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Filter.

Patent for a new and improved filter. This design is for "[a] filter consisting of sections secured together at their meeting edges by a lapped joint, the upper edge of [a] section being fitted wholly within [another] section and forming a shoulder for the support of a screen-plate, and the body of filtering material above, a shoulder on [a] section below [the] shoulder, and screen plates resting on and held to the shoulders by the weight of the body of filtering material, whereby, when the fil… more

Date: February 15, 1887

Creator: Begemann, Charles Fredrich William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Expansion Double-Shovel Corn And Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new machine for planting corn or cotton that can be "adapted for use as a plow or cultivator" (lines 60-61), including instructions and illustrations.

Date: March 1, 1887

Creator: Draper, Richard Edward.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-Arm.

Patent for an improvement to adjusting rifle barrels and holding those adjustments in place. Includes illustrations.

Date: March 8, 1887

Creator: Alston, William F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Farm and Garden Implement.

Patent for a new and improved tool rack. This design "consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, whereby the device may hold implements of various kinds—such as the hoe, rake, a fork, shovel-blade, a trowel, and similar hand-tools—by simply detaching one tool from the holder and inserting another" (lines 12-18).

Date: April 19, 1887

Creator: Hewitt, Ditus Pinson

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Evaporator and Furnace.

Patent for a new and improved evaporator and furnace. This design is "compris[ed of] the side walls provided on their opposing faces at one end with the horizontal grooves, and the inclined rearwardly-extending grooves communicating at their lower ends with the grooves, the front end wall having the doors . . . the rear end wall having the . . . collar for the attachment of a smoke-pipe, the bottom plate having its edges secured in the inclined grooves, and the grate-bars having their ends secu… more

Date: July 26, 1887

Creator: Stallcup, William P.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Folding and Self Supporting Ironing Table.

Patent for a new and improved ironing board. This design consists in "the combination of a board, a leaf hinged thereto near one end, and adapted to bear against the same when turned to an upright position, a reach pivotally connected at one end with the leaf, the supporting-feet pivoted to the leaf, the supporting-feet pivoted to the free end of the reach, and the arm intermediate the free ends of the reach and board to support the latter in position when unfolded for use" (lines 24-33).

Date: August 16, 1887

Creator: White, Andrew Asbrey & King, Charles Rufus

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Filter.

Patent for a new and improved filter. This design "consist[s] of the receptacle having the receiving, settling, and filtering chambers, in the bottom of which filtering chamber are formed transverse wedge-shaped ridges, and at the bottoms of the settling, receiving, and filtering chambers and of the basin are arranged outlet pipes, which receiving, settling, and filtering chambers are separated from one another by walls or partitions of successively varying or lesser heights, and which basin is… more

Date: November 15, 1887

Creator: Waespi, Jacob; Fretz, Emil; Spellman, John & Frey, John

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Folding Ladder.

Patent for a new and improved folding ladder. This design consists in "the combination, with main supporting-strips, of recessed auxiliary strips connected thereto, rounds formed with bows, sections which pass through the recesses of the auxiliary strips, and stops which bear against the main supporting strips, and strengthening strips, through which the bows of the rounds pass" (lines 77-84).

Date: December 27, 1887

Creator: Ethridge, William Spencer

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Harness-Saddle

Patent for the "construction and combination of devices" (line 10) that serve as "an improvement in harness-saddles" (lines 8-9) for horses, with illustrations.

Date: April 26, 1887

Creator: Goodman, William Dave & Tuttle, Frank

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Harness Attachment.

Patent for a new and improved harness attachment. This design "compris[es] the pad having apertured ends, the buckle-frame, the loop therefrom having a beveled end provided with a lug or projection, the securing-plate having apertured ends, and the trace or tug" (lines 70-75).

Date: September 13, 1887

Creator: Du Bose, Wade Hampton

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination, with a frame, a hopper, and a wheel provided with pins projecting from its sides, of the slide provided with the pins, the [other] slide provided with the inclined slots, the levers pivoted to the frame, the links connected to the said slides and levers, the stirrer-shaft provided with crank-arms, and the [other] link" (lines 21-29).

Date: January 4, 1887

Creator: Hasty, James P. & Hise, George L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Refrigerator.

Patent for a new and improved refrigerator. This design "consist[s] of the cooling-box having top doors, the over-hanging frame, guide-pulleys, cords, and weights, the ice-box having an ice support or grate in its lower end, a water-tank in the upper end of said ice-box, and a discharge-pipe connected with the tank and having its lower portion disposed in coils below the ice support or grate" (lines 13-21).

Date: February 15, 1887

Creator: Dunn, William W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "slides over opposite holes in the bottom of its hopper and a dropping-cylinder provided with seed-cups on its periphery and removable screws rising from within the cups, whereby it may be changed . . . so as to plant corn or cotton" (lines 59-65).

Date: September 20, 1887

Creator: Becker, Philipp William Adolph

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in a "hollow hub or sleeve in combination with the universal joint composed of a band fitting loosely within said sleeve, a gimbal-ring pivoted to said band, and a knuckle pivoted to said gimbal-ring, whereby motion may be transmitted from one rotary body to another when the planes of rotation are or are not parallel to each other" (lines 88-95).

Date: October 18, 1887

Creator: Kirk, John P.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the driving-wheel . . . the rotary mold-board, and the plow-beam, of the universal joint composed of the hollow portion of the hub of the driving-wheel, a ring pivoted thereto, a knuckle pivoted to said ring, and a band encircling the hollow portion of said hub and fixed to the said plow-beam" (lines 6-13).

Date: October 18, 1887

Creator: Kirk, John P.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Planter

Patent for "a planter which is adapted to be connected to the frame of a sulky-cultivator and operated by one of the wheels thereof," (lines 13-16) including illustrations.

Date: December 27, 1887

Creator: Hyde, Richard Edmund

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Portable Flour and Meal Bin.

Patent for a new and improved bin for flour and meal. This design "consist[s], essentially, of the casing having compartments provided with contracted curved bottoms, the spouts in said bottoms, the spirally-grooved shafts in said spouts, the chambers the bottoms of which are hinged to the casing and provided with the sieves, and the stirrers on the ends of the shafts and within the hinged chambers" (lines 81-89).

Date: March 15, 1887

Creator: Cox, Thomas Jefferson

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Joint

Patent for improvements in the construction and design of rail-joints.

Date: May 17, 1887

Creator: Anderson, Lee

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process of Making Electric Gold Pictures

Patent for a "process whereby pictures may be reproduced on any hard white surface" (lines 22-23) by treating the surface so gold adheres to it, with description of process.

Date: November 8, 1887

Creator: Tucker, Argyle W. & Tucker, Elihu M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Joint

Patent for an improvement in rail joints, including illustrations.

Date: December 6, 1887

Creator: Ferguson, George Jones

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pipe Connection.

Patent for a new and improved pipe connection. This design has for its object "to provide a new and improved pipe connection which permits of swinging the several connected pipe-sections at angles to each other. The invention consists of two pipe-heads fastened together and turning on a spring-bolt, and of a packing placed between the said pipe-heads to prevent leakage" (lines 8-15).

Date: March 15, 1887

Creator: Jones, William E. & Winniatt, Harry

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nutshell Cutting Machine.

Patent for a new and improved nutshell-cutting machine. This design consists in "the ring provided with slots, the apertured plate, the cutters inserted in the slots, the set-screws adapted to hold the cutters in the slots, and the follower . . . arranged to force the nut through between the cutters, and means for supporting the cutters in the position of use" (lines 72-80).

Date: June 21, 1887

Creator: Pecht, Charles

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mosquito Net Frame.

Patent for a new and improved mosquito-net frame. This design consists in "the combination, with the standards provided with detachable heads, horizontal bars, and a detachable bracket, and downwardly-inclined pins secured to the standards, adapted to enter a diagonal aperture at the upper ends of the bedstead, and an angular bar pivoted to the lower ends of the standards to be passed under the edge of the head-board" (lines 1-10).

Date: July 26, 1887

Creator: Lottman, Albert C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motive Power.

Patent for a new and improved motor. With this design, "[i]t is to be observed that the beam is provided with a series of holes near one end, and the frame is also provided with a corresponding series of apertures, so that by taking out the pin which supports the beam and changing its position the throw of the beam may be regulated at pleasure" (lines 57-63).

Date: July 26, 1887

Creator: Louthian, Lafayette D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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