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Device for Twisting Wire Cables of Suspension Bridges.

Patent for a new and improved cable twister. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the casting having grooves and openings therein, of the semicircular disks . . . having grooves therein and openings extending through the same, the bolt for binding the several parts together, and the arms extending out from the disks" (lines 1-7).

Date: June 11, 1889

Creator: Runyon, Edwin Elijah

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "a central post, the latch-posts arranged at equal distances on opposite sides of the central post and provided with suitable catches, the latches pivoted at their inner ends to the center post and adapted to engage the said catches, the operating-bar affixed at its center to the upper end of the center post and at right angles to the gate, the loop connected at its free ends, respectively, to the latches, and the operating-cords runni… more

Date: October 1, 1889

Creator: Eubanks, Thomas Jefferson

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Press

Patent for a press that is related to "letter or book presses" and it has "a simple and comparatively inexpensive construction, and which shall at the same time be effective and strong and convenient for use" (p. 2).

Date: August 27, 1889

Creator: Kay, William V.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ant-Trap

Patent for an ant trap,with illustrations. Purpose of the invention was to be efficient more efficient in both cost and use in comparison to other ant traps being sold at the time.

Date: July 30, 1889

Creator: Davis, Edwin E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire-stretcher. This design consists in "the combination, with an essentially T-shaped body having the members of the head inclined in direction of the straight member and provided with a series of teeth, of a lever pivoted to the straight member of the body contiguous to the head and clamping-jaws pivoted upon the said lever" (lines 32-39).

Date: February 19, 1889

Creator: Hughes, George Roland

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve.

Patent for a new and improved valve. This design consists in "[t]he improved valve comprising the casing, having a horizontal passage reduced at its central point . . . and a vertical bore intersecting said reduced portion above the point of intersection to its lower end and being screw-threaded its entire length, a stem having a tapered lower portion, the entire stem being screw-threaded to engage the threads in the bore, and a plug removably inserted in the lower end of the bore" (lines 1-11). more

Date: August 13, 1889

Creator: Forniraseo, Domenico

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motor.

Patent for a new and improved motor. This design consists in the reciprocating "bar, the shaft mounted in the lower portion of the chair, the drum on said shaft, cord coiled around the drum and connected to the bar, the rest secured to the upper end of the bar, and the spring coiled around the said bar between the chair-seat and the rest" (lines 1-6).

Date: April 30, 1889

Creator: Lovejoy, De Soto

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tent and Attachment.

Patent for a new and improved tent. This design is "to provide a tent-frame in such a manner that it may be readily folded into small compass, and which when extended for use will be very strong and serviceable" (lines 14-17). To this end, it consists of a cap, "of the rafters pivoted in the walls of said recesses and having their ends formed with a short incline or bevel and a longer or different incline or bevel" (lines 1-4).

Date: November 26, 1889

Creator: Turner, Epraim Meral

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gas Retort.

Patent for a new and improved gas-retort. This design "is to provide a new and improved retort for generating gas for illuminating or other purposes from stone coal, and being specially adapted to be used on cooking-stoves. The invention consists of a fire-pot fitting onto the eye of a stove, of a spherical retort held to turn on the said fire-pot and made of two parts, and of a gas outlet formed in one of the trunnions of the retort" (lines 7-16).

Date: January 29, 1889

Creator: Jones, Wesley Corry

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in a link-guide support "pivoted to the underside of the car, the link-guide pivoted to the front end of the support, the spring arranged between the guide and the support, the yoke secured to the car, and the spring supported by said yoke and bearing against the link-guide support" (lines 1-6).

Date: July 2, 1889

Creator: Wash, Thomas Henry & Wash, Nathan Robert Hodge

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash Fastener.

Patent for a new and improved sash fastener. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a window-sash, of the spiral spring, its inner end resting in the socket, its other in the thimble, locking-plate having the hinge-nib working in the perforation, and [the] thimble receiving and covering the outer end of said spring, and handle, said lock-plate and handle fitting and working in [the] groove and [other] perforation, [a] cover-plate countersunk in the face of said sash, covering said loc… more

Date: March 5, 1889

Creator: Teal, Thomas Henry

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Means for Controlling the Flow of Navigable Rivers or Other Waters.

Patent for a new means of controlling the waters. This design "is to remove or prevent the formation of sand-bars at the mouths of harbors elsewhere, calculated to obstruct navigation; also, to prevent the overflow of navigable rivers and the breaking of levees or destruction of jetties. [The] invention consists in a novel means of accomplishing these and other like ends by mechanical forces applied to increase the natural current or outflow of the navigable water toward its outlet or the ocean… more

Date: October 1, 1889

Creator: Coult, Joseph C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "relates to that class of walking-cultivators or shovel-plows which are drawn by a single horse between two rows of plants, and which are frequently called 'double-shovel plows.' The leading object of the invention is to provide such a cultivator with two beams, each carrying a shovel, which beams are independently capable of vertical and lateral movements, whereby the operator can guide or lift the beams and shovels to avoid plants or obsta… more

Date: January 1, 1889

Creator: Jones, Fred B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Corn Sheller and Washboard.

Patent for a new and improved corn-sheller and washboard. This design "consist[s] of the frame, the backing, the transverse rods secured to said backing upon one side thereof, the vertical strip upon the opposite side of said strip, and the transverse rods secured to the outer edge of said strip, the pivoted legs, and the bars" (lines 96-102). Said bars are pivoted to "side bars of the frame and at the other provided with elongated slots engaging pins on the legs" (lines 1-3).

Date: January 29, 1889

Creator: Stukes, John Marion & Reid, Oliver Phillip

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Blasting Cartridge.

Patent for a new and improved blasting-cartridge. This design is "composed of two similar semi-cylindrical sections having flat smooth faces their entire length, adapted to rest or bear against each other and grooved to form the cylindrical fuse-opening" (lines 94-98). It further consists in the "bore tapering from said fuse-opening to the bottom or inner end of the shell, said semi-shells being provided on their outer sides and at their front ends for a portion of their lengths only with sharp… more

Date: July 2, 1889

Creator: Todd, James Polk & Welch, John Steel

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Liniment.

Patent for an antiseptic liniment comprised of flaxseed oil, turpentine, and sulphuric acid.

Date: February 19, 1889

Creator: Bates, David

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Push Bar for Locomotives

Patent for invention of new and useful improvements of Push-Bars for Locomotives for coupling to car

Date: April 2, 1889

Creator: Toohey, Matthew, D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing Machine

Patent for a washing machine so it can "provide a simple and improved device of this character, which can be efficiently operated" (p. 03).

Date: May 21, 1889

Creator: Fleischhauer, Louis

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Brick-Truck

Patent for improvements in trucks for carrying bricks.

Date: April 16, 1889

Creator: Weekes, John William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insecticide.

Patent for a compound to kill insects, formula and instruction on how to mix the ingredients are included. No illustration.

Date: August 27, 1889

Creator: Smith, Byrd

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Whitewash

Patent for "improvement in whitewash-paint consists in the use of certain ingredients whereby the same is rendered more permanent or durable and beautiful in color than any other article of the kind hitherto produced" (lines 10-14).

Date: April 9, 1889

Creator: Brizzolari, Davis

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Account Book

Patent for an account book that is to be used "to receive in condensed form the dates and other particulars when sums are due to and from a person or firm are payable" (p. 2).

Date: May 21, 1889

Creator: Goldberg, Samuel W. & Tillmann, Emanuel M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Door-Check

Patent for "improved door-check for retaining the door in any desired open position. . . of very simple construction controlled by connection with the knob of the door" (lines 8-13).

Date: September 24, 1889

Creator: Scarborough, William Daily

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lubricant

Patent for "a new and useful composition of matter to be used for the prevention of heat caused from friction and attrition in the use and operation of all kinds of machinery, including railroad engines and cars, and all parts thereof" (lines 5-9).

Date: July 16, 1889

Creator: Corder, William J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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