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Yardstick Calculator.

Description: Patent for a new and useful yard stick calculator for linear measurement. Yard stick is use in connection with dry goods and or business where items are sold by linear measurement including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Praeger, Ewald
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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

Reading-Stand.

Description: Patent for a simple, durable, and economic reading stand that has two desks, one of which is adjustable so that a person can read while sitting at any angle. The second desk is capable of holding heavy books. Both stands are vertically adjustable. The stand can be constructed to hold a lamp in addition to books.
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Anderson, Francis John & Irick, William Madison
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Penholder.

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvement in penholders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Thurman, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Horse-Detacher.

Description: Patent for a new and useful horse detacher, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Haines, Samuel Alfred
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

Shaft-Iron.

Description: Patent for a new and useful shaft iron, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Boynton, Willie Amos
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in acetylene gas machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Henderson, Thomas & Stapp, William A.
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

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

Feed-Water Regulator For Boilers.

Description: Patent for a new and useful feed water regulator for boilers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Bowles, Hardy
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

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

Automatic Drop-Lid for Bins or Boxes.

Description: Patent for "boxes or bins for store counters and shelves; and it has for its object to provide certain improvements in the lid devices for boxes or bins, so as to avoid the many objections to hinged lids, which interfere with free access to the interior of the box or bin when the same is used under the counter or on shelves" (lines 8-15).
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Dailey, Basil
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and useful car coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Adams, William Franklin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cord-Tying Device.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cord tying devices, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Postley, Charles A.
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
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