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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

Sash Holder.

Patent for a new and improved sash holder. This design "consists in supplying the sash with two spring-actuated cams—one upon each side—which cams in their normal condition press against the frame and hold the sash, but are simultaneously withdrawn and held out of contact with the frame by the partial rotation of a cylindrical operating-handle, with which the cams are connected by suitable rods, said handle also furnishing the means by which the sash is raised and lowered" (lines 41-50).

Date: January 19, 1886

Creator: Cutter, Martin A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash Holder.

Patent for a new and improved sash holder. This design "relates to improvements in window-stops, the object of which is to provide a cheap, convenient, and durable device for supporting windows, which may be set in the sash, so as not to mar its looks" (lines 12-16).

Date: February 2, 1886

Creator: Whitlock, James Howard

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seeder.

Patent for a new and improved seed-planter. This design "consists in the combination of the seed-hopper, the reciprocating seed-slide, and a sieve or screen suspended from the seed-slide and reciprocating therewith for sowing the seeds broadcast" (lines 10-14).

Date: February 9, 1886

Creator: Lovin, William Milton

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Safety Oil-Can

Patent for a safety oil can. There are two items that are described in the figures. The first is intended to "prevent the contents of the can from becoming inflamed" and the second is to "provide a can from which oil may be poured into a blazing fire without danger from lighting and exploding the oil" (p. 6).

Date: February 23, 1886

Creator: Steeneken, Diedrich

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Safety Valve Attachment for Lamps.

Patent for a new and improved safety attachment for oil lamps. This design is "to permit of the escape of any gas which may be formed in the upper part of the oil-reservoir by the evaporation of its contents; and the object thereof is to provide a simple form of valve stamped from a single piece of sheet metal, with a shank adapted to be inserted through a slot in the lamp-collar and the valve afterward bent down over the valve-opening, thus presenting a valve that will be sensitive to the pres… more

Date: May 11, 1886

Creator: Ingle, Ezra William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seed Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "is an improvement in the class of walking planters. It is particularly adapted for sowing cotton-seed, but will also plant corn and distribute fertilizing material. The principle feature of the invention is the construction of the seed-discharging device arranged and rotating in the bottom of the seed-hopper. The construction of the latter and the frame of the machine likewise embody novel and important features" (lines 7-16).

Date: November 16, 1886

Creator: Flatau, Louis S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seed Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination, with a supporting-frame, of a revolving hopper, comprising circular heads connected by cross-bars having recesses, circular strips inclosing the cross-bars and leaving a space between their inner ends, flanges secured between and projecting through the circular strips and leaving a space between them, a slotted plate located on one of the bars of the frame and having its end located between the flanges, and a set-s… more

Date: November 30, 1886

Creator: Holland, Willis Asa

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash Lock.

Patent for a new and improved sash lock. This design, "by means of a series of bolt-holes in both the upper sash and the frame the sashes can be held open for ventilation or securely locked in a closed position, as found desirable, and by means of the mortised seats and overhanging shoulders at the extremities of the slots, both the bolts can be drawn entirely within the casing and securely held in such position to enable both sashes to be raised or lowered at pleasure, and in the ordinary mann… more

Date: November 30, 1886

Creator: Price, Harry F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Revolving Target.

Patent for "a revolving target of improved and simplified construction" (lines 15-17), with instructions and illustrations.

Date: October 5, 1886

Creator: Adams, William H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Head Rest for Chairs.

Patent for a new and improved head-rest for chairs. This design consists in "[a] head-rest for chairs, comprising a top support . . . a plate fixed thereto and provided with a socket and guides . . . a ball, fitting socket, and retaining-jaws held in the guide of the plate around the ball" (lines 81-86).

Date: August 3, 1886

Creator: Ashby, Daniel S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay Press.

Patent for a new and improved hay-press. This design consists in "the frame having the pulley, the follower having the pulleys, and the shaft having the loose drums . . . means for locking either of the said drums to the said shaft, the rope attached to the drum and passing over the pulley with which the follower is provided, and secured to an immovable object, and the rope attached to the drum, passed over the pulley and attached to the follower" (lines 27-35).

Date: October 12, 1886

Creator: Bryant, William Hoggs

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Device For Converting Motion.

Patent for a device that converts "regular rotary motion into irregular reciprocating motion" (lines 15-16) which includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: January 26, 1886

Creator: Shellenberger, Samuel L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dinner Bucket.

Patent for a new and improved lunch bucket. This design consists in a "base-plate having sleeves upon two of its opposite edges, two rectangular-shaped bails secured at one end in said sleeves, the upper ends of each of said bails being bent inward or toward each other, the upper end of one of said bails being shorter than the other and bent slightly upward, and means for securing the upper ends of said bails together" (lines 1-8).

Date: November 23, 1886

Creator: Lederle, Edward Emil

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Arc Amp

Patent for electric arc lamp.

Date: October 1, 1886

Creator: Crowdus, Walter A. & Sutton, Henry M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Design for a Badge.

Design patent for a badge that has a near-rectangular body with additional ornamentation.

Date: December 7, 1886

Creator: Lukanitsch, Joseph & Cosman, William H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fruit Picker.

Patent for a new and improved fruit picker. This design consists in "two bags or receptacles [which] are secured upon an endless chain or cord, which passes over a pulley at the top of the pole of the picker and under a pulley near the lower end of the pole, so that the weight of one fruit picked and received in the bag will draw the other bag upward ready to receive another fruit, while the fruit in the descended bag may be removed from the said bag, which will thus be ready to ascend, when an… more

Date: November 23, 1886

Creator: Arnold, Hudson H. C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a new "machine for chopping surplus cotton or corn out of the rows or drills, leaving it in hills at the desired distance apart" (lines 8-11) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: March 23, 1886

Creator: Farley, John C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists in "[t]he combination of an axle, a frame, a shaft journaled longitudinally in the frame, radial arms mounted on the said shaft, gear connecting the said shaft with the axle, rectangular blades secured upon the ends of the said arms, the said blades being set diagonally, making their side edges parallel with the spiral path of the arms . . . and one blade being narrower than the others . . . whereby each blade will exactly coinc… more

Date: April 13, 1886

Creator: Ferriott, Charlie L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn and Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists "[i]n a corn and cotton planter, a hinged hopper provided with a removable partition and an agitator connected at one end to a longitudinal brace on said hopper, in combination with a platform rabbeted, as shown, and formed with slots, disks working in the slots, one of which is provided with pins to operate the agitator and the other disk having pockets" (lines 4-12).

Date: July 13, 1886

Creator: McNorton, John T.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn and Cotton Scraper.

Patent for a new and improved corn and cotton scraper. This design "is to provide an improved corn and cotton scraper for turning or shovel plows for the cultivation of cotton, corn, and other plants, which is adapted to be attached to the beam of the plow without weakening the same by cutting or boring. The scraper is so arranged as to be adjusted either to the right or left, as desired, and up and down, on a central slotted foot-piece, by means of which the line of draft on the blade of the s… more

Date: November 9, 1886

Creator: Adams, William Hinyard

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn and Cotton Planter Combined.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "is to provide a planter which may be used as a cotton-planter or other small-seed planter, the various parts being so arranged that the number of grains planted in a hill may be regulated as desired, while the depth of the furrow may also be regulated in accordance with the requirements of the case" (lines 8-15).

Date: November 9, 1886

Creator: Davis, Joseph Green

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn and Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the upright frame supported on the beam and carrying the two pivoted arms, in combination with the wheel having studs on both sides, the wires, and the lever middle fastened to the agitator-shaft . . . a hopper having the circular excision in its bottom, of the horizontal feed-wheel and arms, fast to a vertical vibratory shaft" (lines 79-88).

Date: November 16, 1886

Creator: Williams, John W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn and Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design, when used "as a corn-planter the slotted plate upon the inclined portion of the bottom is adjusted to cover the entire slot, and the pitman is attached to the pin projecting from the bar operating the seed slide, and when the machine is to be used as a cotton-planter the pitman is attached to the crank at the side of the seed-box, and the plate in the bottom of the box is adjusted so as to give the slot sufficient width to allow the cotton-see… more

Date: December 28, 1886

Creator: Armstrong, John J. & Lowrey, Andrew S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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