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Wire Tightener.

Patent for a new and improved wire tightener. This design "has for its object to provide a novel, simple, economical, and efficient implement or tool for tightening wire fences by forming twists or loops in the fence-strands to take up the slack, and to provide a novel implement of this type wherein a rod or bar can be conveniently applied to increase the leverage in turning the implement to form the twists or loops" (lines 8-16).

Date: July 15, 1890

Creator: Bellah, William N.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine-Gun

Patent for an improvement in a "battery of guns, and has for its object the operating of any one of the guns by the recoil of another and in succession as long as may be deemed necessary" (lines 7-11).

Date: July 1, 1890

Creator: Greer, John William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Sharpening Gin-Saws

Patent for "a machine of this class which shall be simple, durable, an d easily manipulated, and by means of which the teeth of gin-saws may be sharpened in a rapid, convenient, and effectual manner" (lines 9-14).

Date: July 1, 1890

Creator: Smith, John Quince

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Propeller Shaft Bearing.

Patent for a new and improved propeller-shaft bearing. This design consists, "with the horizontal propeller-shaft, of the single central stationary thrust-block through which the shaft snugly extends, the opposite ends of said block being each flattened and provided with a circular groove concentric with the shaft, the pair of collars rigidly secured to the shaft at the opposite ends of said central block, the inner ends of said collars each having a groove corresponding with the grooves in the… more

Date: July 8, 1890

Creator: Gaffield, William Z.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Steam-Engine

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

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design is "to combine a single and double plow so that they may be used either conjointly or independently of each other, and to provide means for the ready adjustment of the plow-beams with relation to each other and for the adjustment of the shovels so as to present the same at different inclinations for penetrating the ground at various depths" (lines 8-16).

Date: July 15, 1890

Creator: Walton, Sam Houston

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Printing Plate.

Patent for a new and improved printing-plate. This design "relates to an improvement in printing-plates designed particularly for printing mailing-lists for newspapers and other periodicals" (lines 8-11). To this end, it consists in "[t]he combination of the bar or holder having the downwardly and inwardly turned ends, and the printing-plates secured on the former . . . of the loop loosely mounted on the plate, and the interposed wedge-shaped locking-key" (lines 5-16).

Date: July 22, 1890

Creator: Eberhardt, Theophilus Charles

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow

Patent for "a plow of simple and inexpensive construction capable of being readily and easily changed from an ordinary plow to a ditching-plow, and vice versa" (lines 10-14).

Date: July 29, 1890

Creator: Lesueur, Sam C. & Holsey, Theodric M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Movable Shelving for Stores.

Patent for new and improved shelving. This design "consists of three sections, a central main portion and two half-sections hinged at each end of the main section, said side sections being one half the length of the main section and adapted to fold face inward against the middle section, and the whole supported upon brackets that terminate in caster-rollers, and is removably secured to the store-wall by hooks on the shelving engaging eyes in the wall . . . The object of this invention is to so … more

Date: July 15, 1890

Creator: Thomas, Oscar P.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nail Driving Tool.

Patent for a new and improved nail-driving tool. This design consists, "with the shell of the tool formed with recesses and a guide-groove . . . the driving-bar provided with notch, die, and roller, spline guided in the groove of the shell, and the returning-spring, of the levers having toes, the former of said levers bearing normally upon the roller, the spring secured to said shell, bearing by its ends upon the ends of the said levers, and the magazine obliquely attached to the shell, provide… more

Date: July 15, 1890

Creator: Brady, William B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Paint Compound

Patent for "a fire and water proof compound for roofs and the like, possessing great elasticity and capable of contracting and expanding under cold and heat without cracking and peeling off [while also forming] a body equal to cement for covering the nail-heads of roofs and the like" (lines 12-20).

Date: July 15, 1890

Creator: Jackson, Abner A. & Neal, Columbus M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tire Heater.

Patent for a new and improved tire heater. This design "consists in providing a rotary circular box revolving in a horizontal plane and carrying a rack, upon which is supported the tire, said box having a stationary bottom provided with openings to admit the flames of oil, gas, or vapor burners to immediate contact with a rotated tire. . . . The object of [the] invention is to provide a tire-heater, which shall be simple and economical of construction, adapted to the use of gas, oil, or vapor f… more

Date: July 29, 1890

Creator: Nevill, William Birt

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stem Winding and Setting Watch.

Patent for a new and improved watch. This design "has relation particularly to an improvement in mechanism for winding and setting the watch, so that the 'movement' may be rendered interchangeable for application to a case, whether arranged for a hunting-case watch or an open-face watch. In watches as commonly constructed a different arrangement is made for the winding and setting mechanism for a hunting-case watch from that of one having an open face" (lines 12-21).

Date: July 29, 1890

Creator: Heidbrink, Bernard

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pen Holder.

Patent for a new and improved pen holder. This design "is to provide a pen holder of simple construction that may be easily held between the fingers without cramping the same, that will hold the pen in such a position in relation to the eye as to enable the writer to write well, and that will be adapted to hands of various sizes. To this end [the] invention consists of a curved flat holder having a shank projecting from the end thereof, to which a pen may be attached, said shank being nearly pa… more

Date: July 29, 1890

Creator: Palmer, Joshua C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Seed Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "consists in, first, a hopper having its rear side or board extended downward so as to form the standard or furrow-opener; second, the combination of two endwise adjustable castings provided with shoulders or offsets, and which are made adjustable in relation to each other, and by means of which the quantity dropped is regulated . . . [An object] of [the] invention [is] to extend the rear side of the seed-box downward, so as to form a furrow-op… more

Date: July 29, 1890

Creator: Kennedy, David

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mosquito Bar Frame.

Patent for a new and improved mosquito-bar frame. This design "consist[s], essentially, of the upright bars having their upper ends reduced . . . and provided with staples, the brackets, having loops at opposite ends and a pintle on its lower branch to enter the staples in the posts, the lateral rods carrying the loop brackets at opposite ends, and sockets . . . to receive the upper ends of the posts, the inner cross-bar arranged in the inner brackets of the lateral rods, the outer cross-bar ar… more

Date: July 29, 1890

Creator: Meyers, John Henry

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay Rack.

Patent for a new and improved hay rack. This design consists "[i]n a hay-frame adapted for application to a wagon-body, the combination of the base-bars, the standards or uprights . . . having outward extensions at their upper ends, provided with stop shoulders or hooks, and the side arms having their inner sections pivoted to said uprights at a point in from the stop shoulders and arranged to rest on said shoulders when turned outward . . . and the fastening bolts engaging said uprights" (line… more

Date: July 1, 1890

Creator: Wilkerson, John L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sweeping Machine.

Patent for a new and improved sweeping machine. This design consists, "with the frame mounted upon supporting-wheels at its front and rear ends and having the rotating rear axle, of the vertically-adjustable revolving brush receiving motion from the said axle, and a dust pan or receptacle having laterally extending pins or plugs, whereby it is supported detachably upon the frame of the machine in front of the revolving brush" (lines 13-21).

Date: July 1, 1890

Creator: Le Tellier, John H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Patent for a new design for a gate that "will prevent the post to which it is hung from being drawn out of line by its weight" (lines 12-14) and will stay open unaided and "automatically lock itself when closed" (line 18) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: July 1, 1890

Creator: Snow, Abner

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sod Cutter.

Patent for a new and improved sod-cutter. This design consists, "with a sod-cutter comprising the frame, the horizontal blade, the beam, the handle-bars, and the brace-rod connecting the said beam with the outer handle-bar . . . of the upwardly and outwardly curved guide-rods secured to the rear of the said blades, the curved cutting-blades secured to said rods for dividing the cut sod into separate portions, and the fender provided with a forwardly-bent flange at its upper edge and secured to … more

Date: July 29, 1890

Creator: White, Maston Timothy

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus

Patent for "a more simple, efficient, and convenient arrangement than has hitherto been known" for fire extinguishers (lines 16-17).

Date: July 29, 1890

Creator: Stamps, William Oscar

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Flour-Separator

Patent for "a machine of this class by means of which by a single operation the flour may be separated from the middlings and the tine from the coarser grade of middling-s, thus performing at a single operation that which heretofore has required two separate operations to accomplish" (lines 10-16).

Date: July 29, 1890

Creator: Sadravezt, Peter

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Extension for Bedsteads

Patent for "an adjustable, folding, and removable attachment that can be adjusted to various heights, one that can be easily attached to and detached from the bedstead, and one that when so detached can be neatly folded into a compact mass,which will occupy very little space" with an adjustable guard (lines 11-19).

Date: July 22, 1890

Creator: Belsher, Julia A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Paris Green Distributer.

Patent for a new and improved bug sprayer. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a device for distributing insect-powder, of a blower suspended from the saddle in position to be operated by the foot of the rider, a tube leading from the bellows, and a hopper communicating with the tube" (lines 18-23).

Date: July 29, 1890

Creator: Tucker, Joseph

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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