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Wire-Stretcher

Description: Patent for a stretcher that connects wires in fence construction and repair. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 8, 1891
Creator: Wright, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Tightener.

Description: Patent for a new and useful wire tightener, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 8, 1898
Creator: Boynton, Willie Amos
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wagon Attachment.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wagon attachment. This design "relates to hay frames or racks for use with the ordinary box wagon-bodies; and it has for its object to provide a light frame or rack of simple construction adapted for adjustment to wagon boxes or bodies of different width and so constructed as to be folded in a compact form. To these ends the invention consists in a foldable hay frame or rack adapted to fit into a wagon-body and adapted for adjustment to such body; also, in structur… more
Date: April 8, 1890
Creator: Haupt, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trunk-Strap Fastener.

Description: Patent for an improved trunk fastener "whereby a strap after having been tightly drawn around a trunk or other article of baggage can be fastened without the use of the usual buckle" (lines 13-16). It consists of a hook-securing mechanism that holds the buckle at one end, an opposite toothed beveled clamping-face, a swinging lever with opposite arms that is connected with the fixed mechanism, a beveled clamping-face between the arms, and a lever that clamps the strap between the beveled clampin… more
Date: November 8, 1892
Creator: Webb, William James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing-Machine

Description: Patent for an alteration to cylindrical reciprocating washing machines that first provides "a washing-machine of the type above described in which the drum or body portion of the machine is supported at a single point at its bottom and gives a partial revolving motion thereon; second, to provide said machine wit-h a suspended horizontally-arranged and vertically-reciprocated stirring device or twirl, and, third, to provide mechanism for automatically raising and lowering the stirring device and… more
Date: November 8, 1892
Creator: Hacke, Karl Wilh.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine For Turfing And Embroidering Fabrics.

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements in machines for turfing and embroidering fabrics, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 8, 1899
Creator: Henry, Jennie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheel For Bicycles.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wheels for bicycles. This design is to "provide an improved tire for this purpose which is adapted to take the place of a pneumatic tire and to operate in a similar manner" (line 13 - 17).
Date: February 8, 1898
Creator: Bowley, James Deamess
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Winding-Tool For Bale-Fastenings.

Description: Patent for a new and useful winding tool for bale fastenings.
Date: August 8, 1899
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well-Drilling Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an improved, simple, and efficient well sinking or drilling mechanism, especially meant for bit-securing devices, and the drill bits can be easily removed without removing the well tubing from the hole. The inventor uses "a stem or core carrying the drill bit and adapted to fit snugly in the bore of the tubing, together with a simple combination of devices whereby such stem or core can be locked against longitudinal and rotary movement by the manipulation of an operating rod which ex… more
Date: May 8, 1894
Creator: Horton, Stephen A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Forming Cotton-Seed Meal into Cakes

Description: Patent for "an organized machine adapted to rapidly compress charges of cotton-seed meal into cakes of sufficient solidity to bear handling and removal to a press, whereby the oil is expressed therefrom, and to deliver said cakes at a point or points in convenient proximity to said press or presses, so that the time and labor involved in preparing the meal for the, press and of inserting it therein will be reduced to the minimum" (lines 9-18).
Date: April 8, 1890
Creator: Price, James S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Log-Carrier.

Description: Patent for a log-carrier with an improved construction from a previous patent (No. 539,380). Improvements include a change in "the angle of strain of the draft-chain as the lever approaches the horizontal position...when the load is elevated" (lines 34-37). It also maintains "a uniform leverage without the use of guide-rollers or other means" (lines 54-56), and balances the sliding tongue so that "the team is relieved of the weight thereof" (line 62).
Date: December 8, 1896
Creator: Carroll, Joseph Alexander
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Wheel.

Description: Patent for "novel and inexpensive means whereby vehicle wheels may be protected from the many accidents occurring by reason of the irregularities and crevices in the path of travel; a still further object being to construct a safety guard that will be strong, durable, and add but little weight to the wheel." (Lines 17-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 8, 1895
Creator: Laube, Godfried
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lantern.

Description: Patent for a lantern that has an "exceedingly cheap construction, that is designed for use in high winds, as well as for domestic use, and which may be employed in connection with the ordinary oil and wick or candle" (lines 10-14).
Date: January 8, 1895
Creator: Seys, Cornelius D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knee-Pad.

Description: Patent for "an improved knee pad or cushion formed to properly fit and bend with the knee and to keep its proper shape while on the limb, and one that will be adapted for all persons engaged in occupations requiring a kneeling posting on the part of the operator." (Lines 15-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 8, 1896
Creator: Laird, John E. B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Kiln.

Description: Patent for "a new and improved kiln for burning brick and other clay ware and arranged to enable the operator to control the heat, so as to insure a uniform and equal heating of the articles set in the kiln, and at the same time requiring a small amount of fuel." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 8, 1896
Creator: Thaison, Andrew
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lock.

Description: Patent for "a lock of novel construction wherein the keyholes at opposite sites of the door are placed out of alignment for preventing children, servants, and curious persons from looking or listening through the keyhole." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 8, 1897
Creator: Oleson, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Capturing and Destroying Insects.

Description: Patent for a machine that removes insects from cotton plants. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 8, 1897
Creator: Strouhal, Joseph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lifting-Jack.

Description: Patent for a new and useful lifting jack, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 8, 1898
Creator: Hughs, George Washington
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve for Engines.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in valves for steam engines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 8, 1898
Creator: Allen, Walter J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Intrenching-Tool.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in intrenching tools, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 8, 1899
Creator: Hoffmann, Arnold G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Umbrella-Holder.

Description: Patent for a new and useful simplicity umbrella holder for "use on sulky-cultivators of that class in which the seat-support is constructed to form a crotch" (line 9-12).
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Holcombe, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trace-Carrier.

Description: Patent for "a simple, inexpensive, and efficient trace-carrier" (line 12) "capable of readily receiving and of securely holding the chain of a trace close to the back-band and of preventing the inner trace-chains form becoming hooked into each other when two horses are employed at a plow or the like" (lines 13-18).
Date: June 8, 1897
Creator: Brown, Lewis E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Propeller Shaft Bearing.

Description: Patent for a new and improved propeller-shaft bearing. This design consists, "with the horizontal propeller-shaft, of the single central stationary thrust-block through which the shaft snugly extends, the opposite ends of said block being each flattened and provided with a circular groove concentric with the shaft, the pair of collars rigidly secured to the shaft at the opposite ends of said central block, the inner ends of said collars each having a groove corresponding with the grooves in the… more
Date: July 8, 1890
Creator: Gaffield, William Z.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Store - Fixture.

Description: Patent for a new and useful store fixture to "provide a support for bins or like receptacles and with improved mechanism for facilitating the withdrawal and weighing of the contents of said bins" (line 9 -13).
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Palm, Carl Segerrot
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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