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Ironing Board.

Patent for a new and improved ironing-board. This design "is to provide a simple and inexpensive ironing-table adapted to be readily attached to the edge of a table or to a cleat on the wall and capable of being adjusted vertically to accommodate itself to the height of the table or other support" (lines 10-15). It consists in "[a]n ironing-table comprising an ironing-board provided at its rear end with parallel slots . . . the ribs secured to the lower face of the ironing-board and forming gro… more

Date: August 2, 1892

Creator: Chapin, Frederick N.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Listing-Plow

Patent for a new listing plow that is "cheap and simple construction and readily adjustable to form wide or narrow beds and to be used in bedding of cotton or corn" (lines 11-13).

Date: August 2, 1892

Creator: Leatherwood, Calvin Nathaniel

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill.

Patent for a windmill that qualifies as "a substantial and strong machine capable of withstanding the high winds of the Western prairies, which will be at the same time inexpensive and simple in construction, and which will automatically regulate itself in such a manner as to run with a uniform speed in all kinds of winds" (lines 16-22)

Date: August 30, 1892

Creator: Campbell, George W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hydraulic Propulsion of Vessels.

Patent for a new and improved hydraulic propulsion. This design "is to provide an improved means for the application of the jet principle in the hydraulic propulsion of vessels; and it consists in the combination, with the hull of the vessel, of one or more main or trunk tubes arranged longitudinally to the vessel and of tapering shape, largest at its front end, which is open, and provided along its length with a series of nozzles opening along the side of the vessel in rearward direction, and … more

Date: August 9, 1892

Creator: Walker, James C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Medical Compound.

Patent for improvements in medical compounds: "provide a new and useful preparation for the treatment and cure of kidney and bladder affections" (lines 9-11).

Date: August 30, 1892

Creator: Page, Thomas L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pneumatic Conveyer for Unloading Cotton.

Patent for a new and improved pneumatic conveyer. This design "relates to improvements in pneumatic conveyers of that class or style adapted for unloading cotton from a wagon and depositing it on the gin-stand or other place; and the object is to provide a machine whereby cotton may be readily, conveniently, and expeditiously taken from the wagon or other vehicle or dumping-platform and carried or conveyed through a pneumatic tube and deposited on the gin-stand or similar floor for ginning" (li… more

Date: August 23, 1892

Creator: Stafford, George A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow

Patent for a "new and useful plow"(line 5). The plow is of "durable construction and adapt the same for a convenient adjustment of the standard, whereby the plow may be adapted to run deep or shallow"(Lines 10-14). Illustration Included.

Date: August 30, 1892

Creator: Jensen, Ole T.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Supporter for Trousers and Similar Garments.

Patent for a new and improved belt. This design "relates to appliances used either instead of the usual suspenders or in addition thereto for supporting trousers, overalls, and similar garments upon the wearer's person" (lines 10-14). It "compris[es] a belt, a number of upwardly-extending rigid supporting-standards connected to said belt and each provided with a pivoted clamping-lever, and a number of rigid upwardly-extending extension-supports working telescopically in said standards and held … more

Date: August 9, 1892

Creator: Rogers, Charles S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut and Bolt Wrench.

Patent for a new and improved wrench. This design consists in "a wrench-head having a handle and a longitudinal slot through the wrench-head, a slidable bar having a jaw moving in said slot, a rack upon said bar, a worm-wheel in the wrench-head, meshing with the rack, and a jaw upon the wrench-head, jointly with a screw-driver inserted in the end of the slidable bar, said wrench-head having a plane outer surrounding surface in proximity to the longitudinal slot" (lines 1-10).

Date: August 23, 1892

Creator: Hoval, John

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate Latch.

Patent for a new and improved gate-latch. This design is "so constructed as to permit of its ready adjustment to different gates, and also its adjustment, as may be required, subsequent to its attachment to the gate, without necessitating its removal" (lines 20-24). It "compris[es] the latch-bar having therein a longitudinal slot, the arm connected to the intermediate portion of said bar by a bolt or pin passing adjustably through said slot, said arm being curved forwardly at its upper portion,… more

Date: August 2, 1892

Creator: Fox, James T.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Soap.

Patent for a system of making soap and the amount of the ingredients therein.

Date: August 30, 1892

Creator: Gray, John & Simmons, Abner

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Separable Button.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, strong, and durable separable button that does not accidentally separate or unfasten. It consists of two disks connected with a stem, and the disks are different sizes.

Date: August 9, 1892

Creator: Monday, Robert

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stovepipe Drying Rack.

Patent for a new and improved drying rack. This design consists, "with a stove or steam-pipe, of the band having the sockets, lips, and springs, said lips adapted to be secured by proper bolt, bent arms . . . having the hooks [and] the eyes, said arms adapted to fit around the said band and be gathered in a bundle, the hooks interlocking with the eyes of the arms" (lines 65-73).

Date: August 9, 1892

Creator: Dowler, Libbie Moore

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Design for a Spoon.

Design patent for a souvenir spoon typical or representative of the state of Texas; "The leading feature of [the] design is a head and bust of Davy Crockett, which forms the outer and wide end of the handle...About the middle of the shank and projecting on each side of the same is the lone star, while on the bowl of the spoon is a representation of the old building known as the 'Alamo'" (lines 14-22).

Date: August 23, 1892

Creator: Hughes, Joseph A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quilting Mechanism for Sewing-Machines.

Patent for an improved, simple, inexpensive, and efficient quilting-frame and makes quilting much faster. "The frame is provided with a longitudinal bar having a groove to form a track, in which travels a gage-wheel, which is adjustable and held by a spring-arm, which serves, also, as a means of changing the position of the wheel" (lines 22-26).

Date: August 9, 1892

Creator: Delany, Charles William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Memorandum Tablet.

Patent for a new and improved memo pad. This design "consists, essentially, in a tablet or tickler consisting of fifty-two connected sheets divided into six spaces for the six business days of the week, with the day of the week, month, and day of month provided above each space, the pages being indexed at the bottom—the first six months of the year at the left and the last six months at the right—with an intermediate space for advertisements" (lines 22-31).

Date: August 23, 1892

Creator: Seymour, George H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Messenger's Picket.

Patent for a new and improved messenger's picket. This design "is an improvement in means of protection for express-[people] or express-messengers on railway-trains from successful attack by robbers. In other words, it is an improved form of bullet-proof cage or miniature fort in which the express-[person] or messenger may lock himself [or herself] in case of danger and from which he [or she] may watch and fire upon his [or her] assailants with almost perfect safety" (lines 7-15).

Date: August 30, 1892

Creator: Hays, James C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Penholder.

Patent for a new and improved pen holder. This design "relates to improvements in penholders whereby the pen may be automatically discharged or ejected from the holder" (lines 8-11). It consists "of a staff with tenoned end, a portion of which is cut out of its upper surface with a downward bevel to its lower end, a beveled slide adapted to fit and slide upon the beveled cut in the staff, said slide being provided with a slight shoulder upon its upper side and a hole through the same for a scre… more

Date: August 23, 1892

Creator: Blalock, William Benjamin & Muir, James Alfred

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pickle-Lifter.

Patent for improvements in pickle lifters: "provide a device of the character set forth which is adapted for culinary as well as table use in lifting pickles, olives, or other edibles of a similar nature from bottles or jars, the parts of the same being simple and effective in the construction and operation" (lines 13-19).

Date: August 30, 1892

Creator: Currie, John A., Jr. & Currie, Jose W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Draw Bar for Locomotives.

Patent for a new and improved draw-bar for locomotives. This design consists, "with the frame of the locomotive and pilot mounted thereon, of the draw-bar connected to the frame, devices for locking and holding the draw-bar on the pilot, and a counter-weight for automatically elevating the draw-bar when released" (lines 97-102).

Date: August 16, 1892

Creator: Heidelberg, Samuel H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash Holder.

Patent for a new and improved sash holder. This design "relates to improvements in sash-locks, the object in view being to provide a cheap and simple arrangement adapted to be applied to the ordinary upper and lower unbalanced sashes and to so construct said device as to form a convenient means for operating the upper sash without the necessity of reaching uncomfortably therefor and to be able to lock said sash against movement in either direction at any point of elevation. A further object is … more

Date: August 9, 1892

Creator: Monday, Robert

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash Balance

Patent for a sash balance in a window frame.

Date: August 16, 1892

Creator: Cayce, Henry P.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Desk Attachment for Chairs

Patent for a desk attachment for beds or chairs for which any seated article of furniture can be turned into a desk and adjusted forward or vertically for comfort.

Date: August 9, 1892

Creator: Hutton, Milton C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a simple and effective car coupling that is partially automatic, "and in case of accident or breakage the said device is adapted to be used after the manner of an ordinary car-coupling" (lines 17-19).

Date: August 9, 1892

Creator: Felton, Tommas Wesley

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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