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Cotton-Press

Patent for "novel means for handling lint-cotton, whereby I effect the compression or packing of the cotton in he press-box by mechanical means, instead of sending men into the box to tramp the cotton down as it is thrown or fed in" (lines 9-13).

Date: December 4, 1888

Creator: Munger, Robert S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Plows.

Patent for a new and improved attachment for plows. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the rear of the land-side of a turning plow, of an attachment for dirting the plants, consisting of a shank having a rearwardly and upwardly extending blade diagonally attached thereto, having a sharp curved lower edge and a curved upper edge, said edges forming a point on the outer end of the blade, said blade having a concaved upper face" (lines 7-15).

Date: August 14, 1888

Creator: Tennison, James B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the base . . . of the slotted plate secured thereto, the strip on the rear side of the said plate, the blade having apertures and threaded bolts for adjusting the said blade" (lines 96-100). It further consists in "rear cutters or scrapers on the landside" (line 1).

Date: May 1, 1888

Creator: Irwin, William H. & Hairgrove, George W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator

Patent for a more durable and simple in construction, efficient in operation, and can also double as a planter.

Date: March 6, 1888

Creator: Heller, Louis

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Gin

Patent for an improvements in the combination of devices and overall construction of cotton gins.

Date: November 27, 1888

Creator: Brady, Peter Lewis & Brady, William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shoe Cabinet.

Patent for a new and improved shoe cabinet. This design "is to provide for the convenient arrangement of the stock according to size, style, or make, and so as to enable the salesman or attendant to have ready access to different styles and sizes and to select those desired without the trouble of moving or handling other stock. It consists, essentially, of a case or cabinet furnished with drawers which are arranged in groups or sections and with a door for each group or section. It consists, fu… more

Date: September 18, 1888

Creator: Settle, Witcha S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gas Compressing Pump for Ice Machines.

Patent for a new and improved pump for refrigerators. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the cylinder, having inlet at or near its lower end, a downward-closing valve at its upper end, an open-ended piston having internal ribs or projections, annular valve-seat around its upper open end, and a centrally-apertured bottom plate, of the valve having vertical movement within the piston and closing upwardly against the valve-seat, said valve being formed of the two sections . . . havin… more

Date: December 25, 1888

Creator: Farnsworth, Thomas

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Head Frame for Cattle.

Patent for a new and improved head-frame for cattle. This design is "to prevent cattle from breaking down or going through fences" (lines 9-10). To this end, it "compris[es] the bar bearing longitudinally on the face of the animal, bent forward at its upper end to form a hook, and provided with a rearwardly-convex bend near its lower end, the rectangular frame integral with the lower end of the bar, having its sides forwardly convexed . . . and provided with the inwardly-extending arms, the adj… more

Date: October 2, 1888

Creator: Dorris, James Orson

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Metallic Shingle.

Patent for a new and improved metallic shingle. This design consists in "a roof made up of a series of metallic shingles bent and doubled at the ends . . . and the joint at the sides of the shingle, the doubled ends being bent at the sides to correspond with the joint at the sides of the shingle, whereby a double thickness is provided at the sides of the end joints and notching is obviated" (lines 11-18).

Date: March 27, 1888

Creator: Harry, Hugh Walker

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Horse Hay Rake.

Patent for a new and improved axle for hay rakes. This design consists in "[t]he rake-head comprising the middle section and end sections, and the links having their opposite ends pivoted, respectively, to the front and rear side at the outer ends of the [one] section and the inner ends of the [other] sections" (lines 19-24).

Date: August 7, 1888

Creator: Milam, Moses L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Horse-Power

Patent for "a machine adapted for operation from an auxiliary motor actuated by horse or animal power, and has for its object to provide a simple, efficient, and durable machine of this character by or from which a cotton-gin, agrist or saw mill, or other machinery may be driven" (lines 7-13).

Date: August 28, 1888

Creator: Sampson, Allen

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Abdominal Supporter.

Patent for a new and improved abdominal supporter. This design "consist[s] of the waist-belt, the abdominal sector-shaped pads hung from the waist-belt by elastic straps, the straps buttoned to the belt behind and to the bottom of the abdominal pads in front, the side straps connecting the abdominal pads with the pieces at the back, and the front strap connecting the two abdominal pads together with the shoulder-straps" (lines 70-79).

Date: December 25, 1888

Creator: Gray, Harriet N.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dental-Operating Chair

Patent for improvements in the construction and design of dental operating chairs.

Date: July 3, 1888

Creator: Mayfield, William Dudley

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Drier.

Patent for a new and improved drier. This design "relates to improvements in driers for lumber . . . and the objects of [the] improvement are to provide, with stackless arches having a closed top and openings in the side, a series of spark-arresting plates located opposite said openings, to deflect downward all the sparks that may escape through said openings, and thereby secure perfect safety in the use of that class of driers" (lines 9-22).

Date: August 7, 1888

Creator: McPherson, Wallace

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Drier.

Patent for a new and improved drier. This design "relates to improvements in driers for lumber . . . and the objects of [the] improvement are to provide, with stackless arches having a closed top and openings in the side, another arch or arches alongside of the first with openings in its sides, and pendent deflecting-plates to arrest all sparks that may issue from a furnace also provided with deflecting walls or plates, and thereby secure perfect safety in the use of that class of driers" (line… more

Date: August 14, 1888

Creator: McPherson, Wallace

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Device for Transplanting Trees.

Patent for a new and improved device for transplanting trees. This design consists, "in the combination, with a suitable head having pins or spikes around its edges, of a series of staves having transverse slots, with which the pins engage, and recessed on their edges to form openings for the roots to pass, and means for holding the staves together" (lines 83-89).

Date: August 21, 1888

Creator: Stanley, Thomas E. & Gulley, Calvin D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Device for Automatically Exhibiting Business Cards, &c.

Patent for a new and improved display. This design, "for automatically exhibiting business cards and the like, of a panel having an opening therein, uprights having the retaining guides secured on each side of said opening, the angle-irons secured beneath said opening, a longitudinally-inclined bar having a beveled upper edge provided with a recess for extending across said panel, a sliding frame having a spring secured thereto, a hook on said spring, and means for giving said frame a vibratory… more

Date: October 16, 1888

Creator: Keach, George D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cut-Out for Electric Circuits.

Patent for a new and improved cut-out for circuits. This design consists in "[a] cut-out for an incandescent lamp embodying, essentially, a magnet or solenoid in derivation from the filament, spring-contacts completing the circuit from the filament to the line on one side, and an armature-lever electrically connected with said magnet adapted to disrupt the circuit between said contacts and maintain the continuity of the circuit through itself" (lines 93-101).

Date: October 30, 1888

Creator: McDill, Henry C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Double Point for Plows.

Patent for a new and improved double point for plows. This design consists in "[t]he plow-point having the central rectangular bend at the back, the wings shelving outward, downward, and forward, the long parallel-sided end, the lateral angles, and the marginal edges inclined upward and toward each other, the said portion being substantially as long as the share-edge" (lines 71-77).

Date: November 20, 1888

Creator: Schuster, Rudolph

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Direct-Acting Steam-Engine

Patent for improvements in the construction of direct-acting steam-engines.

Date: December 4, 1888

Creator: Winn, Frank

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fruit Gatherer.

Patent for a new and improved fruit gatherer. This design consists "[i]n a fruit-gatherer, the combination of the pole, the jaws attached to its upper end, the sliding collar, the links connecting the collar and the sleeve, the rods, the jaws, the ring, the tube attached thereto and encircling the pole below said jaws, and the sleeve which supports the ring and is adjustable on the pole longitudinally for the purpose of adjusting the mouth of said tube in the desired proximity to the said jaws"… more

Date: September 25, 1888

Creator: Hall, Francis Asbury

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fruit Coring and Halving Machine.

Patent for a new and improved fruit corer and halver. This design consists "[i]n a fruit cutter, the combination of the pivoted knives having laterally-concaved facing sides and curved inward to the edges at the upper ends, the arms extending from one side of said knives near their lower end, and the vertically-moving guide-plate provided with the longitudinal guide-grooves parallel at their upper and lower portions and curving inward to meet at their centers, into which grooves the ends of sai… more

Date: November 20, 1888

Creator: Harpst, Edgar S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn and Cotton Planter

Patent for improvements to corn and cotton planters, including illustrations.

Date: May 8, 1888

Creator: Tedder, Louis

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn and Cotton Planter Combined.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "has relation to that class of cotton and corn planters in which are hoppers smaller at their top than at their bottom and hoppers larger at their top than at their bottom, to adapt them for planting cotton-seed and corn, respectively. It is the object of the invention to provide the planter with interchangeable hoppers of the above construction, whereby either can be used upon the same machine, as found desirable, the hopper-seat being especia… more

Date: July 10, 1888

Creator: Mallison, James C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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