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Document File-Case.

Patent for "an envelop for holding papers of various kinds and which is convenient and durable and can be manufactured at small cost" (lines 9-11). the side flaps are adjustable and are connected using elastic straps so they don't accidentally disconnect under tension.

Date: September 29, 1896

Creator: Ward, George C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Yardstick-Calculator.

Patent for "a calculating-yardstick adapted for use in connection with the dry goods or any other business in which goods are sold by linear measurement, the object in view being to provide, in connection with a linear measuring scale or rule, an indicating device provided with a plurality of price-scales having relation to the measuring-scale and adapted to indicate the price of a given length of an article at a given price per unit of measure, and also adapted to indicate the length of an art… more

Date: September 1, 1896

Creator: Praeger, Ewald

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tool for Cleaning Out Nuts.

Patent for a tool for cleaning out internally-threaded apertures. This removes rust and dirt from screw-threads without damaging the threads, and is much less destructive than acid baths, heat, and screw-taps.

Date: September 22, 1896

Creator: Rall, Frederick A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Life-Boat.

Patent for an improved life boat that "consists principally of a central closed hull equipped with propelling machinery, and floats extending on the sides of the said hull and rigidly secured thereto, to support the hull in position." (Lines 12-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 1, 1896

Creator: James, William F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Paper Box.

Patent for a paper box that can be easily and securely locked. The ends of the box are locked into place with inwardly-curved edges, and slits receive the end portions of the inwardly -curved edges.

Date: September 15, 1896

Creator: Girard, Alexandre Ferdinand

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fountain-Pen.

Patent for a fountain pen that has a piston which suctions ink into the pen's barrel and feeds it to the pen-point. The pen will be sturdy with no loose parts.

Date: September 1, 1896

Creator: Rogers, William Joseph

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Broom or Mop Holder.

Patent for a wire folded so that it firmly clamps "broom-corn, corn-shucks, mops, and feathers, or other material for brushes" (lines 10-11).

Date: September 1, 1896

Creator: McIlhany, Joseph W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Square.

Patent for a square meant "to provide a simple and cheap steel square embodying also a level, an inclinometer, and mitrometer" (lines 13-15).

Date: September 15, 1896

Creator: Johns, John P.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trolley-Wire Crossing.

Patent for "means of which trolley-wires may be made to cross each other without contact and at the same time admit of the passage of trolley-wheels over each of the cross-lines." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 8, 1896

Creator: Handshy, Henry Milton

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ratchet-Wrench.

Patent for a wrench that uses friction-rollers to clamp the thing that is being turned. A rotary ring-shaped cam is what actually turns the wrench's object, and there are teeth that surround the outside of the cam. A pawl, when turning the handle, turns the teeth. This is what makes the cam rotate.

Date: September 15, 1896

Creator: Fisk, Marston

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-Dog.

Patent for "a simple and inexpensive fire-dog adapted to be used in any ordinary open grate and capable of affording convenient means for cooking in an open fireplace." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 15, 1896

Creator: Lewis, Harry J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Patent for a churn with a "perforated dasher and a hollow or tubular dasher-shaft, through which the air passes into the churn-cylinder during the process of churning" (lines 14-17). The churn has a foot-rest and a false-bottom, and is meant to improve on simple and inexpensive churns.

Date: September 22, 1896

Creator: Stukes, John Marion

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Barrel-Washer.

Patent for a machine that cleans barrels. It has "barrel-supporting rollers to rotate the barrel in contact with brushes" (lines 13-15), which are more durable than rollers made from rubber tires. The rollers also each have an inner portion, a detachable annular exterior, and an elastic ring around the outside. Brushes are attached on opposite sides of the barrel, held up by a frame.

Date: September 29, 1896

Creator: Herold, Charles

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Patent for an automatic churn, which is an improvement to a previous churn, no. 39,532. It has a two-part cabinet, the top part equipped with a hinged top, a crank shaft, ratchet-wheel, spring pawl, and a tubular square pocket at the end of the crank-shaft. The square pocket is where one can attach a handle to operate the churn. The lower half of the cabinet opens on the side and contains the container, dasher-rod, and churn-dashers.

Date: September 15, 1896

Creator: Roberts, John A. & Vermillion, William E. C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ironing-Table.

Patent for a simple and durable ironing table that is sturdy when in use and can be folded when not in use. The table is hinged to and held up by a vertical piece of wood. Two sets of legs cross and are centrally pivoted together, one being stopped by the vertical board. When not in use, the table swings up and rests on the board.

Date: September 1, 1896

Creator: Mauritzen, James B. & Tinkle, Jesse C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Joint.

Patent for improvements in railway-rail joints, including "a means for adjusting the rails whereby a tight joint may be produced at any season of the year when the expansion and contraction of the metal with the varying temperatures cause the joints to become loose and the track uneven;" (lines 16-21) "suitable rail-carrying bed-pieces, made of metal and grooved to receive the rail;" (lines 23-24) and "brackets on its under side which are adapted to brace against the railway-ties, and suitable … more

Date: September 29, 1896

Creator: Krusinski, Ferdinand

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing-Machine.

Patent for a boiler washing machine that uses a stove and a hand-operated pounder attachment. This invention makes these types of washing machines more efficient.

Date: September 1, 1896

Creator: Arnold, Isaac Hill

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a pin-and-link car-coupling that allows "cars to be readily coupled and uncoupled without going between them, and by which a link may be readily guided into the mouth of a draw-head without necessitating a person going between the cars" (lines 11-16). It also has a durable link lifting or guiding device.

Date: September 1, 1896

Creator: Orr, Thomas J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Coupling.

Patent for an improvement on car-couplers, "especially to the class of hook-and-catch couplers in which the sides of the jaws of the coupler securely hold a link between the same by means of a downwardly-extending hook, the sides of the upper jaw carrying the said hook extending down over the sides of the under jaw, thus protecting the jaws from a lateral jar or pressure, the lower jaw being provided with a series of recesses at different angles, which are designed to receive the end of the lin… more

Date: September 29, 1896

Creator: Krusinski, Ferdinand

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Door-Bell and Mail-Receiver.

Patent for a door-bell joined with a tray or card-receiver, which is installed in a door. "When pulled out it will bring said tray outside the door to receive a card, letter, or package or any mail-matter, and when released will carry it inside the door again" (lines 11-15). The bell goes off when the tray, which has a toothed edge that engages the bell-hammer, is released.

Date: September 22, 1896

Creator: Key, Joseph H.; Brevard, Horace & Purifoy, William R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Calendar.

Patent for "a perpetual calendar embodying such a construction that the movement of a finger device will turn wheels, so as to successively display the names of the days of the week, the numbers of the days of the months, and the names of the months, the mechanism being such that the name of a month will be displayed until the numbers of all its days have been displayed, when the name of the succeeding month will be displayed, and so on." (Lines 13-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 22, 1896

Creator: Dickason, Frank B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tie-Plate Machine.

Patent for "a machine for properly positioning and securing metal plates to the cross-ties in the construction of railways, and which will obviate the coupling, buckling, or warping of the said plates when applying them to the wooden ties." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 8, 1896

Creator: Greenshield, William H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gas-Generating Apparatus.

Patent for a gas-generator, especially generating acetylene, "with uniformity of flow of gas and at a uniform pressure" (lines 15-16). It is simple and can be constructed in many sizes. "This apparatus is especially adapted for generating gas and mixing it with air from that class of chemicals that generate gas from water by decomposition thereof and by affinity for oxygen or hydrogen" (lines 25-30).

Date: September 15, 1896

Creator: Eldridge, Hilliary

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Gin.

Patent for a cotton gin that removes lint-cotton from the saws using an air-suction mechanism instead of a brush, which pose a fire hazard and can impair the gin's effectiveness. An air-blast mechanism is also an ineffective method of cleaning lint-cotton from the saws. The air-suction mechanism sucks "the lint-cotton directly from the rear portions of the saw-teeth independently of and without a brush, and an apparatus for preventing the withdrawn lint-cotton from passing into and through the … more

Date: September 29, 1896

Creator: Graber, Henry W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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