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Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for improvements in cotton-choppers by "providing a frame in which is journaled the shaft carrying the cutting-wheel, which derives its motion through connection with the traction-wheels, the said shaft being arranged at an angle to the line of travel of the machine and connected by knuckle or swivel joint with a shaft comprising a part of the driving mechanism.” (Lines 19-26) Illustration is included.
Date: October 27, 1891
Creator: Poole, Luther M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for a cotton chopper that is "cheap, durable, have as few parts as practicable, and be easily assembled" (lines 13-15). The device uses hoe-carrying shafts and a main-drive shaft, and the hoes elevate and depress to chop the cotton.
Date: May 4, 1897
Creator: Moore, John Neally
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Chopper

Description: Patent for a new and improved Cotton Chopper, which explains what it is used for and what the new improvements are.
Date: October 19, 1897
Creator: Hyland, Robert R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn and Cotton Planter.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corn an cotton planters. This design is to " provide the same with a sweep or plow which travels in front of the seeder or planter mechanism to open a furrow" (line 13 - 16).
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Wendeborn, Ernest Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stovepipe.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in stovepipes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 28, 1898
Creator: Riviere, Walter P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hasp.

Description: Patent for a hasp that "may be adjusted longitudinally to compensate for expansion or contraction of the parts to which it is applied, or which it is designed to connect, the means for adjustment being such that they may be manipulated without displacing or altering the relative positions of any of the parts of the device, and furthermore, to provide means whereby the hasp is capable of universal movement, whereby it is operative irrespective of the planes in which the surfaces of the connected… more
Date: February 5, 1895
Creator: Hutton, Milton Calhoun
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Holdback for Vehicle-Thills.

Description: Patent for a "simple, inexpensive, and efficient" (lines 12-13) thill. A portion of the harness usually required is not necessary with this thill, and the horse cannot kick an occupant of the vehicle.
Date: March 2, 1897
Creator: Mays, Livingston M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Description: Patent for a new design for a gate that "will prevent the post to which it is hung from being drawn out of line by its weight" (lines 12-14) and will stay open unaided and "automatically lock itself when closed" (line 18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 1, 1890
Creator: Snow, Abner
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Description: Patent for an improvement to the construction of sliding gates that will "enable them to be readily opened by persons on horses and in vehicles and to be closed by them after passing through the gate." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 5, 1892
Creator: Shannon, Jefferson C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Description: Patent for a gate "used to guard thoroughfares on farms, passages into fields and for like purposes, and belongs to a class wherein two similar gates are together employed, and are pivoted to rock on a frame, so as to open a passage through said fame, or close the gate opening as occasion may require" (lines 10-16). The invention is easily opened and closed, has newly designed latches, and has counterbalances.
Date: February 12, 1895
Creator: Whittenberg, William B. & Hawkins, Augustus L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Elevated Railroad

Description: Patent for "improvements in elevated railways; and the object of my invention is to produce an elevated-railway system which is comparatively cheap, which is absolutely safe, and in which the cars are arranged so that they ride very easily and can be readily adapted for both passenger and freight traffic" (lines 8-15).
Date: June 7, 1892
Creator: Arnold, Eliphalet L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Harrow.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in harrows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 9, 1899
Creator: Sorenson, Christian
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Releasing Device for Brakes of Locomotive Drive-Wheels.

Description: Patent for a simple and durable improved releasing device for brakes of locomotive drive-wheels that prevents "the drive wheels from being locked and sliding on the track rails, to obviate the uneven wear on the wheel tire" (lines 15-18). The invention has an auxiliary piston connected to the triple valve piston and is controlled by back pressure in the steam chest.
Date: November 27, 1894
Creator: Pelham, Walter O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing-Machine.

Description: Patent for "washing-machines and seeks to provide, among other improvements, a novel construction of casing and gear framing or support, an improvement in the clothes-receptacle and the devices for securing a circulation of water and steam through the clothes." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 11, 1896
Creator: Walters, Loren B. & Cadwalader, Kinsey
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Farm-Gate

Description: Patent for an addition to self-closing swinging farm gates where a latch locks the gate with the force of the weight of the gate along with a modification to the attachment of the gate wherein the gate is made stronger and more efficient for it.
Date: November 15, 1892
Creator: Miller, Wilson B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Exhaust Fan.

Description: Patent for a new exhaust fan. Patent for "a new and improved exhaust fan design that can be adapted for exhausting in any capacity and for creating a suction and discharging the air from any devices in connection." (lines 8-13) including instructions and illustrations. Patent for a new exhaust fan design with operating construction, including illustrations.
Date: January 3, 1893
Creator: Hyde, Thomas B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Replacer.

Description: Patent for a repairable, sectional car replacer, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 15, 1892
Creator: Scott, Nelson S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cabinet-Bed

Description: Patent for "a cheap and simple construction of bed of this class, adapted to be readily folded or unfolded and to provide means for automatically folding and unfolding the legs for supporting the foot of the bed-frame when said frame is raised or lowered" (lines 9-15)
Date: June 14, 1892
Creator: Hayton, John. W. & Swift, Samuel H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bed-Brace.

Description: Patent for a bed brace that consists of end-loops that are held by engage hooks at the ends of the bedstead, fixed draw-wires that connect the outer and inner sides of the end-loops, a tension-loop that is connected to the side rails, tightening link with duplicate rings that slide onto the tension loop, and a transverse twisting-bar.
Date: February 21, 1893
Creator: Pool, David Preston
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bicycle.

Description: Patent for a bicycle that can be operated by the operator's hands or feet or both, and the motion used to operate the bicycle is that of rowing. "the rider must assume a position upon the machine corresponding to that assumed by an oarsman in a boat, and as the rider can work with both hands and feet all the energy and strength he is capable of exerting can be brought to bear upon the propelling mechanism in a most effective manner, and the seat can be rendered much more comfortable than at pre… more
Date: April 3, 1894
Creator: Hyde, Thomas B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "is to provide means for raising the catch to release it from either side or from the top of the car, and holding it in such raised position" (lines 8-12). It consists, "with the draw-head and the catch pivoted therein and having tip extended vertically through the front end thereof, of eyes in said draw-head, a wire frame journaled in said eyes and having forwardly extending arms above and beneath the body of said catch, and… more
Date: October 21, 1890
Creator: Whatley, Richard I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clothes Pounder

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvements in clothes pounders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 7, 1897
Creator: Schofield, Frank B. & Schofield, Joseph L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling-Press.

Description: Patent for a baling press intended to work with hay, cotton and similar material, and form bales of many different sizes.
Date: June 18, 1897
Creator: Murphy, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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