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Separable Button.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive, strong, and durable separable button that does not accidentally separate or unfasten. It consists of two disks connected with a stem, and the disks are different sizes.
Date: August 9, 1892
Creator: Monday, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sign.

Description: Patent for signs that are to be mounted to the roof of a car, and can be illuminated and read from any angle. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 9, 1892
Creator: Garner, William R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stovepipe Drying Rack.

Description: Patent for a new and improved drying rack. This design consists, "with a stove or steam-pipe, of the band having the sockets, lips, and springs, said lips adapted to be secured by proper bolt, bent arms . . . having the hooks [and] the eyes, said arms adapted to fit around the said band and be gathered in a bundle, the hooks interlocking with the eyes of the arms" (lines 65-73).
Date: August 9, 1892
Creator: Dowler, Libbie Moore
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Breakwater, &c.

Description: Patent for an improved way of constructing piers, jetties, breakwaters, and similar structures. "It can be constructed from boats, barges, or from a trestle, or can be built continuously from a starting-point on shore to the objective point in the lake, bay, gulf, or other body of water" (lines 17-21). This invention is especially useful for places that don't have banks or ledges.
Date: August 9, 1892
Creator: Shannon, Alexander M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Pianos or Organs

Description: Patent for "an attachment that can be used on pianos or organs, whereby the manipulation of the keys is greatly facilitated and playing upon the instrument greatly simplified, and the attachment is especially designed for those who do not to any great extent understand music or beginners who find it difficult to make the several chords in any particular key, the device being capable of ready attachment to the keyboard of any piano or organ and removed when not required for use" (lines 27-37).
Date: August 9, 1892
Creator: Stukes, John M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for a simple and effective car coupling that is partially automatic, "and in case of accident or breakage the said device is adapted to be used after the manner of an ordinary car-coupling" (lines 17-19).
Date: August 9, 1892
Creator: Felton, Tommas Wesley
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grain-Binder.

Description: Patent for "an improvement in grain-binders... which can be so constructed as to receive the grain direct from the platform of the reaper without the assistance of elevating mechanism." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 9, 1892
Creator: Schubert, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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