

Description: Patent for improvements in poisons for prairie-dogs, a “chemical compositions adapted to destroy vermin and more particularly prairie-dogs; but it may also be used to destroy many other sorts of vermin, including birds and insects.” (Lines 12-16) Ingredients and instruction of how to mix this compound are included. No illustration.
Date: July 28, 1891
Creator: Staples, David W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machinery For Pressing Cotton.

Description: Patent for improvements in machinery for facilitating the pressing of cotton; and it relates particularly to mechanism in which cylinders and pistons are used, under the influence of fluid or liquid, such as steam, air, water, or gas under pressure to operate the follower-block of a bailing-press. (Lines 12-18) Illustration is included.
Date: May 5, 1891
Creator: Bachman, Joseph A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Dressing Surfaces of Pavements.

Description: Patent for improvements in machines for dressing surfaces of wooden or block pavements that may be operated by a traction-engine of known construction, including illustrations.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: Love, Robert Hamilton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mechanical Movement.

Description: Patent for a mechanical movement using a crank to operate the lazy-tongs through the medium of a pitman, guided by a pair of parallel wires and, a reciprocating bar guided by a socket to produce the reciprocating motion. Illustration is included.
Date: February 10, 1891
Creator: Baker, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump.

Description: Patent for improvements in pumps especially adapted for deep wells by using different approaches to construct and arrange the strainer, the working barrel, the conical valve seat and other parts to pump the water upward. Illustration is included.
Date: October 20, 1891
Creator: Branham, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plotter.

Description: Patent for an improvement in "surveying-instruments, and has for its object to produce a simple device whereby certain information can be obtained without the necessity of auxiliary calculations,” (lines 12-15) includes illustration.
Date: March 24, 1891
Creator: Smith, Valentine Hartgroves
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sulky.

Description: Patent for improvements in sulkies by using materials such as curved springs, cross-bar and braces to support the body of the vehicle and making it rigid, with a sturdy frame, the sulky would vibrate freely in every direction. Illustration is included.
Date: July 28, 1891
Creator: Harper, William D.
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Music-Holder.

Description: Patent for an improved music-holder. The music-holder is comprised of a base adapted to be secured to a music rest with a standard pivoted on the base. The standard is fixed with a spring-pressed shaft in order to press the book to the music stand.
Date: October 27, 1891
Creator: French, Clarence E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for improvement in plows by using a “combination of mold-board, land-bar, and share, which will effectually shed the land and prevent the latter from adhere to it.” (Lines 15-18) Illustration is included.
Date: May 26, 1891
Creator: Brown, William Franklin
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Portable Derrick.

Description: Patent for improvements to derricks which make them portable and easily manipulated. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 8, 1891
Creator: Hurd, George Murray
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oat-Cutter.

Description: Patent for a type of straw and hay cutter designed especially for cutting sheaf oats that is easily operated, including illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Laws, John Aderson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a cultivator used for sub-soiling and cultivating small grain.
Date: December 1, 1891
Creator: Thomas, James C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Scraper.

Description: Patent for an improved cotton-scraper by applying a regulator (a rod) with a series of perforations to the rear of the scraper, for the purpose of adjusting the depth, at which the cutter shall run. Illustration included.
Date: February 3, 1891
Creator: Hobbs, James Joseph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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