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Pier.

Description: Patent for a new and improved pier. This design "is to provide a new and improved pier which is simple and durable in construction, possesses great stability and strength, is readily sunk in the water and fastened in place, arranged to be built up to any desired height, and designed so as to cut the water in order to reduce the power of the current to a minimum. The invention consists of a series of rods formed at their lower ends with augers and adapted to pass through ears of an exterior shel… more
Date: May 10, 1892
Creator: Haerem, Ommund
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Penholder.

Description: Patent for a new and improved pen holder. This design "relates to improvements in penholders whereby the pen may be automatically discharged or ejected from the holder" (lines 8-11). It consists "of a staff with tenoned end, a portion of which is cut out of its upper surface with a downward bevel to its lower end, a beveled slide adapted to fit and slide upon the beveled cut in the staff, said slide being provided with a slight shoulder upon its upper side and a hole through the same for a scre… more
Date: August 23, 1892
Creator: Blalock, William Benjamin & Muir, James Alfred
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pickle-Lifter.

Description: Patent for improvements in pickle lifters: "provide a device of the character set forth which is adapted for culinary as well as table use in lifting pickles, olives, or other edibles of a similar nature from bottles or jars, the parts of the same being simple and effective in the construction and operation" (lines 13-19).
Date: August 30, 1892
Creator: Currie, John A., Jr. & Currie, Jose W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Picture Hanger

Description: Patent for a new picture frame with adjustable hanger. Patent for "a new and improved picture frame with an attached hanger to support the top and bottom of the frame at any desire angle" (lines 14-19) including instructions and illustrations. Patent for a new picture frame hanger design, including illustrations.
Date: January 3, 1893
Creator: Hymans, Joseph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pinless Clothes-Line.

Description: Patent for "a new and useful improvement in pinless clothes lines" (lines 10-11) that uses spring-clamping fingers that are part of the line instead of detachable pins; including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 9, 1893
Creator: Lane, Fernando G. & Kelly, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ore-Separator.

Description: Patent for an improved, efficient, simple, and durable ore separator that quickly separates precious metals from sand. The operator puts the unfiltered material in the top of the separator, the material goes down a slide, through a stirrer, and out the other end.
Date: August 15, 1893
Creator: Dilworth, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pinless Clothes-Line.

Description: Patent for a pinless clothes line that consists of a series of links that have spring coils and spring clasps. The links also have a loop that is concave on one side.
Date: January 16, 1894
Creator: Kirk, John P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Picture-Hook.

Description: Patent for a picture-hook that improves on a commonly used picture-hook that easily becomes dislodged. The patented hook fits over molding with spurs that go into the molding.
Date: February 6, 1894
Creator: Hall, James B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Perforating Mechanism for Cylinder Printing-Presses.

Description: Patent for a perforating mechanism for cylinder printing-presses that is simple and automatic. It produces "lines of perforations at any required distance apart and of any desired length in paper or cardboard at the time of printing thereon the forms for checks, draft, bills, notes, tickets or other printed or lithographed matter" (lines 12-17).
Date: April 17, 1894
Creator: Kellner, Eugene
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pendulum-Scale.

Description: Patent for "a self-registering scale which shall be composed of but a few parts, and which will be accurate and reliable in use, and not liable to get out of repair from constant employment" (lines 10-14).
Date: April 17, 1894
Creator: Graves, William J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Overcoat.

Description: Patent for an overcoat that is "so constructed as to keep dry the legs of the wearer; which is adapted to shed water from horsemen; and which is of the usual external appearance and will not impede or interfere with the locomotion of the wearer" (lines 9-24).
Date: May 8, 1894
Creator: Gassaway, Benjamin F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ox-Yoke Key.

Description: Patent for an ox-yoke key that holds the bows in place. The key makes movement easy because of a swinging plate. "By this arrangement the plate may be swung so as to move the key away from the bow, and so as to move it toward the same; and in operation of advancing and retracting the key, the plate swings in the manner described abode" (lines 20-25).
Date: March 26, 1895
Creator: Johnson, Benjamin W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Percolator.

Description: Patent for a simple and inexpensive water-bath percolator meant to extract "the soluble constituents of various substances" (lines 11-12). "The lid or cover may be sealed hermetically whenever it is desirable to exclude the air or prevent the escape of vapor or volatile constituents" (lines 19-22). It has an inner vessel, the outer vessel containing water. The two vessels are easily disconnected.
Date: December 24, 1895
Creator: Riley, David L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pinless Clothes-Line.

Description: Patent for "pinless clothes-lines consisting of a series of wire sections connected loosely together at their adjacent ends by means of rings or links, each section having formed on its ends suitable spring-clamps to engage the articles of apparel hung on the line." (Lines 18-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 2, 1896
Creator: Sterzing, Fred
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pinless Clothes-Line.

Description: Patent for "a simple device constructed of connected links and provided with means for engaging articles to be suspended therefrom, such means being so constructed as to prevent displacement when subjected to severe strains." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1896
Creator: Cooper, John A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Penholder.

Description: Patent for a penholder that is worn on the finger and is an "open-ended hollow thimble with a detachable and reversible cap-piece" (lines 20-22). The pen-point can be unscrewed and screwed back in the opposite way so that the pen-point is inside the thimble, so the pen-point doesn't break in one's pocket.
Date: January 26, 1897
Creator: Ward, George C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pen.

Description: Patent for "an improved and simple pen which will be adapted to hold a large quantity of ink and to feed it regularly and more satisfactorily." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 16, 1897
Creator: Robinson, Rochfort W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pen-Cleaning Attachment for Inkstands.

Description: Patent for innovations in "pen-cleaning attachments for inkstands" (lines 9-10). It is a lip that extends past the top of ink-wells, and is meant to prevent blotting. The attachment is "an annular expansible body portion of spring metal adapted to be fitted in the mouth of an ink-well" (lines 93-95)
Date: May 4, 1897
Creator: Higgins, Pattillo
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ore Concentrator

Description: Patent for a "machine for separating ores of precious metals, and particularly to that class of machines known as 'dry concentrators or separators,' used for separating fold ore by means of an air-blast over dry sand, gravel, quartz, etc." (lines 10-15). Illustrations and instructions are included.
Date: August 17, 1897
Creator: Waer, Luis M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ointment for Skin Diseases

Description: Patent for "a liniment or ointment for the treatment of ring worm or cutaneous troubles, and the compound is described in the following specification and claim" (lines 10-13).
Date: April 4, 1890
Creator: Bergmann, Anton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pen Holder.

Description: Patent for a new and improved pen holder. This design "is to provide a pen holder of simple construction that may be easily held between the fingers without cramping the same, that will hold the pen in such a position in relation to the eye as to enable the writer to write well, and that will be adapted to hands of various sizes. To this end [the] invention consists of a curved flat holder having a shank projecting from the end thereof, to which a pen may be attached, said shank being nearly pa… more
Date: July 29, 1890
Creator: Palmer, Joshua C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pedal Attachment for Velocipedes.

Description: Patent for a new and useful safety attachment “for the pedals of bicycles, tricycles, and other wheeled vehicles operated by the feet through the medium of pedals.” (Lines 9-11) This attachment will form a long bearing for the foot of the rider, thus avoiding dead-centers in the revolutions of the cranks, and to provide means for preventing any slipping of the pedals.” (Lines 12-16) Illustration is included.
Date: September 1, 1891
Creator: Wheeler, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oscillating Gate.

Description: Patent for "rotary oscillating gates, in which the gate oscillates to close the way or open the same, as may be desired by the operator." (Lines 9-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 5, 1892
Creator: Terry, Cyrus
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Paper-Perforating Device.

Description: Patent for "a combined gripper-bar and perforator for use on printing-presses." (Lines 8-9) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 29, 1892
Creator: Wells, William F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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