Description:
Patent for a new and improved portable hat- and coat-hanger. This design utilizes two metal hooks, each of which fold into a metal handle, so that one hangs from a surface while the other hangs an article of clothing. One hook should be sharp enough to engage with a wall, while the other need not be sharp to hang an article from the back of a chair or pew.
Date:
February 14, 1882
Creator:
McDonald, Thomas
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Description:
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the plow-beam having the hopper provided with two seed-compartments and a discharge compartment, of the oscillating levers fulcrumed in hangers beneath the plow-beam, the rods provided with fixed cups, and the rods provided with the hinged cups, and the cranked wheel for operating the levers" (lines 10-17).
Date:
April 14, 1885
Creator:
Kimbro, Jerrymirah Haden & Kimbro, John Alburt
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Description:
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the plow-beam and plow, of the semicircular stay-brace pivotally secured to the beam at one end and at the other end formed with a slot and a horizontal portion extending across the top of the beam, the bolt passed through the slot into the beam, the colter, and the adjustable wedge-shaped block having a plurality of depressions upon its inner face to receive the horizontal portion of the brace" (lines 81-90).
Date:
October 14, 1890
Creator:
Dickerman, Lewis M.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Description:
Patent for improvements in plows by providing “a reversible colter adapted to be applied to any style of plow; such as shovel-plows, half or turning shovels, bull-tongue, or other forms of plows. Also to provide a convenient means of attaching and detaching the plow” (lines 12-17). Illustration is included.
Date:
April 14, 1891
Creator:
Baker, George Washington
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Description:
Patent for a pencil attachment that serves the purpose of protecting the pencil point when not in use. The attachment also protects and cleans the rubber or eraser of the pencil.
Date:
April 14, 1914
Creator:
Swindowsky, Charles
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Description:
Patent for an improved peanut shelling machine that can be regulated according to the size and quality of peanuts. The machine also improves upon the cylinder and concave tension, that would allow the machine to be more easily maintained.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Huston, John T.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Description:
Patent for a rotary gang-plow that has laterally movable castings, stirrups, beams working in the stirrups, axles connected to the disks, and adjustable sleeves.
Date:
May 14, 1895
Creator:
Willis, WIlliam Beale
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Description:
Patent for a new and improved pulley-hub. This design "relates . . . to the means employed for attaching the hubs thereof firmly but removably to the shaft upon which the pulleys are mounted; and the object of the invention is to effect improvements upon the well-known 'spline-and-groove' connection. To this end the invention consists of a hub having upon its interior two outwardly-tapering grooves, wedges moving within said grooves, and a screw having a pointed tip passing between the inner en…
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Date:
October 14, 1890
Creator:
Collier, William Reid
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Description:
Patent for improvement in quilting-frames by providing “screw-eyes on the end pieces of the frame for the purpose of holding the frame together and at the same time serving to run in the rollers to carry the frame along,” (Lines 25-31) and an interchangeable roller-gages would enable either straight or curved or fancy quilting to be done. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 14, 1891
Creator:
Stukes, John Marion
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Description:
Patent for rail joints that will remove the need for bolts to secure the chairs. The joints will also allow the chair to be removed from the rail without using tools.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
Ernest, Albert C.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Description:
Patent for the "improvements in rail joints, the object being to so construct and arrange the meeting ends of two railway rails as to provide interlocking members..." (lines 8-12). The patent includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
April 14, 1914
Creator:
Evans, James B., Sr.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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