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Corn and Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "relates to a combined corn and cotton planter; and it has for its object to provide an improved hopper for containing the seed, and an improved slide or cut-off, and means for automatically operating the same" (lines 9-14).

Date: September 22, 1885

Creator: Wear, William Foster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hand Rest.

Patent for a new and improved hand rest. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the standard, the lever supported thereby and provided with a guide wire or rail, and the hand support comprising a roller mounted on said rail, an elastic strap depending from the roller, and a finger-receiver secured to the lower end of the strap" (lines 62-68).

Date: September 4, 1888

Creator: Brown, Martin Luther

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hame Tug.

Patent for a new and improved hame-tug. This design "relates to a hame and trace attachment, having for its object to provide a simple, strong, and durable device to connect the front end of the trace chain or strap to the hame, whereby the movement of the said chain or strap is prevented from wearing the parts, and thus necessitating frequent repair or replacement" (lines 9-16).

Date: September 18, 1888

Creator: Anderson, Charley N. & McPhaill, Robert

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay-Press

Patent for improvements in hay presses "to simplify and cheapen the construction and render it more efficient in the formation of the hay into bales" (lines 16-18).

Date: September 3, 1889

Creator: McNeill, Charles De Witte

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gunpowder Canister.

Patent for a new and improved canister. This design "consists in the combination of a suitable supporting cone-shaped frame provided with a supporting flange at its top and an opening through one side, with the can or case for holding the powder, and which is also provided with a supporting-flange near its lower end, a suitable cover, and a spring-actuated perforated slide . . . to provide a case for holding gunpowder, and from which the powder can be drawn into a suitable measuring-receptacle … more

Date: September 3, 1889

Creator: Stopple, John J. & Harigel, Emil

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hand Press for Fruit, &c.

Patent for a new and improved hand press for food. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a lower perforated bowl or receptacle having a rigid handle extending at right angles . . . and an upper perforated presser-head conforming in shape to the bowl, and having a sliding attachment to the handle of the bowl, a lever-handle pivoted to the main handle . . . and a spring catch to hold the lever up to the main handle when the presser-head is drawn up" (lines 21-32).

Date: September 7, 1880

Creator: Haile, James T.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hame Fastener.

Patent for a new and improved hame-fastener. This design "consists of an adjustable regulating fastener for the upper and lower ends of the hames, and this fastener is further provided with a swinging loop, to which the breast-strap may be attached on the lower fastener and the strap on the upper fastener when desired" (lines 19-25).

Date: September 29, 1885

Creator: Hake, Francis A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gearing for Operating Windmill Pumps.

Patent for new and improved gearing for windmill pumps. This design has for its object "to raise water from wells by suitable mechanism connected with a fan, from which the power is communicated to the pump through said mechanism" (lines 13-16).

Date: September 6, 1887

Creator: Jordan, John E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay Press.

Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "the combination, with the side walls, of the stop-blocks comprising the places secured in recesses in the same, and the offsets formed integrally with the said plates, the plunger having recesses in its sides which engage said offsets, the operating-lever, and the pitman connecting the latter to the plunger" (lines 93-100).

Date: September 13, 1887

Creator: Bryant, William Hodges

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grave Cover.

Patent for a new and improved grave covering. This design calls for a concrete slab, slightly larger than its lidless wooden box, to rest on the upper edges of the latter. A slat in the slab will receive a headstone, which will rest on the slab via flanges.

Date: September 21, 1880

Creator: Thomas, James R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grain Register.

Patent for a new and improved grain register. This design "is to furnish registers for recording the quantity of grain measured and sacked, and which shall be simple in construction and accurate in operation" (lines 12-15).

Date: September 28, 1880

Creator: Richardson, William Blewford

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Thermostatic Signal

Patent for Thermostatic Signal. "The object of my invention is to provide a device whereby an alarm will be automatically sounded when the temperature of the drier has reached too high a point." (lines 13-16). With Illustrations.

Date: September 18, 1888

Creator: Lutcher, Henry J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the gate and the horizontally-swinging arm arranged above the gate and provided in its free end with a longitudinal slot and a series of transverse perforations and engaging the lever, the vertical latch, also pivoted on the gate, and the horizontally-sliding connecting bar between the lower ends of the latch and the lever" (lines 90-101).

Date: September 10, 1889

Creator: Lively, Robert M. & Lively, Louis P.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Suspension-Bridge

Patent for a more easily constructible "bridge the pillar or roadway of which is adjustable to different heights, and to meet certain contingencies and while adjustable as a whole is also adjustable at any point whatsoever, whereby the roadway may be maintained level regardless of the yielding of certain portions of the structure" (lines 11-17).

Date: September 24, 1889

Creator: Greer, William Henry Clay

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Reflector for Lamps.

Patent for a new and improved reflector for oil lamps. This design "consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts, whereby the handle and reflector can readily be detached from the lamp-body and replaced thereon when desired" (lines 15-19). Further, the handle has a hole by which it can be hung.

Date: September 6, 1881

Creator: Ludwick, John Harvey

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Self Packing Cotton Press.

Patent for a new and improved self-packing cotton press. This design "consists in a cotton-press constructed with a pivoted double baling-box, a pair of rolls and their driving mechanism for packing the cotton into the baling-box automatically, and a screw-driven follow-block for compressing the cotton into bales" (lines 22-27).

Date: September 25, 1883

Creator: Rummel, Louis C. & Fielder, Emil J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seed-Planter

Patent for a new construction of rotary seed planter, with illustrations and description and arrangement of parts.

Date: September 23, 1884

Creator: Daniel, Ellison A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spring Bed Bottom.

Patent for a new and improved box-spring. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the main frame, the springs having their connecting pieces curved or coiled to form double heart-shaped configurations, the hinged head-rests, the wide bails, movably attached at the ends of their side pieces to the connecting-pieces of the springs at the side edges of the head-rests, and having their middle pieces curved or coiled to form heart-shaped configurations resting upon the tops of the springs of t… more

Date: September 29, 1885

Creator: Bunnell, James F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing Machine.

Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design "regulate[s] the pressure of the rubber upon the clothes, and thus facilitate[s] the operation of washing the said clothes" (lines 13-16).

Date: September 6, 1881

Creator: Hollis, William Tailler.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash-Holder.

Patent for improved sash-fasteners, which relates to sash-fasteners, the object being to furnish a simple and effective substitute for the ordinary sash weights and locks.

Date: September 13, 1881

Creator: Barb, Gustavas Henry

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Screw and Slide Valve.

Patent for a combination of a screw and slide valve that can be closed by a lever or screw. It is also designed to stop air and liquid from flowing in either direction.

Date: September 3, 1889

Creator: Davis, De Leon

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shot-Canister

Patent for "to provide a revolving case having a series of annularly or otherwise located compartments formed of transparent material and adapted for the reception of shot of dierent grades; to provide means for delivering the shot from the compartments and also for gaging the same before and after delivery" (lines 13-20).

Date: September 17, 1889

Creator: Harigel, Amil

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Whiffletree Hook.

Patent for a new and improved whiffletree hook. This design is for a whiffletree hook that is easy and cheap to make. Additionally, it cannot easily become detached from the whiffletree, the tongue of the wagon, or the trace chains.

Date: September 12, 1882

Creator: Dossey, Daniel Jasper

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Folding Crate.

Patent for an improved construction of traditional "knockdown crates for shipping fruit, eggs, vegetables, and other merchandise" (lines 25-27). A "combination of box, having transverse bottom cleats, cleats upon the inside of its ends, with hinged sides, having cleats, the knockdown partition having cleats, and the false bottom pieces as set forth" (lines 78-83).

Date: September 12, 1882

Creator: Van Hutton, William B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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