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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

Shoe-Lace Fastener.

Description: Patent for a shoelace fastener to hold the tongue of the shoe up and keep the laces tied.
Date: February 25, 1908
Creator: Nicholls, George H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Strap and Buckle Shield.

Description: Patent for an improvement in strap and buckle shields by having a flat elongated plate which has a longitudinally slot in the center. This shield can be movebly secured on to the strap to admit the tongue of a buckle thus the cross-bar of the buckle will rest upon the shield. By having this shield, the strap is protected from wear that would result from a direct contact with the buckle. Illustration is included.
Date: February 24, 1891
Creator: Nicholls, George H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Bale-Ties

Description: Patent for an improved kind of bale tie "designed to hold in compact form a mass of hay, cotton, moss, and other analogous substances" (para. 3).
Date: February 2, 1875
Creator: Reese, John L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dredging Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an improved dredging apparatus "and it consists in combining with the well known bucket chain form of excavator a suction pipe provided with a hopper and a crushing or breaking device so that the material being deposited in the hopper by the continuously moving buckets will be carried under the action of gravity to the breaking or crushing device and thence through a suction pipe and pump and delivery pipe to the place of deposit" (lines 9-18).
Date: February 14, 1893
Creator: Douglas, William M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motor Vehicle

Description: Patent for a motor vehicle. This invention relates to motor-vehicles that are self propelled dumping dray. Illustration included.
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Hanson, Peter Edwin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Description: Patent for fastening iron or other bands on cotton-bales or packages that put up with iron bands, including illustrations.
Date: February 18, 1873
Creator: Quin, Michael
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination coat and pants hanger.

Description: Patent for a combined coat and trousers hanger that is formed strongly of wire to maintain its shape and durability, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1912
Creator: Collier, Frank A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bottle-Filling Machine.

Description: Patent for a bottle-filling machine in which "a number of bottles of equal capacity may be simultaneously filled from a common reservoir by the single movement of a lever" (lines 13-16), illustration is included.
Date: February 24, 1891
Creator: Baldinger, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Description: Patent for improvement in bale-ties by using a “divided metallic band or hoop encircling the package or bale, and the ends whereof are joined by a fastening at the one end of said band, arranged to interlock with an one of a series of mortises in the other end of the band for the purpose of binding or holding the bale together.” (Lines [11-17]) Illustration is included.
Date: February 15, 1876
Creator: Davis, Waters S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Device for Enlarging Negatives.

Description: Patent for a new or improved device to enlarge negatives; that is simple, portable, and ready to use, including illustrations.
Date: February 18, 1902
Creator: Hutchings, George B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Writing Pen.

Description: Patent for a dip pen or nib pen, with innovations concentrating on the tip (nib). The tip is moderately sharp to glide over paper, bent for smooth writing and ink conservation, and stiff "to enable it to be used in making carbon copies" (lines 26-27).
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Block, Henry, 1875-1939
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Guards for Wire Bale-Ties.

Description: Patent for improving the method of tying the bales together whether it be cotton or hay so that the material will not get cut into by the wiring.
Date: February 24, 1874
Creator: Davis, Waters S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spark Arrester.

Description: Patent for a new and improved spark arrester for train smokestacks. This design is of "a locomotive-engine, a pipe or pipes for conveying sparks from the smoke-stack, in combination of a diaphragm or cone placed in the stack and a steam or water chamber placed around the discharge of said pipe or pipes" (lines 88-93).
Date: February 21, 1882
Creator: Nichols, George B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Handle for Pans, Tubs, &c.

Description: Patent for a wire handle for pans, tubs, &c that consists of two handles on either side of the tub, which are connected via a wire that fits in the lip of the rim of the receptacle. The handles, when taken out of the receptacle, consist of one single frame.
Date: February 6, 1894
Creator: Brown, John Stoddart
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plaiting-Machine.

Description: Patent for "a machine upon which a dress-skirt or similar article may be easily placed and which is adapted to secure the plaits or folds in the skirts and hold them so that they may be conveniently ironed." (Lines 10-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 16, 1892
Creator: Olson, Alfred
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Molding Sash-Weights.

Description: Patent for a new mold design for sash-weights which describes "a mold of simple and improved construction whereby a number of weights can be cast at the same time" (lines 14-17), including illustrations.
Date: February 9, 1897
Creator: Mann, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Marking Brush.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton-marking brush. This design has for one of its objects "is to construct a brush that will permit the trimming down of the bristles at an angle without injuring or damaging the brush. . . . In marking cotton-bales and the like a brush with an inclined edge is desirable" (lines 16-21).
Date: February 5, 1884
Creator: Pfeifer, Gustav
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Keel.

Description: Patent for an improved type of keel construction, "of which the distance between the keel and covering-boards is equalized throughout the length of the vessel and a vessel of exceptional strength and advantageous construction is afforded." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 2, 1892
Creator: Grothgar, John & Garfield, John M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Locking Pawl for Anchor Chains.

Description: Patent for a new and improved locking pawl for anchor chains. This design is "to provide a novel combination of parts whereby the rising and falling and horizontally-moving clamping-block can be rigidly locked in its engagement with the cable to stop the latter; also, to provide novel means for protecting the wood-work of the vessel from wear as the cable is moved" (lines 13-19).
Date: February 19, 1884
Creator: Lucas, Thomas P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Paper-Holder for Enlarging-Cameras.

Description: Patent for an improvement in holders attached to enlarging-cameras to hold the paper being exposed: "The object of the invention is to provide a simple and convenient form of paper-holder in which the paper may be readily inserted and removed and from which the light will be effectually excluded" (lines 15-19).
Date: February 18, 1902
Creator: Hutchings, George B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad Switch.

Description: Patent for a new and improved railroad switch. This design "has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, efficient, and safe switch adapted for operation by trip-bars on a locomotive engine or car to open or close the switch, and without injury to the rails or actuating mechanism of the switch or danger of derailing the cars" (lines 7-14).
Date: February 21, 1888
Creator: Peetz, John J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grain Drying and Cooling Machine.

Description: Patent for a machine for drying and cooling grain before storage.
Date: February 4, 1908
Creator: McCarthy, Stephen J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Street Car.

Description: Patent for a new and improved street-car. This design "is to improve that kind of street or horse car the body of which is constructed to be reversed in its position upon the truck of the car; and the invention consists in the construction of the car-body, the truck upon which the body rests, the reversing devices comprising the holding and the releasing parts, and the combination of the brake devices with a reversible car-body" (lines 9-17).
Date: February 17, 1885
Creator: Cutter, Martin A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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