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Cotton-Press

Patent for improvements in the construction of steam cotton presses using a change in the frame and use of hydraulic-pressure pumps to operate the press. The pumps are driven by steam

Date: October 15, 1889

Creator: Turnpaugh, James William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire-stretcher. This design "has for its object to provide a device of simple, durable, and economical construction and capable of carrying the roll taut a sufficient distance beyond the post to conveniently nail the wire thereto, and whereby any amount of slack can be taken up by repeated operation. The further object of the invention is to provide a machine which will also be able to draw together the broken ends of a wire and take up the slack between the posts"… more

Date: October 22, 1889

Creator: Hickman, Thomas P.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Truss.

Patent for a new and improved truss. This design consists in "the body-band consisting of a front piece adapted to fit around the abdomen, and a wire attached to each end of said front piece, shaped to conform to the body and spread apart to receive and rest upon the hip-bone, and straps secured to the opposite ends of said wires for fastening the band in place" (lines 43-50).

Date: October 25, 1887

Creator: Davis, Andrew P.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle Wheel.

Patent for a new and improved vehicle wheel. This design features "the construction and combination of parts whereby the spokes may be adjusted radially outward, and also forced tightly around the axle-box, to compensate for shrinkage" (lines 11-15).

Date: October 19, 1880

Creator: French, Stephen H. & Maltby, William J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lap Ring.

Patent for a new and improved lap ring (or link). This design utilizes a hinge to allow for half of the ring to part from the other half, which creates a larger opening and allows for connection with a wider range of things (e.g., larger clevises).

Date: October 25, 1881

Creator: Matthews, James Levi

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Walking Stool for Children.

Patent for a new and improved walker for children. This design "is to facilitate placing the child, and to avoid any risk of injury, and, further, to make the stool easy for the body and arms of the child" (lines 13-16). This end is achieved with a hinged section of the walking ring, which may be opened to allow in the child.

Date: October 3, 1882

Creator: Peterson, Gustav

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Veterinary Medicine

Patent for the invention of screw-worm liniment, provide a description of the ingredients within liniment. Compound relates to that class of reme-wounds cause by screw-worms and all kind of parasites in or on stock and poultry (10).

Date: October 30, 1883

Creator: Miller, Thomas, L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trunk.

Patent for new and improved trunk that according to the inventor, "can be erected and adapted for use as a wardrobe, desk, or table, or can be adjusted as a support for a mattress or other bedding".

Date: October 6, 1885

Creator: Wulff, Henry F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Building and Rerolling Wire Fences.

Patent for "improvement in machines for building and rerolling wire fences" (lines 4-6), with instructions and illustrations.

Date: October 5, 1886

Creator: Edge, John S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ironing Table.

Patent for a new and improved ironing board. This design consists in "the rigid supporting-frame of an ironing-table, a cross-piece secured to the outside of the upper ends of the supports at one end of the frame, so that its upper edge shall project above the supports, an ironing-board top hinged to one side of the cross-piece, and a shelf secured to the upper edge and projecting to the opposite side of said cross-piece" (lines 86-94).

Date: October 19, 1886

Creator: Adair, Annie E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design utilizes a roller shaft, hand crank, ratchet wheel, and pawl to stretch wires to any desired tautness.

Date: October 31, 1882

Creator: Milby, Robert

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Basket.

Patent for a new and improved wire basket. This design "consists in a certain combination, arrangement, and connection of a series of wires, whereby great strength is attained, the same including upper and lower hoop wires, upright or straight wires arranged to connect said hoops and wire frame bottom, and reversely-arranged diagonal wires or braces also connecting the top and bottom hoops, and twisted or wrapped around the upright wires intermediately of their length" (lines 13-22).

Date: October 16, 1883

Creator: Moore, William J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Writing Pen.

Patent for a new and improved pen. This design has for its object "to provide a simple implement which may be readily employed for writing purposes; and it consists in a thimble-like sleeve having a writing-pen arranged at its outer end, adapted to be easily applied to the index or fore-finger; and it further consists in the peculiar construction of implement" (lines 7-14).

Date: October 16, 1888

Creator: Seabaugh, Conrad

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Loading Cartridges.

Patent for mechanizing and streamlining the steps involved in loading a cartridge.

Date: October 10, 1886

Creator: Franklin, Edward A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill

Patent for an improvement of windmills.

Date: October 18, 1887

Creator: Vanmeter, James Wright

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheel.

Patent for a new and improved wheel. This design, when "traversing soft and marshy soil[,] the ribs or lugs engage in the surface in the ordinary way; but in passing over hard or stony soil the flange bears on the surface and prevents jarring. The ribs and the flange are flush with each other . . . and this height may be considerably more than that of the ordinary ribs . . . for the reason that the said height does not affect the regularity of motion of the wheel in passing over hard soil. The … more

Date: October 16, 1888

Creator: Hatch, Jerome B. & Stroud, Wiley N.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill.

Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design is "to combine with a windmill a horse-power, so that when the wind ceases to operate the wheel, horse-power may be brought into use for the purpose of continuing the revolution of the wheel, so as to enable the windmill to be used like an ordinary horse-power, and to place the slides or doors upon suitable supports, so that they can be moved back and forth in relation to the wheel for the purpose of cutting off the wind from it" (lines 14-23). more

Date: October 30, 1888

Creator: Watkins, William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheel.

Patent for a new and improved wheel. This design "is to obviate the . . . great difficulty . . . experienced in the construction of wheels in putting the axle-box in the hub and getting it true. . . . and [to] improve and strengthen the construction of wheels, and especially the manner of securing the spokes in the hubs" (lines 9-17).

Date: October 15, 1889

Creator: Holland, William Johnson

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Cooler.

Patent for an improvement in water-coolers wherein the vessel for holding the water is surrounded with fibrous material that is kept saturated with water, the evaporation of which will absorb the heat from the water contained in the vessel in a manner well known to science.

Date: October 20, 1880

Creator: Barber, Edwin Louis

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well Cleaner.

Patent for a new and improved well cleaner. This design "is to provide a simple instrument by which wells can be cleaned out without descending into them. It is well known that much danger exists in descending into foul wells on account of the poisonous gases often collected near the bottom of the same" (lines 20-26).

Date: October 7, 1884

Creator: Neitsche, Frederick Theodor

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vermin Poison.

Patent for "insecticide compositions for exterminating prairie-dogs, ants, &c." (lines 6-7), including dosages and instructions for use.

Date: October 13, 1885

Creator: Womack, John David

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wash Boiler.

Patent for a new and improved laundry boiler. This design consists in "a partition at its lower end slightly above the bottom formed with a screw-threaded neck at its center, a perforated tube fitting with its lower end upon the neck and having its upper end closed, and a number of perforated triangular tubes upon the side of the boiler provided with stoppers at their upper ends and extending from the partition in the lower end of the boiler, and a rack consisting of rings connected at their up… more

Date: October 5, 1886

Creator: Fountain, Henry Stephen

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mechanical Movement.

Patent for a new and improved mechanical movement. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the vertical post or upright having guideways formed therein, and the horizontally-disposed shaft having the pinion secured thereon, of the slidable block or frame, the rack-bars pivotally secured to the lower end thereof and having oppositely-projecting teeth, and the spring connected to the lower ends of said rack-bars" (lines 68-75).

Date: October 9, 1888

Creator: Kincaid, James W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk Cutter.

Patent for a new and improved stalk cutter. This design consists in "relates to machines for cutting corn and cotton stalks; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same" (lines 18-21).

Date: October 4, 1881

Creator: Rhea, James C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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