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Riding-Saddle.

Description: Patent for a ridding-saddle that is an improvement previously granted to Jesse D. Padgitt (No. 540,940). The improvements include increasing the strength to the flexible rear portion of the saddle. The first patent was for a saddle "distinguished by a tree or frame formed of a short rigid fork and a flexible body or rear portion, including a seat and cantle, constructed of leather or other suitable flexible material" (lines 10-14).
Date: April 28, 1896
Creator: Padgitt, William C. & Padgitt, Jesse D.
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Electric-Current Meter.

Description: Patent for an electric-current meter that measures "the amount of electricity passing over a given branch of derived or (if desired) line circuit, thereby indicating the amount of electricity used for the translating or other consuming devices in the circuit, having for its object the construction of an apparatus which will respond more accurately to the variations in the said currents and indicate more exactly upon a dial or dials provided for the purpose, the quantity of electricity which pas… more
Date: November 28, 1893
Creator: Mottram, William T.
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Disk Plow.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements relates to disk or revolving plows.
Date: December 28, 1897
Creator: Wolcott, Oliver P.
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Desk or Cabinet.

Description: Patent for a simple and economical desk that is designed to be completely sealed and protected when it is closed. When the cabinet is opened, "the machine may be operated with as much ease as though the machine were placed upon an ordinary table, and whereby further, when the cabinet is opened, an extensive table will be provided at each side of the machine for the reception of work which is to be performed or which has been executed, or for any purpose that the operator may desire" (lines 20-2… more
Date: March 28, 1893
Creator: Billington, Theophilus
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Shading Adjuster.

Description: Patent for a car-shade adjuster in passenger-coaches of street-cars that allows shades to "be raised or lowered at will and held firmly in any desired position" (lines 18-19). It is set in tracks in the window frame, held in place by springs, and bearings to keep friction between the shade-roller and track.
Date: July 28, 1896
Creator: Smith, Earl W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baby-Walker.

Description: Patent for improvements in baby-walkers by using the combination of a circular base, standards, a rim connecting the tops of the standards, a rotating plate having runners on its lower side engaged with the rim, a guide-flange, a rigid central shaft having a ratchet-wheel, and a pawl for engaging the ratchet. Illustration is included.
Date: April 28, 1891
Creator: Lawson, Henry William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Canopy

Description: Patent for an invention that relates to certain improvements in carriage-covers; and it consists in the peculiar construction of the frame and cover and the manner of operating the same; and the object of the invention is to produce a cover for the protection of carriages while standing idle (Winants, 1902).
Date: September 28, 1899
Creator: Winants, Frank C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Black-Land Plow.

Description: Patent for a plow that operates in mud or sticky dirt without becoming clogged and has an improved share and mold board.
Date: March 28, 1893
Creator: Vestal, William B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Boring Artesian Wells.

Description: Patent for an improved and simple apparatus for boring wells that is easily adjustable. The drill head will stay intact in most drilling situations with this apparatus.
Date: February 28, 1893
Creator: Brown, Frank O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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