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Cotton Chopper and Cultivator Combined.

Patent for improvement to a cotton-chopper with a "mechanism for cultivating the soil between the hills as well as for bringing the said hills to a regular form" (lines 18-20).

Date: February 23, 1886

Creator: Muray, Joseph L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Magneto-Telephonic Apparatus

Patent for an invention to improve transmitting vocals and other sounds. It is a magneto telephonic system based on an magnetic field of high intensity.

Date: May 4, 1886

Creator: Brown, Fred. H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spark-Arrester.

Patent for an improvement to spark-arresters, which deflect sparks and cinders released by locomotive engines. Includes illustrations.

Date: June 29, 1886

Creator: McCormick, John Robert

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fare Box.

Patent for a new and improved fare-box. This design consists in a "cylinder provided with a longitudinal slot more than half the diameter of said cylinder in depth, and weighed by means of a rotary weight secured to the shaft which forms the axis, to return said cylinder and keep it to normal position with the mouth of the slot downward, of the inclined parallel plates located, respectively, above and below said cylinder, and means for operating said cylinder composed of segment, arm, and tooth… more

Date: November 2, 1886

Creator: Greer, John William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Weighing Mechanism for Elevators, &c.

Patent for "means for automatically indicating the amount of weight placed" (lines 10-11) within an elevator cage or platform with illustrations.

Date: September 21, 1886

Creator: Sanger, Isaac S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Brick-Machine

Patent for an improvement to the features of Brick Machines, included with detailed illustrations.

Date: August 31, 1886

Creator: Shellenberger, Samuel L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wagon Standard.

Patent for a new and improved wagon standard. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a hollow standard and an extension having vertical movement in said standard, of a gravity-catch adapted to bite against teeth or serrations on said extension in order to maintain the same in an extended position" (lines 60-65).

Date: December 7, 1886

Creator: Welsh, Lee L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut Lock.

Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design consists "[i]n a nut-lock, the combination, with a screw-threaded bolt and nut, of a pair of arms pivoted or hinged together, said arms having annular screw-threaded grooves formed therein adapted to register with the threads on the bolt, and means for locking the arms together" (lines 76-81).

Date: April 27, 1886

Creator: Clark, Fred

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Buggy Top Support.

Patent for a new and improved support for buggy-tops. This design "relates to supports for the tops of buggies or other vehicles, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, effective, and durable device for attachment to the folding braces of the vehicle-tops to prevent the accidental folding of the top when the vehicles are on the road" (lines 7-13).

Date: January 26, 1886

Creator: Finney, James T.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Billiard Table Leveler.

Patent for a new and improved billiard-table leveler. This design consists in "the vertical case having the closed bottom, the open upper end, and provided with the removable plate, the vertical guide-rods extending through openings in the plate, the follower in the upper end of the case and having openings to receive the guide-rods, and provided with an interiorly-threaded opening, the vertical shaft having its lower end stepped in the bottom of the case and journaled in the plate, the said sh… more

Date: May 11, 1886

Creator: Himes, Frank

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vibrating Churn.

Patent for a new and improved vibrating churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the standard, of the vertically-adjustable frame having a vertical opening about its middle, with a horizontal journal bearing at one end, carrying a vertical fly-wheel and crank, and a horizontal and vertical journal-bearing at the other end, the first carrying a vertical toothed segment, a pitman connecting the fly-wheel and segment, and a pinion and shaft-socket arranged about a vertical axis and … more

Date: July 20, 1886

Creator: Fellrath, Charles John

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Use in Dry Out-Houses

Patent for the construction of an improved odorless apparatus for dry out-houses, including explications and illustrations.

Date: March 23, 1886

Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Steam-Engine

Patent for "a new and improved steam-engine, in which the pressure of the live steam is completely and very advantageously utilized," (lines 8-10) including illustrations.

Date: August 3, 1886

Creator: Rush, Peter S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bee-Hive.

Patent for a "new and useful improvement in bee-hives" (lines 5-6), with instructions and illustrations.

Date: June 15, 1886

Creator: McCullar, John Jackson

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Planter and Chopper.

Patent for planting and chopping cotton.

Date: November 9, 1886

Creator: Pitts, Lee Paschal

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Wheel Cultivator And Plow

Patent for improvements to a combined wheel cultivator and plow, "whereby either mold-board plows or shovel-cultivators may be used upon a common frame" (lines 16-18). Includes illustrations.

Date: December 28, 1886

Creator: Wahrmund, Charles, Jr.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mold and Angle-Piece Used in Constructing Concrete Walls

Patent for tools to create uniform concrete pieces and angles, with description of use and improvements and illustrations.

Date: April 13, 1886

Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "is to provide an improved cultivator which can be very quickly and easily adjusted to adapt the device for marking out or laying off the roads or hills; to provide improved means whereby the shovels or blades are caused to always occupy the same relative position to each other, and adjust themselves when the beams of the harrow or cultivator are adjusted, and finally, to provide improved means for adjusting the shovels at any desired angle,… more

Date: November 23, 1886

Creator: Sutton, James Macaulay

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Brick Machine.

Patent for a new and improved brick machine. This design consists in "a mold-wheel mounted to revolve in the horizontal plane and provided with mold-cavities, of a vertically-movable plunger in each cavity, a door for each cavity hinged on the top of the wheel, the hinge plate or lug attached to the mold-wheel being slotted to allow a vertical movement of the hinge-pin, a curved arm pivoted over the top of the mold-wheel and extending over part of the same, and a spring acting on the swinging e… more

Date: November 23, 1886

Creator: Thaison, William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Animal Shears.

Patent for new and improved animal shears. This design is "of a platinum or other wire or conductor heated to a high temperature, sufficient to burn through the fibers of the wool or hair, and [is] passed over the surface of the body as close as may be deemed desirable to the roots. No injurious effects are produced upon the animal or upon the wool or hair removed, while at the same time the same may be removed with great uniformity and expedition" (lines 28-36).

Date: June 8, 1886

Creator: Harrell, Joseph J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Flexible Scraper.

Patent for a new and improved flexible scraper. This design "consist[s] of the concave board, the sheet of rubber secured by bolts to the concave face of the board, the handle, the sockets secured to the convex face of the board and handle, respectively, and the braces" (lines 52-57).

Date: December 7, 1886

Creator: Kaelin, Albert J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Garden Tile.

Patent for a new and improved garden tile. This design "is to provide a . . . garden-tile which can be used as a plant-protector or as a curbing for walks, &c. The invention consists in a tile having a semicircular or U-shaped cross-section and open at the bottom and provided on its top with one or more necks through which the plants can grow" (lines 7-15).

Date: May 25, 1886

Creator: Flatau, Louis S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motor.

Patent for a new and improved motor. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the spring-actuated mechanism, of the ratchet-wheel, the spring-detent, and the lever to operate a rod" (lines 55-58).

Date: September 14, 1886

Creator: Houston, George W. & Mulkey, Elijah F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Heel Brace.

Patent for a new and improved heel-brace. This design "consist[s] in a semi-circular rim provided with two downward side extensions, the lower ends of said extensions being provided with inwardly extending lugs adapted to lie under the heel of a boot or shoe, said rim being also provided on its rear side with a downwardly-extending projection shorter than the side extensions, the lower ends of the extensions being provided with openings for the reception of screws" (lines 63-73).

Date: December 28, 1886

Creator: Edney, Cartwright Jones

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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