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Well Bucket Windlass.

Patent for a new and improved windlass mounting. This design "consists of an improved construction of and contrivance for mounting the windlass for a well-bucket; also, an improved contrivance for mounting the pulley of the windlass, whereby it is designed to provide simpler, cheaper, and easier working well-bucket windlasses than as heretofore constructed" (lines 10-15).

Date: May 20, 1884

Creator: Palmer, William Washington

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tramping Attachment for Baling Presses.

Patent for a new and improved attachment for baling presses. This design "consists of a contrivance of trampers and a crank with power mechanism for working them, in a simple arrangement for beating in the cotton on the follower preparatory to closing the press and completing the pressing by the follower, the device being calculated to enable the bales of full size to be made in a smaller case, and with less range of movement of the follower and more economically than they can be made without t… more

Date: June 10, 1884

Creator: Thompson, Gedeon Philip

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well Bucket.

Patent for a new and improved well-bucket. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the well-bucket, having the rabbeted opening in its bottom, and provided with the apertured cross-bars of the valve-rod passing through the apertures in said cross-bars and the opening in the bottom of the bucket, and the valve secured to the lower end of said rod" (lines 56-62).

Date: June 10, 1884

Creator: Foat, Robert H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ventilating and Adjustable Rain Proof.

Patent for a new and improved rain-proof cap for chimneys. This design "is to provide a . . . rain-proof or chimney tube for receiving that part of a stove-pipe that projects above the roof, which rain-proof is so constructed that pipes can be held in the same at different inclinations. The invention consists in a rain-proof formed of a conical tube held on the roof, in the upper end of which conical tube the upper end of the stove-pipe is held. A hood is held on the upper end of the stove-pipe… more

Date: July 22, 1884

Creator: Atkin, Samuel T.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheel Scraper.

Patent for a new and improved wheel scraper. This design "is to provide a . . . device for scraping mud and adhesive soil from the outer edges and sides of the fellies of vehicle wheels to prevent an accumulation of mud or adhesive soil on the wheel rim or felly and between the spokes" (lines 7-13).

Date: August 12, 1884

Creator: Whipp, John W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Velocipede

Patent for a vehicle that is powered by foot and guided by hand by the occupants and is for the purpose of transporting one or more persons or articles over streets or smooth roads.

Date: September 16, 1884

Creator: Ellis, Robert Fuller & Norman, Cornelius Asbury

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

Hydraulic Excavating Machine.

Patent for a new and improved hydraulic excavator. This design "consists in combining a submerged propeller-wheel with a water-jet tube having a flexible connection with the supply-pipe, so as to permit the water-jet tube to rise and fall . . . and also move laterally, whereby the tube will, when it meets an obstruction, yield sufficiently to prevent breaking, jarring, or injuring any of the parts, the water-jet tube and propeller bearing such relative positions to each other that the . . . obs… more

Date: January 15, 1884

Creator: Mansfield, Samuel M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Steam Boiler Cleaner.

Patent for a new and improved steam-boiler cleaner. This design "has relation to means for cleaning the mud or foam, or both, from steam-boilers; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices" (lines 16-19).

Date: February 12, 1884

Creator: Foster, James Harvey.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for "a new and valuable Improvement in Corn and Cotton Stalk Cutters" (lines 5-7). It includes a description and an illustration. The construction of this stalk cutter is "adapted to be driven across the field in the direction of the rows of corn, and the knives may be adjusted to operate on rows of different widths or at different depths, so as to leave only a small stubble in passing over the field" (lines 73-78).

Date: May 20, 1884

Creator: Brown, Azariah R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Steam Engine.

Patent for a new and improved steam-engine. This design "relates to certain improvements in compound steam-engines; and it has for its objects to lessen friction and provide for the effective working of such engines" (lines 8-11).

Date: September 23, 1884

Creator: Catlin, Eli

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hydraulic Motor.

Patent for a new and improved hydraulic motor. This design "consists, broadly, in alternately directing a moving column of water or like fluid into two cylinders placed side by side, and containing working-pistons united at their outer ends to crank-arms connecting with the power-shaft and with a cam-wheel operating the cut-off mechanism" (lines 15-22).

Date: October 28, 1884

Creator: Woodburn, William W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Post Auger.

Patent for a new and improved post auger. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a post-auger, of the socketed block, the screw-threaded rod extending from the center of the lower end of the block, the expander-disk fitting upon said threaded rod, and having the slotted wings or extensions, the two nuts for adjusting the position of the expander-disk upon the threaded-rod . . . whereby the lower pointed ends of the blades may be arranged to cross one another . . . the shaft [and] the cr… more

Date: February 12, 1884

Creator: Miles, John E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Portable Saw Mill.

Patent for a new and improved portable saw mill. This design "is to produce a portable saw-mill of such cheap and economical plan as can be built and repaired in almost any locality. The invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts" (lines 12-17).

Date: April 1, 1884

Creator: Rodgers, William Crittington

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Post Hole Auger.

Patent for a new and improved post-hole auger. This design consists "[i]n a post-hole auger, the combination, with the tool-guiding uprights and their revolving gearing, of the tool-carrying pinion, with the tool-securing contrivance fastened to its under side between said guiding-uprights, said pinion being adapted to revolve with said guiding-uprights, and the platform with its lowering screw or screws geared with the tool-carrying pinion" (lines 74-82).

Date: December 23, 1884

Creator: Robinson, Isiah

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Propelling Vehicles.

Patent for a means of transportation similar to a bicycle, the "essential feature" (line 7) of which "resides in the combination, with the vehicle, of an extensible frame adapted to freely slide back and forth…" (line 7-10). Includes illustrations.

Date: February 12, 1884

Creator: Moore, Baldwin S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process of and Apparatus for Extracting Crystallized Sugar from Bagasse.

Patent for a new and improved extractor of crystallized sugar from bagasse. This design "is to save a percentage of [the] loss in the [sugarcane] juice, and also to secure a part, if not all, of the crystallized sugar from the refuse or bagasse or from any other plant producing saccharine matter. To that end [the invention] subject[s] the bagasse to a process which extracts the remaining juice and the crystallized-sugar by suction and atmospheric pressure" (lines 13-21).

Date: February 19, 1884

Creator: Yale, Thomas Blossom

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tongs.

Patent for new and improved tongs. This design "relates to certain devices for preventing the legs of tongs from twisting, overlapping, or becoming cross-legged. This is a common fault in almost all tongs when the joint wears a little loose, and is entirely overcome and prevented by [this] invention" (lines 19-24).

Date: April 29, 1884

Creator: Wood, William E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mechanical Power.

Patent for a new and improved engine. This design "relates to a combined room-ventilator and fly-hand; and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be simple in its construction and thoroughly efficient and effective in its operation. With these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts" (lines 9-17).

Date: May 20, 1884

Creator: Ellis, James W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mechanical Power.

Patent for motors “designed for running light machinery – such as well-pumps, churns, sewing-machines, washing-machines, &c.; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims” (lines 10-15) including instructions and illustrations. “These motors are simple, durable, and efficient, and are not likely to get out of order” (lines 72-73).

Date: June 17, 1884

Creator: Wise, David

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mold and Mold Hoisting Apparatus for Building Concrete Walls.

Patent for a new and improved concrete-raising apparatus. This design "consists in a mold in which a course of a wall can be formed, and in devices for raising the mold in the formation of another course. The invention also consists in details of construction and combination of parts" (lines 12-17).

Date: July 8, 1884

Creator: Carrico, Thomas Willson

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stamp and Envelope Moistener.

Patent for a new and improved moistener for stamps and envelopes. This design "is to provide apparatus for moistening stamps and adhesive envelopes; and it consists in certain improvements in that class of stamp-moisteners in which a roller carrying an endless belt of cloth is journaled on a box or a cup containing water, into which the endless band projects" (lines 8-14).

Date: August 5, 1884

Creator: Beaumont, David Greenleaf

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Projectile.

Patent for a new and improved projectile. This design consists "[i]n combination with the ellipsoidal projectile having a truncated base, a plano-concave sabot or driver whose plane face is contiguous to the base of the projectile, and whose periphery is grooved for the attachment of the charge-container" (lines 75-80).

Date: September 9, 1884

Creator: Hopson, Lucien

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mixture For Fish-Baits.

Patent for a coating for fish-bait of any kind which includes ingredients and instructions. The ingredients are water, asafeotida {(foul smelling gum resin from the root of several species of Ferula, a perennial herb) see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3459456/}, oil of anise, and honey.

Date: October 21, 1884

Creator: Bates, Carol F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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