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Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a fence-wire stretcher with an improved clamping device for holding the wire after it has already been drawn. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 5, 1897
Creator: Sharpe, Thomas F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve.

Description: Patent for a new and improved valve. This design is "to provide a . . . valve . . . to cut off the supply of water upon the outside of the induction-port and to drain all water from the valve-body and the connecting-pipes above the same, thereby preventing freezing of the same" (lines 10-15). It consists in "[t]he valve casing or body having oppositely-located ports and provided with a perforated interiorly-threaded lug or projection, in combination with the flanged bushing seated in said valve… more
Date: November 11, 1890
Creator: Morrison, James John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Twine-Cutter.

Description: Patent for improvements in rope-cutters by designing a “cutter having a slotted bracket with a lateral extension or bearing that has a longitudinal slot and a stop,” with a “combination of a lever-handle having a projecting knife-blade, registering with the slot in the bearing.” (Lines 81-86) This enable the rope to be cut in a single operation without sever the fibers. (Lines 74-76) Illustration is included.
Date: October 13, 1891
Creator: Maulden, Chester Doctor
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing-Machine.

Description: Patent for an improved washing machine that is meant to "provide a machine which will be exceedingly simple, durable and economic in construction, and wherein clothes may be washed expeditiously and conveniently and without injury thereto" (lines 9-13).
Date: June 6, 1893
Creator: Jones, James H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lifting-Jack.

Description: Patent for a simple and durable lifting jack for wagons that is easily operated and does not move the hoisting lever in the post.
Date: December 5, 1893
Creator: Ball, Charles W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knee-Pad.

Description: Patent for a simple and efficient knee-pad "made of leather or other pliable material, padded with a yielding lining to give comfort to the wearer" (lines 9-11). It prevents gravel, moisture, and other things from injuring the knee of the user.
Date: August 27, 1895
Creator: Dowling, Stonewall Jackson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Steam-Engine.

Description: Patent for a steam engine which is more economical than other steam engines. "Steam is cut off in the earlier or later part of the stroke, according to the conditions of the work" (lines 15-17), according to a governor or engineer.
Date: February 2, 1897
Creator: Dickson, Henry L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Steam-Engine

Description: Patent for "a new and improved steam-engine in which the motive agent is utilized to the fullest advantage" (lines 8-10).
Date: July 8, 1890
Creator: Robey, James G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk-Chopper and Cotton-Thinner.

Description: Patent for improvements in stalk-cutters and cotton-thinners by making the cutting-blades and scraper-blades interchangeable, “so as to use the apparatus either as a stalk-chopper or a cotton-thinner; or may be changed to a dropper as may be desired.” (Lines 19-21) Illustration is included.
Date: September 15, 1891
Creator: Mauldin, Columbus Scott
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "relates to mold-boards for plows; and it has for its object to provide a combined wooden and metallic mold-board which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency" (lines 9-14).
Date: May 24, 1892
Creator: Jackson, Luther C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sulky-Plow.

Description: Patent for an adjustable plow, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 8, 1891
Creator: Jackson, Luther C. & Reiger, John F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Music-Leaf Turner.

Description: Patent for an automatic page turner for an organ or piano. The pages can be turned right or left, and the mechanism is operated using foot pressure.
Date: February 27, 1894
Creator: Stinson, James C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rule Gage.

Description: Patent for a new and improved rule-gage. This design "relates to improvements in gages for carpenter's rules; and it consists of a gage formed of sheet metal adapted to be detachably applied to an ordinary two-foot rule to convert it instantly into a gage-rule" (lines 7-11).
Date: May 27, 1890
Creator: Dickins, Sam
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway- Rail Joint.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in railway-rail Joints.
Date: March 15, 1898
Creator: Mauldin, Doctor Chester
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Register for Odometers.

Description: Patent for improvements in odometers for harvesting machines. The harvester can then calculate the amount to charge for harvesting.
Date: September 4, 1894
Creator: Shields, Augustus O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quilting Frame for Sewing Machines.

Description: Patent for a new and improved quilting-frame for sewing machines. This design consists, "with the track and the carriage consisting of the U-shaped bail formed from a single piece of metal, having the ends bifurcated and provided with grooved wheels" (lines 97-100). It also consists "of the screw-threaded rod having a head at its lower end, passing through an aperture in the bail, the burr or nut consisting of the interiorly-sccrew-threaded collar, with which said rod engages, the beam having a… more
Date: July 26, 1892
Creator: Moore, George McNair & Steen, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in pumps, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 9, 1899
Creator: Gardner, Felix G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Curtain-Fixture.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and effective curtain fixture that allows for the curtain to be "easily and quickly raised or lowered bodily so as to admit more or less light through the window, and permit of proper ventilation without the admission of an undesirable amount of light" (lines 14-18).
Date: February 28, 1893
Creator: Villard, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Press.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and powerful plunger for a cotton-press that is directly controlled by the operator. The plunger is hydraulically powered, the pressure being created by steam.The plunger's parts are arranged so the power is multiplied.
Date: April 24, 1894
Creator: Williams, Silas Jackson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sewing-Machine Brake.

Description: Patent for a new and useful sewing machine brake to "prevent retrograde rotary movement of the shaft" (line 9 - 10).
Date: April 5, 1898
Creator: Weaver, John Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash-Holder.

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvement in sash holders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 19, 1899
Creator: Morrow, Scott A. & Halcom, Jarret Conklin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Game-Table.

Description: Patent for improvement in game-table in which it provided with a table similar in construction to the ordinary billiard-table. “A series of spring-pressed levers fulcrumed in the lower end of a casing and each provided at its upper end with a hook and at its lower end with a ball extending over the floor of the table.” (P. 2, lines 67-71) This game is played by using one or more balls to strike a series of balls that are arranged along the bottom of a casing, causing the levers to disengaged t… more
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: Patillo, John P. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Design for an Agricultural Hoeing-Wheel.

Description: Design patent for a hoeing wheel that has a circular body having a plurality of flat arms that are regularly spaced.
Date: September 13, 1898
Creator: McGuire, John A. & Williams, Richard S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fence.

Description: Patent for a suspended wood panel fence with "advantages in point of simplicity, inexpensiveness, ease of construction, adaptability, effectiveness, and general efficiency" (lines 11-13). It improves on patents held by J. S. Ferguson, W. A. Tillman, W. T. Manry, and others. The fence panels are suspended between the posts by wires. The wires extend to the bottom of the fence panel's braces at either end of the panel.
Date: November 24, 1896
Creator: Tucker, Thomas Neal
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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