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Animal Shears.

Patent for new and improved animal shears. This design consists in "mechanism for imparting a combined reciprocating and edgewise play to the cutting knife or knives in order to cause the teeth of said knife or knives to follow or describe a curved or oval path, and thus insure greater efficiency of operation; to provide for the proper lateral contact of the knives in order to insure their proper action and to regulate the pressure or force with which one knife bears on the other; [and] to prov… more

Date: February 11, 1890

Creator: Bechtol, William S. & Bessonette, William T.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Animal-Shears

Patent for an improvement in animal shears to "simplify and improve the construction of animal-shears, and render their operation more positive and reliable" (lines 11-13).

Date: August 26, 1890

Creator: Monday, Robert

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Composition for Preserving Food

Patent for "combustible compositions which, when ignited, produce a gas or gasses which have preservative and purifying effects upon various substances and surfaces or places exposed to the fumes. It is more especially designed, however, for preserving fruits, vegetables, meats, and other perishable articles." (lines 12-19).

Date: April 15, 1890

Creator: Radam, William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Band Cutter and Feeder.

Patent for an improvement of band-cutters, involving cutting bands and spreading grain in regulated quantities and intervals. Includes illustration.

Date: October 28, 1890

Creator: Izard, William H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Washing and Draining Dishes.

Patent for a new and improved dishwasher. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a pan provided near its top on the inner side with rigidly-attached brackets, with a tray in the form of a pan whose side and bottom portions are perforated . . . the tray being of less diameter and height than the pan and provided on its outer side near the bottom with brackets and on its upper edge with handles" (lines 94-101).

Date: January 14, 1890

Creator: Caradine, Virginia C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Artificial-Stone Composition

Patent for "an artificial stone adapted for all purposes to which natural stone can be applied, and which can be given any desired shape while in a plastic state, or carved and polished after hardening" (lines 12-18).

Date: January 28, 1890

Creator: Blackmon, Albert M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bank-Punch

Patent for "a punch for the use of banks, counting-houses, &c., which will cut figures and characters out of the material of la check or other paper, and which will cut in the said paper before and after the figures representing the value of the check a star or other character to prevent the raising of the check by the addition of other figures" (lines 21-28).

Date: March 18, 1890

Creator: Lane, Alvin V.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Anal Speculum.

Patent for a new and improved anal speculum. This design is "to so construct the several parts that there will be no rough or raised edges to interfere with its insertion in the anal passage; secondly, to so construct [the] improved speculum that it may be readily used as a bi-valve or dilator; thirdly, to form a locking-joint on the meeting edges of the shells forming the speculum, whereby the sections are prevented from overlapping each other to avoid pinching or injury to the walls of the an… more

Date: March 25, 1890

Creator: Shuford, Quincy Adams

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Coupling and Uncoupling Cars

Patent for "a coupling of such construction as will permit the coupling and uncoupling of the cars to be effected by the engineer and to be entirely and at all times under his perfect control" (lines 16-20).

Date: July 8, 1890

Creator: McWhirter, Robert & Scheble, Eugene S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Treating Cotton-Seed Hulls

Patent for "a simple and durable plant capable of use in carrying out a dry process of reducing the hulls to a finely-divided condition" (lines 8-13).

Date: October 21, 1890

Creator: Bohn, Emil

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Animal Trap.

Patent for a new and improved animal trap. This design consists in "the combination of the base-board having the opposite recesses and the transverse shaft, the yoke having the spring-coils mounted on the projecting ends of the shaft in said recesses, the standard having the holding-rod, the trigger, and the guards or prongs secured in the base-board" (lines 20-26).

Date: August 19, 1890

Creator: Anderson, Henry C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Bending and Embossing Sheet Metal

Patent for "new and improved machine which is simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and especially designed for simultaneously curving and embossing sheet-metal plates for use as cornices, metal shingles, &c" (lines 8-13).

Date: February 25, 1890

Creator: Baldwin, Benjamin J., Jr.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Piston-Rod Packing

Patent for "provide a metallic packing for piston-rods that is self-adjusting; secondly, to provide a packing the parts of which are so arranged as to avoid any escape of steam through the gland of the stuffing-box; thirdly, to provide a packing that does not require a lubricator; fourthly, to provide a packing that relieves the piston of all friction, except when steam is admitted to stuffing-box end of cylinder" (lines 19-27).

Date: May 9, 1890

Creator: Carlson, Frank A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fumigator.

Patent for a new and improved fumigator. This design "compris[es] the closed vessel mounted on legs and provided with the removable cover, the fire-box having legs resting upon the bottom of the vessel, the inlet near the bottom and the outlet near the top, and the bellow connected to the inlet" (lines 77-83).

Date: September 2, 1890

Creator: Russell, Lee

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination Plow.

Patent for improvements on the combination plow that can be converted into a single, double, or three plow, including illustrations.

Date: October 28, 1890

Creator: Walton, Jacob Gipson

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Copy Holder.

Patent for a new and improved paper holder. This design is "to provide an indicator for use in connection with the copy-holder, so that when the copyist is interrupted . . . the indicator may be made to point out the exact place at which [she or] he left off" (lines 12-17). It consists, "with the copy-holding frame and the cross-bar mounted thereon, of an indicator formed of spring metal, said indicator having a slideway to fit the cross-bar, and a laterally-extending hand" (lines 125-130).

Date: November 18, 1890

Creator: Seymour, George H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination Roller and Protector.

Patent for a new and improved roller and protector for maps and charts. This design consists, "with the case having longitudinal slot at its under side, the caps upon the ends of the case and formed with ears, the springs upon the case having their ends engaging the ends of the caps, metal bearings in the ends of the caps, the roller within the case with its pintles journaled in said bearings, and the cord wound upon the roller at one end in a reverse direction to the article carried by the rol… more

Date: June 24, 1890

Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Easel and Phonograph Horn Tripod.

Patent for a new and improved easel and phonograph horn tripod. This design "is to construct a device which may be used for holding phonograph-horns of different sizes at any desired height, and which also may be employed for holding a painting, or for the use of an artist. [The] invention consists in the combination of a pair of cross-bars, a hinged brace for supporting the bars at any required angle, and an adjustable device for regulating the spread of the bars and of the brace" (lines 22-31… more

Date: August 12, 1890

Creator: Minot, Kendall James

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Inkstand and Pen Rack.

Patent for a new and improved inkstand and pen rack. This design "is to provide one or more inkstands with pen-holding attachments which will be adapted to close the lid of the inkstand when the pen is in position on the rack-frame and permit the lid to open by gravity of attached parts when the pen is removed for use" (lines 8-14).

Date: August 12, 1890

Creator: Lindsay, George Washington

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clothes Pin.

Patent for a new and improved clothespin. This design "has for its object to provide an improved pin that can be readily adjusted to any desired position upon the line, and which can be turned at any desired angle to clamp the clothes. The pin is constructed, preferably, of resilient wire—preferably galvanized or otherwise treated to prevent rusting of the same—and may be made in various sizes. [The design] form[s] the pin with an eye or ring portion, through which the line is passed, and with … more

Date: August 26, 1890

Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Tightener.

Patent for a new and improved wire tightener. This design "has for its object to provide a novel, simple, economical, and efficient implement or tool for tightening wire fences by forming twists or loops in the fence-strands to take up the slack, and to provide a novel implement of this type wherein a rod or bar can be conveniently applied to increase the leverage in turning the implement to form the twists or loops" (lines 8-16).

Date: July 15, 1890

Creator: Bellah, William N.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Patent for a new and improved wrench. This design "relates particularly to a combined pipe and nut wrench, and has for its object to provide a wrench of the class described which can be quickly changed to an ordinary wrench . . . [the] invention consists of a shank having a rigid jaw attached thereto, a movable jaw adjustable on the shank and an eccentrically-headed lever pivoted to the rear end of the movable jaw and bearing on the shank adapted to separate the rear end of the movable jaw and … more

Date: August 5, 1890

Creator: Hooks, George W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Patent for a new and improved wrench. This design "has for its object to provide a tool especially adapted for a pipe-wrench, but also capable of use as a monkey-wrench. A further object of the invention is to construct a wrench with practically two handles, one of which is capable of use as a lever to disengage the jaws from the pipe and to adjust the upper jaw to and from the lower jaw" (lines 8-16).

Date: August 5, 1890

Creator: Kasch, Friedrich Wilhelm

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretching and Reeling Machine.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design "relates to improvements in wire-stretchers for use in building wire fences, and also adapted to take up the wire and reel the same when it is desired to take a fence down" (lines 12-16). It consists, "with the main frame, of the inclined and slotted standards secured thereto, the boxes arranged on said standards, the pivoted pawl carried by the boxes, and a reel-shaft carrying a pinion and arranged in the slots of the standards and supp… more

Date: November 4, 1890

Creator: Claunch, Martin B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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