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Hobby Horse.

Patent for a new and improved hobby horse. This design "consists in providing a 'hobby-horse' or a 'stick-horse' with a pivoted head, to which is preferably connected a spring, so that the swinging of the head will give the appearance of the horse pulling on the reins held by the operator. The invention comprises a head pivoted at one end, a spring secured thereto and to the horse, and a lip on said head to limit the downward movement thereof" (lines 14-24).

Date: June 17, 1890

Creator: Alexander, Horace C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hen's Nest.

Patent for a new and improved hen's nest. This design "relates to that type of hen-nest wherein a tilting platform is employed to protect the setting hen from intrusion while permitting her to freely pass to and from the nest. The objects of [the] invention are to improve the prior construction and to provide novel means whereby the hen setting or hatching chamber is separated from the passage containing the tilting platform by a division-wall having a rear doorway, in such manner that the eggs… more

Date: September 9, 1890

Creator: Manlove, John H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay Press.

Patent for a new and improved hay-press. This design "consists in a horizontal frame having at its open end a pivoted and weighted abutment, a plunger adapted to reciprocate in the frame, a toggle-lever connecting the plunger with the closed end of the frame, and means for actuating the toggle-lever" (lines 14-20).

Date: September 30, 1890

Creator: Smith, John F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hame Fastener.

Patent for a new and improved hame-fastener. This design consists in "the combination, with the eccentric-lever formed with the two slots . . . one of which forms the cam, of the hook secured and movable within the slot by the pivot-pin, and the [other] hook, secured and movable within the [other] slot by the [other] pivot-pin" (lines 87-93).

Date: November 4, 1890

Creator: Padfield, Harry V.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Suspension-Bridge

Patent for improvements in suspension bridges "to increase the strength of the same and reduce the n-umber of parts and simplify the general construction of the same" (lines 10-12).

Date: May 20, 1890

Creator: Hill, James Oliver

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

Gate Latch.

Patent for a new and improved gate latch. This design consists in "[a] gate-latch comprising a slotted-sleeve, a pivoted and spring-actuated latch-plate, and a bolt mounted to turn in the latch-plate and extend through the sleeve, and provided with a transverse pin" (lines 98-102).

Date: August 5, 1890

Creator: Rohrbach, Gabriel

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Patent for improvements in gates, including illustrations.

Date: October 28, 1890

Creator: Austin, Thomas J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Snap-Hook

Patent for a snap hook in order to "provide a hook of simple construction that shall be securely locked when in use" (p. 2)

Date: December 30, 1890

Creator: Adams, Don B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Feed Water Heater.

Patent for a new and improved water-heater. This design consists in "the combination of the supply-pipe, the supply-tank into which said pipe discharges, the said tank having a perforated bottom through which the water percolates, the vertically-divided cylinder forming the annular heating-chamber, the scatter-plates alternatingly located in diverse directions in said chamber, the said plates arranged to spray the water while heating as it falls from plate to plate, and the exhaust-steam pipe t… more

Date: January 14, 1890

Creator: Knox, George F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Time-Alarm and Annunciator

Patent for "a combined call and annunciator system by which any number of signals can be sent automatically or manually and various signals received through the annunciator, the apparatus serving to send signals to or from any number of distant points on the circuit at any time" (lines 17-23).

Date: April 4, 1890

Creator: Suren, Nathan H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electro Medical Belt.

Patent for a new and improved electro-medical belt. This design "consists in a belt or support constructed of multiple-ply electro-conductive belting, which [the design] make[s] by inserting a conductor or conductors between the folds of a multiple-ply band with suitable contact-points at the surface, a sling supported by and movable on the belt for carrying the electric generator, also constructed of the electro-conductive belting, and having detachable connectors between its contact points an… more

Date: April 1, 1890

Creator: Shelton, William J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Envelope or Bag Machine

Patent for a machine "for making envelopes, paper bags, and the like wherein the blank which is to form the envelope or bag is automatically fed into the machine at its receiving end by a suitable feeder and is folded and gummed on its way through the machine, being finally delivered in a marketable condition at the delivery end of the machine" (lines 10-17).

Date: June 24, 1890

Creator: Clarke, George R.

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

Fire Kindler.

Patent for a new and improved fire-kindler. This design "consist[s] of a tapered tube having lap-jointed edges, a retaining or clamping collar to hold said edges in position, perforations near the larger end, and the overbent flexible strips, said tube being packed with asbestus or other absorbent" (lines 77-82).

Date: August 12, 1890

Creator: Denton, Winfield Scott

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Feed-Trough

Patent for "a stock-feeder which shall permit of the feeding of a measured quantity of food to cattle in the barn or stable from a point remote, so as to enable the farmer or any of the members of his family to feed the cattle from the dwelling without going out into the weather" (lines 7-13).

Date: August 19, 1890

Creator: Reed, Francis O.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sanitary Closet

Patent for "improvements on sanitary closets for destroying the human excrement-s on the premises with little labor and expense" (lines 8-11).

Date: May 13, 1890

Creator: McCamant, Theodore F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Screw.

Patent for a new and improved screw. This design consists in "[a] screw, the body and shank of which are of corresponding diameter throughout their length, the shank terminating in a rounded end, and the shank and body being provided with a longitudinal straight channel extending throughout their lengths, one of the terminal shoulders of the channel being removed" (lines 4-10).

Date: June 10, 1890

Creator: Ericson, John

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seed-Planter

Patent for "a seed-planter for planting corn, cotton, and other seeds; and it has for its object to provide a device of this class which shall be simple, inexpensive, and efficient in operation" (lines 9-13).

Date: October 7, 1890

Creator: Cromer, Thomas L. & Schuwirth, Charles

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing Machine.

Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design consists in "a boiler, a cylinder journaled therein and having closed ends, its outer periphery composed of a series of open troughs arranged in pairs, the troughs in each pair opening toward each other, a series of open-ended funnel-shaped tubes arranged in a line drawn centrally around the periphery of the cylinder, [and] the said tubes extending inwardly from the outer face of the cylinder and having their contracted discharge ends n… more

Date: February 25, 1890

Creator: Rose, Horatio

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Riveting Machine.

Patent for a new and improved riveting-machine. This design consists "of the upright frame having the cross-head in the upper front part thereof, the vertical driving rods . . . adapted to move in said cross-head, the upright with perforated top and spring-actuated sleeve attached to the frame below the rod, the separable rivet-holder attached to said rod by the arms, the frame, and the sleeve . . . the upright with solid top attached to the frame below the rod, and means, as pivoted levers . .… more

Date: April 1, 1890

Creator: Carl, Reinhold A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wick Material (Illinois Patent).

Patent for wick material, "composed of raw fibrous matter in layers or slivers in adhesive substance" (lines 16-17).

Date: July 1, 1890

Creator: Chapin, Myron H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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