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Wire Stretcher

Patent for a device that improves "wire-stretchers, but also adapted to be used for other purposes" (lines 15-19) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: unknown

Creator: Calhoun, Albert C.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Patent for a wire-stretcher that has "a body portion bifurcated at one end with the rigid integral forks of the bifurcation oppositely notched with said notches arranged in line substantially transverse of the body portion, whereby the device is adapted to operate in holding the wire for stretching" (lines 75-81).

Date: May 26, 1896

Creator: Willie, William T.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire-stretcher. It is "a device of simple and improved form and possessing great power for the purpose of making taut fence or other wires" (liens 14-16). It is operated by rotating a shaft

Date: August 18, 1896

Creator: Willie, William T.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trunk-Strap Fastener.

Patent for a device "whereby a trunk-strap after having been tightly drawn around a trunk or other article of baggage can be fastened without the use of the usual buckle," (lines 10-14) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: December 15, 1891

Creator: Webb, William James

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Transplanter.

Patent for a machine that transplants small plants while avoiding "clogging of the mud in soft soil" (line 20). It has a cylindrical cutter and a cylindrical plunger that fits just inside it. The plunger is usually away from the base of the cutter, and an adjustable rod extends from the plunger.

Date: August 11, 1896

Creator: Harris, Hiram S.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Closet Cistern.

Patent for improvements in water closet cisterns: "which are normally empty to prevent freezing and which are only filled just before the flush is desired" (lines 14-16).

Date: September 7, 1897

Creator: Ackley, George D.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Switch Attachment.

Patent for a switch attachment that consists of a derailing guard, a side track rail, an adjustable shoe that pivots next to the rail, a vertical groove in the end of the shoe, and a swinging free arm.

Date: April 3, 1894

Creator: Warren, Governor D. & Casey, James

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sulky-Plow.

Patent for an adjustable plow, with instructions and illustrations.

Date: December 8, 1891

Creator: Jackson, Luther C. & Reiger, John F.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stirrup.

Patent for "a stirrup having an improved turntable spring-support which will permit the stirrup to turn readily, so that the foot can assume any desired angle toward or from the horse and so that the stirrup will be yieldingly upheld, whereby certain advantages are attained in mounting, particularly when employed in connection with a wild or unmanageable animal." (Lines 14-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: March 16, 1897

Creator: Vann, George G.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Portable Dairy.

Patent for a portable dairy that consists of a frame with legs, a pan at the top of the frame, a tube that goes from the bottom of the pan and through the middle of the frame, a perforated bottom for the dairy, a cloth that surrounds the dairy while still allowing for air circulation, and the cloth goes into the pan.

Date: May 1, 1894

Creator: McIlveen, James H.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Door-Check.

Patent for an improvement on door-stops meant to "check the door at any point in its traverse and at the same time serve as a door fastening and stop" (lines 14-16). It is hand adjustable operating-rod.

Date: June 2, 1896

Creator: Campbell, Thomas Jefferson

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Earth-Auger.

Patent for an earth-auger that is more effective than other augers and can be constructed to make different sized holes. It is operated by moving two blades back and forth.

Date: April 16, 1895

Creator: Smith, Wiston Allin

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fumigator.

Patent for an improved fumigator that has a furnace, a fan casing, a fan inside the casing, a discharge in the casing, an air chamber with dampered openings between the furnace and the casing, a perforated partition between the furnace and the chamber, and a nozzle and hose coming from the driving device.

Date: August 21, 1894

Creator: Horne, Edward G.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator that is easily constructed and adjusted. It has a beam, parallel bars extending its length, a block between the front ends of the bars, an adjustable bar that carries the teeth, and clamping plates above and below the bar.

Date: March 12, 1895

Creator: Ford, John O.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator.

Patent for an improvement to "shovel-plows" that "is adapted to cultivate between the rows of corn, &c., and one in which the rearwardly-extending moldboards can be adjusted [...] in case the rows are close together or far apart. The cultivator is also arranged so that the depth of the furrow can be regulated" (lines 14-21).

Date: May 28, 1901

Creator: Dinkins, James Oscar

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Sack Carrier.

Patent for a device with wheels to prevent sacks used in cotton cultivation from dragging on the ground, with instructions and illustrations.

Date: March 15, 1892

Creator: Warren, John & Johnson, William Oscar

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Scale Beam.

Patent for a scale beam with notches at different heights on the upper edge, so that weights may be adjusted in the dark or by the blind, and including illustration.

Date: January 24, 1893

Creator: Sevier, Moses Nimrod

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Head-Rest.

Patent for "an improved head rest which can be easily attached to a car seat without injuring or marring the wood work or upholstering thereof, and which will be compact in structure, light in weight and cheap and durable in general construction, and readily adjustable in height, and angle of inclination" (lines 14-21).

Date: May 16, 1893

Creator: Wesson, Miley B.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay-Rack.

Patent for a hay-rack meant to "provide an improved device for holding or clamping hay within reach of livestock, and which while not impairing the feeding of the stock will prevent them from pulling the hay down beneath their feet" (lines 14-19).

Date: April 16, 1895

Creator: Erskine, William James

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gun-Magazine.

Patent for an improved gun magazine that consists of a glass lining with openings on its sides.

Date: August 1, 1893

Creator: Whitten, Burrel Franklin & Porcher, Joseph Ford

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grate.

Patent for an improved grate that is adapted "for use in stoves as well as in fire paces, and which, being composed of separate bars, may be repaired by inserting new bars, thus saving that portion of the grate which remains intact, as cannot be done with grates formed of a single casting" (lines 18-23).

Date: March 28, 1893

Creator: Chollar, Benjamin Franklin

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-Extinguisher.

Patent for a fire extinguisher that "reliev[es] water or stream, or both, into pipes from which it discharges at different points in a building" (lines 14-17). The invention operates automatically, and is especially designed for gin houses.

Date: March 27, 1894

Creator: Prosser, Daniel F.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Time-Signaling Apparatus.

Patent for an electric time-signaling apparatus meant for use in hotels or other places where employees need to be alerted. The invention rings a bell and turns on a light when the signals goes off. "If the current of an incandescent electric-light system was electrically connected with a time-circuit, it would destroy the whole mechanism of the time-circuit" (lines 26-29).

Date: November 19, 1895

Creator: Todd, James T. A.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ice-Hook.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive ice-hook that has an improved design for holding, carrying, and lifting ice, and can be easily operated by one hand.

Date: August 7, 1894

Creator: Wesson, Miley B.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department