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Nut-Lock.

Description: Patent for "nut-locks especially adapted for use in securing nuts upon bolts at the joints of railway-rails." (Lines 10-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1897
Creator: Dodson, Roy
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stirrup.

Description: Patent for a stirrup that "will normally lie alongside the horse, so as to at all time be ready to receive the foot." (Lines 21-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 6, 1897
Creator: Stephens, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bath-Tub.

Description: Patent for "a super bath-tub of that class in which the small portable or foot tub is provided with a removable shield and seat capable of enlarging the size of the tub and of furnishing a rest for the person using the tub." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 6, 1897
Creator: Lacy, John C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fishing-Reel.

Description: Patent for improving the operation of fishing reels. Illustration and instructions included.
Date: April 6, 1897
Creator: Williams, Elbert D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tool.

Description: Patent for "...a tool embodying certain novel features and details of construction, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, and claimed" (lines 7-10) with illustration and descriptions.
Date: April 27, 1897
Creator: Hutchins, John Pearce
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tire-Tightener.

Description: Patent for an adjustable tire tightener. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1897
Creator: Taylor, William Buford.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grapple for Handling Well Pipes or Tubes.

Description: Patent for "a simple and inexpensive device adapted for readily gripping a well pipe or tubing to enable the same to be readily removed from a well or lowered within." (Lines 11-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1897
Creator: Smith, Thomas McGlothlin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Folding Bed.

Description: Patent for a bed that is collapsible and portable but still safe and sturdy. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 6, 1897
Creator: Dodge, Israel A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Feed-Cutting Machine.

Description: Patent for a grain-cutting apparatus with adjustable knives. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Clark, William J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Type-Writing Machine.

Description: Patent for improvements to the type writer "to provide a simple and effective mechanism for automatically operating the type-bars of such a machine under the control of the keys in such manner as to require but light action of said keys." (Lines 11-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1897
Creator: Templeton, Allison
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines.

Description: Patent for "an improved frame for carrying the rolls of cloth from which a quilt is to be made in a horizontal position, so that they are adapted to be stitched together, with the batting between them, by the aid of an ordinary sewing-machine." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1897
Creator: Howard, Thomas B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Gin.

Description: Patent for a saw-cleaning attachment for cotton gins. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Griffin, Thomas J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sack-Tie.

Description: Patent for sack-ties that consist of a brace with a wire that folds in with the upper edges of the mouth of the sack and hold it into position, by hooking around the ends of the brace.
Date: April 27, 1897
Creator: Driffill, Frederick
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hog-Trough.

Description: Patent for an improved and durable pig trough, one that stays clean and can be filled and eaten out of easily without wasting feed.
Date: April 27, 1897
Creator: Neill, George A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Type-Writing Machine.

Description: Patent for improvements to the type writer which allow for automatic, proper spacing between letters and words; will automatically return the carriage to the beginning of the page; and will automatically feed the inking ribbon so that the entire surface is used. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1897
Creator: Templeton, Allison
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Wheel Scraper.

Description: Patent for a "device adapted to be readily applied to a vehicle to prevent mud from clinging to the wheels, and thereby make the draft lighter on a horse or team, and at the same time prevent mud from being thrown upon the body of a vehicle and the occupants thereof." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Taylor, Mascener
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mining Sulfur.

Description: Patent for a method of mining sulfur and other things that have similar melting points that is less expensive and more efficient than previous methods. A machine sprays hot fluid at fissures where the mineral exists, melts it, and carries it away in the stream.
Date: April 27, 1897
Creator: Higgins, Pattillo & Carroll, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Description: Patent for a mixing machine designed for churns, but can also be used in ice cream freezers. It works by producing a partial vacuum, forcing the liquid to go from the bottom to the top of the vessel. Blades force the liquid to go against "the centrifugal action" (line 21) and towards the center of the vessel.
Date: April 27, 1897
Creator: Norcross, George A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Back-Band Buckle.

Description: Patent for an improved back-band buckle and an improved hook that connects the buckle with the trace-chain. The lever-hook snaps "into position and is held secure in a pane substantially flush with the lower portion of the buckle-frame when the buckle is closed by the forcing down of the lever" (lines 15-19).
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Brown, John Staddart
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for "pin-and-link car-couplings to enable the same to couple automatically and to be readily uncoupled without going between cars, and to provide means for holding the link in substantially a horizontal position for guiding it into the mouth of a draw-head to avoid going between cars and guiding the link by hand." (Lines 12-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1897
Creator: Allen, George F.; Allen, Charles D. & Martin, Richard W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Reversible Spring-Motor.

Description: Patent for a spring-motor for bicycles, street and railway cars, and other vehicles which is meant "to accumulate and store surplus power which is usually lost in stopping vehicles and in holding back the same when descending steep grades, the purpose being to utilize such stored power for the purpose of propelling the vehicle up an incline or at whatever point additional power may be found desirable." (Lines 17-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Click, John Jones
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fare-Box.

Description: Patent for a fare-box for cars and other vehicles that allows the driver or conductor to set the fare and which registers the amount paid. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Katzenberger, Oscar
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wind-Wheel.

Description: Patent for a wind-wheel "designed to secure a rapid descent of the pump-rod and thus enable the wheel to raise more water in a given time" (lines 8-10). Damaging the wheel proper with the forcefulness of rapidly descending water is avoided in this design.
Date: April 27, 1897
Creator: Pippin, John William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines.

Description: Patent for "an attachment which can be applied to the table of a sewing-machine and removed therefrom at a moment's notice and which can be taken apart when required and reduced to a small package for the purpose of storing or placing aside when not required for immediate use." (Lines 10-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1897
Creator: King, James E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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