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Wire-Tightener

Patent for "a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device adapted to enable the slack of a wire to be readily taken up at a point between the posts and capable of enabling a wire to be readily stretched to the desired tension" (lines 12-17).

Date: May 14, 1901

Creator: May, Robert B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Patent for a nut-wrench capable of tightening different sized nuts. The lower jaw of the wrench has different levels, the overall effect being that of a staircase, while the upper jaw is flat with a bite that holds the nuts in place.

Date: December 15, 1896

Creator: Tiner, John F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ironing-Table.

Patent for an ironing table with an improved construction that makes it easily adjustable so a person of any height can iron easily and keeps clothes being ironed off the floor.

Date: April 4, 1893

Creator: Smith, Millage M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wagon-Tongue Support.

Patent for "improvements in the running gear of draft wagons, and has for its objects to provide a novel, simple device for the support of the wagon tongue, and an improved means for obviating friction between the coupling pole of the vehicle, and the slide bar on the front hounds of the wagon running gear" (lines 8-15).

Date: December 12, 1893

Creator: Tiner, John F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Liquid-Fuel Burner.

Patent for improvements in liquid fuel burners that can handle intense heat and can be mass-produced.

Date: September 27, 1921

Creator: Hosek, Charles

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Umbrella-Holder.

Patent for a new and useful simplicity umbrella holder for "use on sulky-cultivators of that class in which the seat-support is constructed to form a crotch" (line 9-12).

Date: March 8, 1898

Creator: Holcombe, William H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Injector-Burner.

Patent for injector burner that provides rapid vaporization by maximum heating the walls of oil chamber and also has improved nozzle with oil outlet pipe. It has a detachable burner nozzle and maximum spread of flame is given by the burner-tip.

Date: December 9, 1902

Creator: Reagan, Edgar

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Dish Cleaners and Drainers.

Patent for a convenient and cheap article of household ware for washing dishes, glassware, and similar articles of household use.

Date: April 18, 1876

Creator: Harper, Elijah S., Sr.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Elevating Device.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, efficient, and durable water-elevating device meant to be used in collecting water from wells, cisterns, &c., and can be used in domestic and commercial settings. "Power may be increased [in the invention] to enable an operator to raise large quantities of water with facility" (lines 13-15).

Date: April 30, 1895

Creator: Taylor, James B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sulky-Plow.

Patent for a sulky plow for three horses, which stops the plow pole from rubbing the middle horse.

Date: August 18, 1908

Creator: Marx, Otto H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump.

Patent for a pump "of the double-cylinder type, in which a continuous and steady stream of water is sucked from the well and forced to the point of use, and in such a pump to provide means for operating the same, whereby the same power will be required to raise the plunger that it does to force the same downward, and to this end providing such improved mechanisms and connections which will evenly distribute the power exerted by the operator to actuate the pump" (lines 9-19).

Date: October 4, 1892

Creator: Smith, Millage Math.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process of Baling Cotton.

Patent for improvement in process of baling cotton is to “heat the cotton-bat at a point between the gin-condenser and the pressing-rollers, exposing the heated bat while incompact to the action of dry air, then compress the cotton-bat into bale form.” (Page 2, lines 39-43) Illustration is included.

Date: April 29, 1902

Creator: Reagan, Edgar

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spring Draft Attachment.

Patent for a new and improved spring-draft attachment. This design "is to do away with the ordinary doubletree . . . which is especially adapted for a two-horse vehicle, which . . . prevents the horses from pulling against one another, [and ] prevents the pole from swaying sidewise" (lines 10-18). It "consist[s] of a frame provided with an eye at one end and with a cross-bar near its center, a draw-bar having one end screw-threaded and provided with an eye at its other end and with a collar at … more

Date: July 26, 1892

Creator: Tiner, John F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tie Tamping Device.

Patent for a tie tamping device to be used in building and repairing railroads.

Date: November 19, 1918

Creator: Johnson, Robert

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Supporting Structure

Patent for portable support stand for suspension weights. Made foldable for ease of use in outdoor farm work. Including illustration.

Date: December 3, 1918

Creator: Neblett, Cyrus W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Refrigerator.

Patent for an efficient refrigerator meant to preserve meat, dairy, and produce. The refrigerator uses evaporating water to cool the food, not ice. There are inner and outer layers, a large water pan with vertical drip openings, and inner screen walls.

Date: April 17, 1894

Creator: Denson, Joseph

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pindal or Peanut Planter.

Patent for a pindal or peanut planter, which can be attached to a grain planter and make it useful for planting peanuts.

Date: October 11, 1910

Creator: May, Robert Brown

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher

Patent for wire stretcher that will secure a wire as it is stapled to a post.

Date: November 7, 1916

Creator: Kasprzyk, Leon

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Self-Filling Fountain-Pen and Locking Device Therefor.

Patent for a new self-filling fountain pen with a locking device, designed "to provide a fountain pen by which in use of a piston rod on the principle of a suction pump the pen can be easily, fully and securely filled and easily cleaned, and which being provided with detachable parts may be prepared readily when worn or broken" (lines 10-15), which includes illustrations and instructions.

Date: July 23, 1907

Creator: Stevens, Thornton

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Peanut-Digger.

Patent for a peanut digger that will go underneath the peanuts, cutting off the tap roots, which preserves the soil because "the soil does not lose the nitrogen contained within the roots." (lines 25-27)

Date: June 11, 1918

Creator: West, Wade H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Piano.

Patent for a new piano "in which the strings are vibrated through the medium of a bow, as in a violin, instead of being struck with hammers in accordance with the usual method" (lines 8-12), including illustrations.

Date: June 5, 1900

Creator: Holcombe, Edgar L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Planter

Patent for a planter. Illustration included.

Date: August 10, 1909

Creator: Brinkoeter, August

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gage Attachment for Bench-Planes.

The invention is "to improve the construction of gages for planes and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device adapted to be readily applied to the stock of the plane and capable of being set at different angles" (lines 10-15) "to enable the face of a board to be accurately planed at the desired angle" (lines 16-17).

Date: November 13, 1900

Creator: Smith, Millage M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Washing-Machines.

Patent for the improvement of the structure of washing machines. The illustration and description show that an improved washing machine, formed by the combination of the open or ribbed roller F F and handles G g1 g2 with the box A B and perforated false bottom E.

Date: September 27, 1870

Creator: Harper, Elijah S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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