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Wrench.

Patent for a wrench that can be used as a pipe-wrench or a monkey-wrench. It has a movable jaw, for easy adjusting, and is "of simple and strong construction" (line 9).

Date: January 5, 1897

Creator: Flye, Murat K.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Locomotive.

Patent for an improved locomotive or traction-engine, with a series of water-shells, each containing "a series of fire-flues, a feeding-water heater, a pipe discharging steam" (lines 118-121), and a double-action plunger-pump.

Date: January 26, 1897

Creator: McCallum, Daniel W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill.

Patent for a windmill that does not have a vane and can receive wind from any direction. It can also be "readily thrown out of and into operation when desired" (lines 15-16). It is a horizontal wind-wheel supported by a vertical shaft.

Date: January 5, 1897

Creator: Gassett, Thomas Boyle

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve.

Patent for a float-valve used in water-troughs for cattle and other liquid containers. It closes "when the surface of the water reaches the desired point and [opens] when the surface of the water falls below said point" (lines 14-17).

Date: January 5, 1897

Creator: Halley, Hillary H. & McCulley, Robert I.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trap.

Patent for "a trap of the character mentioned simple and efficient means for closing the entrance thereof, whereby an animal or fowl passing therethrough shall be prevented returning, and thus be held in the trap, and, further, to so construct such means as to permit the door of the trap remaining in an open position except when the animal or fowl attempts to pass out through the same, thereby affording a free passage to the interior of the trap and presenting and inducement for other animals o… more

Date: January 19, 1897

Creator: Williams, Lloyd Franklin

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mucilage-Bottle.

Patent for a mucilage-bottle that has a brush which stays in the bottle, and is held in place with a cork. A spring is in the neck, and is compressed when the cork is inserted. This mucilage-bottle will not get clogged with dried mucilage.

Date: January 12, 1897

Creator: Taylor, George Watson

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Steam-Engine.

Patent for "a high-speed rotary engine wherein the steam-impelled wheel shall revolve in a horizontal plane within an upright open cylinder." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: January 19, 1897

Creator: Slaughter, Joel C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Puzzle.

Patent for a simply constructed puzzle with a difficult solution, "but may be accomplished by the exercise of care, skill, and ingenuity in the manipulation of the device" (lines 15-18). It is a rectangular box with eight balls, four of which fit into holes in the corners of the box. There are segmented walls surrounding the holes.

Date: January 5, 1897

Creator: Collis, Michael Francis

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tire-Tightener.

Patent for "devices for tightening the tires on new wheels, as well as wheels that have been in use, and upon which the tires have become loosened, and the object of the invention is to provide a tightener which will be exceedingly simple, durable and economic, and wherein the tightener may be expeditiously and conveniently applied without altering the shape of the felly and at the same time maintain a true circular shape for the tire." (Lines 7-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: January 12, 1897

Creator: Garrett, Robert N.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Penholder.

Patent for a penholder that is worn on the finger and is an "open-ended hollow thimble with a detachable and reversible cap-piece" (lines 20-22). The pen-point can be unscrewed and screwed back in the opposite way so that the pen-point is inside the thimble, so the pen-point doesn't break in one's pocket.

Date: January 26, 1897

Creator: Ward, George C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Easel

Patent for an easel that has a sliding picture-rest, which is has a "clutch mechanism for holding the sliding rest at any desired elevation" (lines 11-14). It also has a "auxiliary folding rest for holding a model or study while the artist is engaged at work" (lines 20-22), which can be folded up when finished.

Date: January 12, 1897

Creator: Cooper, Harry

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator-Plow.

Patent for a sectional moldboard plow that is "capable of being easily taken apart and put together when it is desired to replace the points or shares" (lines 18-20). It also has "a socket which is removably held to the bar of the cultivator and which is provided to hold the removable boards" (lines 22-25). The bar can fit double-cut or sweep plows.

Date: January 19, 1897

Creator: Hayslip, De Witt Clinton

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Elevator and Distributer.

Patent for cotton elevators and distributors "whereby the cotton and air shall be separated in a simple and efficient manner and the air discharged from the suction-fan with the least possible degree of friction and back pressure." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: January 12, 1897

Creator: Griffin, Thomas J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Design for a Bouquet Holder.

Patent for a new and original bouquet-holder made of ductile wiring.

Date: January 12, 1897

Creator: Postert, Alwina D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Thread-Cabinet.

Patent "...relates to cabinets for spooladapted to contain spools of thread of different sizes and from which the spools may be easily extracted one at a time" (lines 7-11) including illustrations and descriptions.

Date: January 12, 1897

Creator: Armstrong, John, S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate-Latch.

Patent for a gate-latch. A latch-pin secured in a beam, another latch secured to the inside of another post, with two pivoting hangers, and plates come together to form this latch.

Date: January 5, 1897

Creator: Berry, John S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate-Latch.

Patent for a gate latch that works by having stop-pins secured to the gate, while a rod goes through the post, with a handle on one end and a latch on the other end. The latch is shaped so that it catches the pin.

Date: January 5, 1897

Creator: Berry, John S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Railway.

Patent for an electric railway that has the electric conductor on or under the ground, in a tube. The tube gets electricity to the trains via contact-pieces embedded in the tube, and it collapses whenever the train wheels go over it. The tube and conductor are kept safe in a u-shaped hanger underground.

Date: January 12, 1897

Creator: Lomb, George W. C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seed-Planter.

Patent for "a construction of seed-planter providing a positive and efficient means for planting any desired number of rows at one time, while at the same time having means for opening the furrow, dropping the seed, and covering up the furrow in one operation." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: January 5, 1897

Creator: Mannewitz, Maximilian

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Refrigerating Apparatus.

Patent for a refrigerator that cools things "with the minimum expense for refrigerants; also, for affording ready access to the refrigerated substances" (lines 19-21). The cabinet has an outer layer, an inner layer, and a cooling layer. Ice is used to achieve lower temperatures.

Date: January 19, 1897

Creator: Cooley, Joseph H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Eyelet-Hole Attachment for Sewing-Machines.

Patent for "a simple and perfect eyelet apparatus which can be attached to any sewing-machine" (lines 14-15).

Date: January 5, 1897

Creator: Reutermann, Heinrich Theodore

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Faucet.

Patent for an improvement on a previous faucet, patent no. 539,633. This faucet is "a valve-seat consisting of a cylinder having an internal shoulder, a tubular valve operating within said cylinder and below said shoulder, a packing-ring carried by said valve and engaging said shoulder, a piston-road attached to said valve for operating the same, and a drop-valve in the lower end of said tubular valve, substantially as specified" (lines 60-69)

Date: January 18, 1897

Creator: Murphy, George S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bed-Slat Fastener.

Patent for an improved construction of a bed-slat fastener, one "adapted to support a bed-slat firmly in position and to prevent the side rails of a bedstead from springing outward" (lines 14-16). There are also "no recesses or crevices for the accumulation of vermin" (lines 19-20) in this design.

Date: January 26, 1897

Creator: Fielding, Charles S. & Grogan, John R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ball-Bearing.

Patent for ball-bearings that "consists in improvements in hubs or journal-boxes and in the journals of axles or spindles" (lines 8-10), the "object [of which] is to construct journals and journal-boxes which will be perfectly adjustable and durable and which will be subjected to the least possible friction" (lines 12-15).

Date: January 26, 1897

Creator: Baker, Joseph B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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