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Spark-Arrester.

Patent for the "construction of a spark-arrester adapted to the smoke-stack of any locomotive" (lines 12-13) detailing a new and better combination and arrangement of plates and screens.

Date: February 10, 1880

Creator: Wiggin, John E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spark-Arrester.

Patent for concepts and designs used to improve performance of Spark-Arresters used in the smoke stacks of locomotives with illustrations and instructions.

Date: April 6, 1880

Creator: Wiggin, John E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Coupling.

Patent for "construction and arrangement of arrow-shaped draw-heads and lever-bars adjustable upon rack-bars for the purpose of raising and lowering the draw-heads" (lines 16-20)including instructions and illustrations.

Date: April 20, 1880

Creator: Gray, John D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insect-Destroyer.

Patent for "improvement in machines for destroying bugs and worms that infest cotton and other plants" (lines 8-10), including instructions and illustrations.

Date: January 31, 1888

Creator: Webb, Thomas H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insect-Powder Duster

Patent for "a truck mounted upon wheels, to the reat end of which is adjusted a sifter that, as the machine is progressing, will have lateral reciprocating motion imparted thereto and eject powder through an attached meshed screen" (lines 10-15).

Date: April 23, 1889

Creator: Glover, Charles Bazel

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve-Gear for Engines.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in Steam-Engine Valve-Gears." The invention consists in "combining with a crank-shaft and a valve-shaft a lever, shaft, and two friction-wheels" (lines 4-9)

Date: July 6, 1880

Creator: Josserand, Peter

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Life Raft.

Patent for boat state rooms that convert into life rafts.

Date: September 9, 1884

Creator: Adams, John R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Welding Tubes.

Patent for a new and improved machine for welding tubes. This design "has relation to machines for welding flues; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of operative parts" (lines 22-25).

Date: August 29, 1882

Creator: Charlton, James

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lubricator.

Patent for a new and improved lubricator. This design "relates to improvements in that class of lubricators wherein the oil reservoir or vessel is provided with a discharge-pipe passing through the bottom to the point of delivery, and rising within the reservoir to near its top, the steam rising in such pipe condensing and falling by gravity to the bottom of the reservoir, thus displacing the oil, and causing it to rise and flow down through the pipe to the parts to be lubricated" (lines 8-17).

Date: March 4, 1884

Creator: Bissett, Jean

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretching Device for Fence Posts.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a fence-post, the coupled pulleys mounted thereon and adapted to be simultaneously rotated, independent fence-wires extending in opposite directions and attached to one of the pulleys at points thereon that are arranged close together, and binding-sleeves for preventing the rotation of the pulleys after the wires have been stretched" (lines 14-21).

Date: March 16, 1886

Creator: Priday, Henry

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheel Hub.

Patent for a new and improved wheel hub. This design consists "[i]n a sectional hub, each spoke-socket having a separate side opening closed by a plate [that] fit[s] into an annular groove . . . of the cylinder . . . and [is] held by bolts passing between the tenons of spokes, to allow each spoke to be separately reached and tightened by a wedge under the end of its tenon" (lines 59-65). This "obviate[s] the necessity of removing the wheel-tire for replacing a broken spoke with a new one" (line… more

Date: December 14, 1880

Creator: Oualline, Edward Napoleon

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Treasure Box.

Patent for a new and improved lock-box. This design "is provided with means for giving an alarm when an attempt is made to enter the same; and it also has a device for clamping it to the berth or other part of the apartment in which the traveler lodges, so that when the alarm sounds he [or she] is awakened, and thus notified at an attempt at robbery. The device is especially adapted to be clamped to the inner-face of a bed-rail, adjacent to the mattress thereof, so that it cannot be reached wit… more

Date: July 13, 1886

Creator: Hayes, Elbert Newton & Sauer, Venant August

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Station-Indicator

Patent for "an apparatus which will indicate to the passengers of railway or street cars when the car is approaching, standing at, or leaving a station, the station or street name, distance from the last station passed or to the next station, or any point upon the line that may be desired, and wherein all of the above data may be displayed simultaneously or any one or more items" (lines 10-18).

Date: October 23, 1888

Creator: Helland, Hans & Matzow, Frantz

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tongs.

Patent for new and improved tongs. This design "relates to certain devices for preventing the legs of tongs from twisting, overlapping, or becoming cross-legged. This is a common fault in almost all tongs when the joint wears a little loose, and is entirely overcome and prevented by [this] invention" (lines 19-24).

Date: April 29, 1884

Creator: Wood, William E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Manufacture of Soap.

Patent for a new and improved soap-making process. This process "consist[s] in applying hydraulic pressure to the mass undergoing mixture and steam-heating . . . [and] thoroughly mixing the ingredients . . . in a close vessel by means of rotary blades, heating the same by steam, and at the same time applying pressure by means of a hydraulic pump to the said mixture" (lines 86-95).

Date: December 15, 1885

Creator: Grant, William A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process of Curing Moss

Patent for invention relates to new and improved process of curing Spanish moss object of the invention being to shorten the time here to fore deemed necessary to properly cure the moss, second to obtain a larger percentage of higher grades of fiber will not be injured but will appear in a sound healthy condition, and fourth to so treat the moss that any desired grade of fiber may be obtained. [5-15]

Date: April 17, 1887

Creator: Lottman, Charles F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "relates to double-mold-board plows, such as lister or middle-breaking plows. Its principle features are the depressed center bar, the removable point upon the center bar, and the removable shares" (lines 8-12).

Date: May 28, 1889

Creator: Tebbetts, Lewis B.; Pope, Charles H. & Stewart, John A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Press

Patent for a press that is related to "letter or book presses" and it has "a simple and comparatively inexpensive construction, and which shall at the same time be effective and strong and convenient for use" (p. 2).

Date: August 27, 1889

Creator: Kay, William V.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut Lock.

Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design "is to provide a spring-washer of great stiffness and strength, which, when applied to a bolt beneath a nut, serves to prevent the latter from turning, and also acts to firmly hold the parts of a rail-joint after there has been some wear thereof, thus keeping the bolts from becoming loose and rattling from such wear" (lines 13-20).

Date: June 10, 1884

Creator: Campbell, Eli F.; Noble, Laroy C. & Howe, Milton G.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut Lock.

Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design "consists of a volute spring-washer which is formed of a stiff or steel strong plate that is coiled or set up in . . . an edgewise manner, and is provided with one or more projections or spurs on its top and bottom surfaces, adapted to engage with the under side of the nut and the fish-plate or other object, said spurs or projections being formed on the top and the bottom edges of the inner and outer coils of the spring-washer" (lines 20-29).

Date: July 1, 1884

Creator: Campbell, Eli F.; Noble, Laroy C. & Howe, Milton G.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Support for Coffee Mills.

Patent for a new and improved support for coffee grinders. This design consists in "the combination of the base having the socket and the projecting bracket-lug provided with the binding-screw, and the standard adapted to carry the mill and removably fitted in the bracket-lug and held therein by the screw" (lines 8-13).

Date: September 14, 1886

Creator: McCarty, Benjamin Wells & Gagne, Fabius Peter

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stencil-Brush

Patent for a self-inking stencil-brush

Date: December 30, 1880

Creator: Lotherington, Thomas Turner

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mosquito Net Frame.

Patent for a new and improved mosquito net frame. This design consists in "[t]he combination of two side posts having pivots, the horizontal arms working on said pivots, the bar connecting the tops of said posts, and the extensible bar connecting the arm ends, the whole adapted to be used on a bedstead" (lines 70-75).

Date: September 1, 1885

Creator: Watson, Thomas A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Heating Frame for Lamps.

Patent for a new and improved heating frame for lamps. This design seeks to "simplify and improve the adjustable supports for the top plate upon which the vessel [to be heated] is supported; secondly, to improve the construction of said top plate . . . allowing the warm air to circulate both under and around the vessel . . . thirdly, to construct and combine the top plate and a base-ring with the supporting-rods in a firm, durable, and efficient manner" (lines 27-38).

Date: May 23, 1882

Creator: Melvin, Josiah W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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