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Wire-Working Implement.

Description: Patent for an invention that stretches fencing wire that is being nailed or stapled into a post. The implement is also used for twisted two wires together.
Date: November 17, 1891
Creator: Murphy, George Washington
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Tightener.

Description: Patent for "an improved wire-tightener especially designed for use in the tightening of wires in the construction of fences and in taking up slack after such fences have been constructed, but which instrument is also capable of use in tying packages with wire, binding planks to posts, and in other instances where it is desirable to tighten wire and secure it when so tightened." (Lines 7-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: Flatau, Louis S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Dressing Surfaces of Pavements.

Description: Patent for improvements in machines for dressing surfaces of wooden or block pavements that may be operated by a traction-engine of known construction, including illustrations.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: Love, Robert Hamilton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ladder.

Description: Patent for "a step-ladder adapted to travel upon a track and be moved to any desired place by the person using the ladder," (lines 16-18) including illustrations.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: Marshall, John Wesley; Bolton, R. B. & Marshall, W. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Label and Twine Cabinet.

Description: Patent for a label and twine cabinet which allows for quick removal of various kinds and quantities of labels, including illustrations.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: Haynes, Thomas M. & Gunning, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lamp-Wick Raiser.

Description: Patent for a device designed to manipulate a lamp-wick in its guiding tube without cutting or injuring the wick, including illustrations.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: McBride, Martin A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Meat-Cutter.

Description: Patent for a meat-cutter designed for making meat tender by "running it back and forth under the knives and cutting the meat both ways," (lines 30-31) including illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1891
Creator: Ricks, Tillmon Perry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pneumatic Cotton-Conveyer.

Description: Patent for a combined cotton elevator and feeder "having exceedingly few parts and which can be easily operated and kept in running order, and which will be cheap, strong, and durable," (lines 34-40) including illustrations.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: Clopton, John B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Furnace.

Description: Patent for a furnace that is simple, durable and inexpensive to construct. The body is constructed of a rectangular base and the casing is composed of semi-circular plates with a series of flanges that are bolted together with door and flue more easily connected. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: Johnson, John H. & Moran, James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hanging Bed.

Description: Patent for improvements in hanging or hidden beds by having “hangers pivoted at their upper ends to fixed supports and having upwardly-opening angular hooks at their lower ends, of a bed-frame, legs pivoted to the ends of the end bars thereof, pitman-rods extending inwardly from said legs, a piece to whose ends said rods are connected, an outward projection between the ends of said piece detachably engaging and closely fitting one of said hooks, and a pivot passing through the projection and pi… more
Date: November 24, 1891
Creator: Buell, Will M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Odorless Dry Outhouse and Refuse-Burner.

Description: Patent for a combined odorless dry outhouse and refuse burner for a cellar or vault in which night-soil or garbage may be reduced to ashes in the shortest possible time with low expense, including illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oat-Cutter.

Description: Patent for a type of straw and hay cutter designed especially for cutting sheaf oats that is easily operated, including illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Laws, John Aderson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Car-Brake.

Description: Patent for improvements in electrically controlled car-brakes with the various purposes of coupling and uncoupling, putting on and taking off brakes, signaling from car to car or train to car, lighting trains, and other purposes to which it may be adapted, including illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Collier, James Dallas; Miller, James K. Polk & Kirby, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for invention that applies the use of electricity to various purposes of coupling and uncoupling, putting on and taking off brakes; signaling from car to car, train to car, or vice versa; lighting trains; and other purposes to which it can be adapted, including illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Collier, James Dallas; Miller, James K. Polk & Kirby, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Spacer.

Description: Patent for a device that efficiently and quickly travels over cotton-drills, spacing the stands uniformly apart and covers up any grass or weeds around the stands, including illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Totty, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Picker.

Description: Patent for machine for picking cotton that is simple in construction and comparatively inexpensive.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Hyde, Thomas Burke
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Siphon.

Description: Patent for a new siphon used to convey and distribute water for any purposes where it may necessary to convey water over elevations from a higher plane to a lower one, including illustrations.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: Damron, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Metallic Railroad-Tie.

Description: Patent for a new and improved metallic railroad tie that purports to prevent the spreading of rails or the bending of tension-rods. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1891
Creator: Saunders, Ellison
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Device for Handling Cotton.

Description: Patent for for a device that moves cotton from a receptacle and into a gin by way of a fan-blown duct. Illustrations included.
Date: November 24, 1891
Creator: Williams, James L. & Bennett, Levi W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for a car-coupling "which will afford means to automatically connect cars and release them in a safe manner from the roof or side of a car" (lines 9-11) and to adapt the improved coupling for connection with one of the ordinary type, including illustrations.
Date: November 3, 1891
Creator: Rohrbach, Gabriel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Device for Jointing and Setting Saws.

Description: Patent for improvements in saw jointing and setting machines in “which [it] will serve to hold the saw-blade securely in place, will serve as a guide for the file, and by the simple movement of a conveniently-arranged lever the saw-teeth may be quickly and accurately set. Mechanism is provided whereby the movements of the file-blade may be readily adjusted and whereby the set of the saw may be changed, as desired.” (Lines 19-27) Illustration is included.
Date: November 24, 1891
Creator: Magee, Richard Needham
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Cleaner.

Description: Patent for improvements for machines that separate seeds and other material from cotton. Includes illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1891
Creator: Cunningham, James F., Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for a device by which cotton can be easily, quickly and accurately chopped, "leaving cotton stands the distance apart for future cultivation and to insure the most rapid and satisfactory growth," (lines 13-16) including illustrations.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Henderson, Neely Trimmier & Smith, William F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hame-Fastener.

Description: Patent for a new kind of fastener for draft animal harnesses that is inexpensive and has no springs or buckles. Illustration included.
Date: November 17, 1891
Creator: Anderson, Lee
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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