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CANNING SHRIMPS AND OTHER FISH.

Patent for a method for "canning shrimps and/other like shellfish and has for its object the better preservation of the fish and greater expedition, and cheapness in canning" (lines 7-10)with illustrations and instructions.

Date: April 6, 1880

Creator: Pecor, Emmett C. & Bartlett, F. W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Condenser

Patent for "the construction of surface-condensers for condensing steam, condensing cooling ammonia-gas, and other purposes" (lines 17-20) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: June 15, 1880

Creator: Lee, Charles Brogden

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rotary Plow

Patent for "rotary plows for plowing land, preparing the land to receive the seed and cultivating the plants, which shall be convenient in use, effective in operation, and not liable to get out of order" (lines 19-23) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: June 22, 1880

Creator: Tally, Thomas Jackson.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Method of Marking the Keys of Key-Boards for Musical Instruments

Patent for "a system of musical notation in which the several notes or note-symbols are shaped so as to approximate in appearance the shape of the letters from which they derive their appellations" (lines 37-41) especially in relation to piano-fortes, organs, and keyed instruments and in teaching music, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: June 29, 1880

Creator: Black, Jane B. D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wagon-Body Lifter

New and useful improvements in Wagon-Body lifters. Furnish a wagon-body lifter simple in structure, efficient in its operation and durable.

Date: August 24, 1880

Creator: Morris, John P.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wagon Bow Socket.

Patent for new and improved wagon-bow sockets. This design "furnishes a firm support for the [wagon] bow at both top and bottom of the socket, by which it is evident it will be rigidly secured against all lateral motions" (lines 38-41). This eliminates the "unsightly appearance, leaking, and other defects of the uneven height of bows so often resulting from the use of ordinary staples" (lines 44-47).

Date: December 28, 1880

Creator: Williams, Richard P.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Filing Gin Saws.

Patent for a new and improved machine to sharpen the teeth of cotton gin saws. This design utilizes two bevel-faced wheels connected to a block between two arms that clamp the saw blade. The bevel-faced wheels sharpen the teeth of the blade, and the nuts and bolts of the frame allow for movement as well as tightening and loosening.

Date: August 17, 1880

Creator: McAllister, Alexander F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Velocipede.

Patent for a device related to "velocipedes or wagons propelled by hand-power" (lines 20-21), including instructions and illustrations.

Date: March 23, 1880

Creator: Overstreet, William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheel-Plow.

Patent for improvements in wheeled-plow by adding inner and outer guide to the bent axle and an adjusting device to the stop-plate; these additions enable the plow adjustment process effortless. Illustration is included.

Date: August 17, 1880

Creator: Reuss, John L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheel Hub.

Patent for a new and improved wheel hub. This design consists "[i]n a sectional hub, each spoke-socket having a separate side opening closed by a plate [that] fit[s] into an annular groove . . . of the cylinder . . . and [is] held by bolts passing between the tenons of spokes, to allow each spoke to be separately reached and tightened by a wedge under the end of its tenon" (lines 59-65). This "obviate[s] the necessity of removing the wheel-tire for replacing a broken spoke with a new one" (line… more

Date: December 14, 1880

Creator: Oualline, Edward Napoleon

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Cooler.

Patent for an improvement in water-coolers wherein the vessel for holding the water is surrounded with fibrous material that is kept saturated with water, the evaporation of which will absorb the heat from the water contained in the vessel in a manner well known to science.

Date: October 20, 1880

Creator: Barber, Edwin Louis

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mechanical Motor.

Patent for an improved and efficient "in motors adapted especially for domestic use, its object being to provide a cheap, compact, durable, and efficient automatic motive mechanism which may be utilized for drivers various household apparatus" including instructions and illustration.

Date: May 25, 1880

Creator: Miller, Noah J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mechanical Telegraph-Sounder

Patent for "a sounder wherein a finger-lever and sounding-lever are combined together with a spring" (lines 13-15) and is "adapted for the use of learners for practicing the manipulation of a telegraph finger-key" (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: June 22, 1880

Creator: Clopton, John B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow-Carriage.

Patent for new improvements on plow-carriages design including illustrations.

Date: December 21, 1880

Creator: McNorton, John Tomas

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Primer for Cannon.

Patent for a new and improved primer for cannons. This design corrects the loosening of primers in their vent-holes by way of "a spring combined with the priming tube, which spring expands to the size of the vent" (para. 3). This eliminates blowouts and premature breakage.

Date: September 14, 1880

Creator: Rodman, John Black

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spoke Socket.

Patent for a new and improved vehicle wheel for "preventing the tire from becoming loose" and "preventing the loosening and rattling of the spokes" (lines 8-11). This design achieves these feats with conically-tipped spokes encased by rubber cushions.

Date: September 14, 1880

Creator: Harrington, John A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spring Frame for Freight Cars.

Patent for new and improved springs for transportation. This design provides "vehicles for the transportation of merchandise . . . with an interior spring-padding, and in some cases with intermediate elastic floors or partitions, by which injury to the load, by jolting while in transit, shall be prevented, and which shall further conduce to the preservation of fruits and other merchandise of a like perishable nature" (lines 22-30).

Date: December 14, 1880

Creator: Shirley, Joseph J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sun-Shade Holder.

Patent for a sun shade holder that can be clamped or attached to vehicles or other items.

Date: December 7, 1880

Creator: Smith, Amroy B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grain Toller.

Patent for a new and improved grain toller. This design "consists in a novel construction of a revolving cylinder provided with cavities representing certain measures . . . separating a certain portion [of grain] to be retained as toll, and whereby, also, provision is made for varying the size of the toll-measure, so as to enable it to separate different proportions from the main body of the grain, according to the amount of toll to be taken" (lines 7-19).

Date: July 20, 1880

Creator: Wilson, William John

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grave Cover.

Patent for a new and improved grave covering. This design calls for a concrete slab, slightly larger than its lidless wooden box, to rest on the upper edges of the latter. A slat in the slab will receive a headstone, which will rest on the slab via flanges.

Date: September 21, 1880

Creator: Thomas, James R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Recording Ballot-Box.

Patent for a recording ballot box to "indicate accurately and instantly the result of an election" (line 10-12).

Date: February 10, 1880

Creator: Buck, James G. H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing-Machine.

Patent for washing-machines that "employ a circular corrugated or fluted bed with a conical roller revolving about a central post" (lines 12-14).

Date: February 10, 1880

Creator: Austin, Thomas J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Envelope.

Patent for a new and improved envelope. This design calls for "a projecting flap, to which the postage stamp or stamps may be attached in such a manner that the said stamp or stamps may be canceled by perforation (or by means of a punch or otherwise) without danger of injuring the contents of the envelope" (lines 14-19).

Date: March 16, 1880

Creator: Terry, James Doss

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sand-Band.

Patent for a sand band which will prevent sand and dirt from working in between the axle and hub and into the axle-box of a vehicle.

Date: October 12, 1880

Creator: Lupton, Lewis R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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