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Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive wire stretcher "which may readily be employed for stretching wires to a post for stapling, for stretching or drawing the ends of wires together for tying and for drawing out or removing staples from a post" (lines 12-16).
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Palmer, Joshua C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for an improved plow that consists of a plow beam, a horizontal shoulder and a loop in its front, a clamp that adjusts the loop, a screw in the clamp and the vertical bar, and draft appliances. It is especially designed to easily connect to the animal that is drawing it.
Date: August 8, 1893
Creator: Blunck, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gun-Magazine.

Description: Patent for an improved gun magazine that consists of a glass lining with openings on its sides.
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Whitten, Burrel Franklin & Porcher, Joseph Ford
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Flooring or Ceiling Jack.

Description: Patent for a flooring or ceiling jack that is meant to "provide a device, whereby the laying of the flooring, and the fitting of siding and ceiling strips are greatly facilitated, and enables one carpenter to do the work that ordinarily requires two" (lines 14-18).
Date: August 22, 1893
Creator: Holiman, William Moses
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Buckle.

Description: Patent for a back band buckle that consists of a plate with its ends turned up and two upper longitudinal slit, the lower slit having teeth, and a hook with nibs.
Date: August 29, 1893
Creator: Brown, John Anderson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Mop and Window-Cleaner.

Description: Patent for an improved mop and rubber holder meant to clean windows, walls, and similar surfaces. It is adjustable, and the operator can put the mop or the rubber on the end of the handle.
Date: August 22, 1893
Creator: Wiebush, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Forge-Tray.

Description: Patent for "an improved forge tray, and it has for its object to provide means for preventing the loss or waste of fuel incident to the use of the ordinary forms of forges; and to provide means for concentrating the heat without interfering with the operations of the smith and without intercepting his view of the irons" (lines 8-15).
Date: August 15, 1893
Creator: Burnett, Rufus Samuel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Blind-Stop.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive blind stop that adjusts and locks "the slats of window blinds in any position desired for the purpose of regulating the light, and to prevent the rattling and wear and tear on the slats, and to lock the slats so that they cannot be opened from the outside at all" (lines 8-13). It is easy to operate and does not use screws.
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Hoskins, William Wharton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Feed-Cutter.

Description: Patent for a feed cutter that has a casing that makes up tilted side walls with transverse openings, a reciprocating knife that sits between the casing walls, a link that connects the knife to the casing, a feed trough, and a staple that engages the trough.
Date: August 22, 1893
Creator: Butler, Jacob
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling-Press.

Description: Patent for an improved quarter circular baling press that forms "a catching and tripping mechanism simple in construction and low of production; and second, to retain the plunger-bar within its proper limits to again come in proper position on the other catch or set block after being tripped, independent of any vertical or horizontal guides as hereinafter fully described" (lines 19-26).
Date: August 8, 1893
Creator: Schubert, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Portable Scale.

Description: Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive portable scale meant for weighing cotton, corn, and other similar produce. It folds compactly when not in use, and has a tally device.
Date: August 8, 1893
Creator: Storey, Julius W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gas-Governor.

Description: Patent for an improved gas governor that are used with gas-meters in supply-buildings and accurately regulates gas flow and pressure. The invention is a general improvement on gas governors, and is efficient in its operation.
Date: August 15, 1893
Creator: Martyr, Leonard W. & Eldridge, Hilliary
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Press.

Description: Patent for a cotton press that has a stationary plate and a steam or hydraulic powered plate and produces a continuous folded bat. This invention combines "advantages of the quick but not extremely powerful pressure of the ordinary steam press, and the powerful but slow pressure of the hydraulic press" (lines 14-17).
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: McCutcheon, Joshua L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Swing.

Description: Patent for an improved and inexpensive swing that is foot-operated. The swing is built into a frame, and connects to the frame on two points on each end of the swing.
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Brydson, John J. & Greathouse, John A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Metal-Banding or Bale-Wiring Tool.

Description: Patent for an improved "banding or bale wiring tool, especially adapted to be inserted in between the bars of a bailing press, to grasp and cut the wire, after said wire has been firmly drawn around the bale, and twist the two ends of the wire together to form a tie" (lines 20-25).
Date: August 15, 1893
Creator: Schubert, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Siphon-Pump for Oil-Cans.

Description: Patent for a simple and inexpensive siphon meant to transfer oil from a container to another container without spilling the liquid. It can transfer a liquid from a reservoir to a receptacle and back again without spilling.
Date: August 15, 1893
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway Signal and Crossing-Gate.

Description: Patent for an improved railway signal meant to be used at crossings. It consists of a rotary signal post, operating mechanism, a lamp, an arm extension, the signal hanging from the arm, a bearing for the bottom of the rotary post, a box where the bearing sits, a sleeve that holds a cap plate for the box, a ladder from the post to the cap plate, and a brace.
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Berry, John S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Copy-Holder.

Description: Patent for an inexpensive and simple copy, record, or book holder stand that is easily adjustable. It sits on a table, and the stand is two horizontal plates that are positioned next to each other.
Date: August 8, 1893
Creator: Phillips, James M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bale or Bundle Wiring Tool.

Description: Patent for a tool that tightly twists wire around a bale in a bale press. It works quickly and works better than other wiring tools. "This tool is so constructed that two or more wires can be grasped at two different times independent of each with one movement of the hand, not loosening the grip on the first wire while the second wire is grasped and cut off" (lines 35-40).
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Schubert, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Feeder for Printing-Presses.

Description: Patent for a feeder for printing-presses that "takes one sheet of paper at a time from a pile on the feed-board and delivers it within reach of the nippers to the press, as straight and true as it laid on the feed-board" (lines 11-14). The feeder has an improved design with adjustable retaining plates, a feed-board, a guard bar with sleeves that slide on the bar, retaining plates, pins with thumb-screws, brushes, and gage-blocks.
Date: August 8, 1893
Creator: Orser, Levi
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling-Press.

Description: Patent for a baling press for hay that is meant "to provide a press and suitable power for operating the same, and to so construct said press as to double the capacity of the ordinary pres, that is to form two bales at one time, the press being operated by the same power; and, furthermore, to provide means for conveniently transporting the same when desired" (lines 10-17).
Date: August 29, 1893
Creator: Harrington, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hose or Pipe Coupling.

Description: Patent for a hose or pipe coupling that automatically couples cars, and uncouples one or more pipes are automatically uncoupled by steam, air, or fluid pressure. The "invention consists of a pair of twin couplers through each of which one or more tubes are conducted, the apertures of which in the face of one coupler register with those in the face of the opposite coupler, each coupler being provided with guides or other suitable means for bringing it into alignment with the other and with a bol… more
Date: August 15, 1893
Creator: Gebhardt, William Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saw-Templet.

Description: Patent for a simple, durable, and effective saw template that easily checks and marks saws "to correct faults in the saw blade by means of the usual hammering process" (lines 11-13). The invention "consists of a stock or holder, a flexible band held adjustably therein, and means for adjusting the band to the desired curve" (lines 14-17).
Date: August 8, 1893
Creator: Spooner, Benjamin F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Appratus for Treating Refuse Matter.

Description: Patent for "the perfection of an apparatus by the use of which night soil or garbage may be reduced to ashes in the shortest possible time and at a comparatively trivial expense" (lines 20-24).
Date: August 8, 1893
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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