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Gate.

Description: Patent for a new and improved gate. This design "relates to improvements in that class of gates in which the gate is suspended from and adapted to transverse a supporting-beam adapted to oscillate and cause the gate to travel back and forth by gravity, according to the position the beam occupies, and has for its object to provide a gate and its operating mechanism which shall be simple and durable in construction, and capable of being readily and easily operated by a horse[back rider] or driver… more
Date: May 19, 1885
Creator: Connelly, William E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay Press

Description: Patent for a hay press. This invention includes a reciprocating plunger with plunger heads and designed to work in separate compressing chambers. Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Biela, Valentine
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay-Press.

Description: Patent for improvements in hay-presses by using the combination of a ram having a connecting rod, a rack engaged with a rotatable cog-wheel, a bed-plate, a weighted lever, a buffer and other minor parts to create the pressing operation. Illustration is included.
Date: May 19, 1891
Creator: Grant, Richard A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hoe.

Description: Patent for improvements in hoes, the inventor designed the handle of the hoe to carry two shanks; the shanks diverging form the handle and bent to be parallel with each other. A connecting-rod at the end of two shanks is being threaded and provided with locking-nuts, which used to secure the hoe blades. The hoe blades can be adjusted laterally. Illustration is included.
Date: May 19, 1891
Creator: Brown, Henry M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Description: Patent for a hydrocarbon burner and "it has for its special object to provide a burner of this class which shall be especially adapted for the consumption of crude oil." (line 9-12)
Date: May 19, 1903
Creator: de Latimer, Walter
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Imitation Diamond

Description: Patent for imitation diamond. This is an invention that relates to the creation of imitation gems from glass. Illustration included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: McDearmon, James C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds.

Description: Patent for "a mixture of the arseniate of soda and water, or arseniate of soda, dextrine, and water, prepared in certain proportions of the respective ingredients, for the purpose of destroying cotton-worms." (Lines 7-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 19, 1874
Creator: Braman, John D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Scissors.

Description: Patent for "scissors for the use of dealers in dry goods; and it consists in providing an ordinary pair of scissors with an extension at or near the end of one of the blades, having an entering point and an eye to carry a thread, and designed to serve a convenient purpose in tagging and retagging goods." (Lines 14-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 19, 1874
Creator: Waldie, Samuel H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Journal-Lubricator.

Description: Patent for improvements in lubricators by mounting a box, with a pair holes near its ends, on a bearing; with partitions across the box adjacent each holes, a pair of cord shape wicks and a depending flange, depressing the wicks to the bottom of the box. “When the box filled with liquid lubricant and the cover closed, the lower edge of the flange depresses the wicks, submerging them at the center of the box, and the wicks absorb oil at this point, the oil is lead thence by capillary attraction … more
Date: May 19, 1891
Creator: Hubbard, Benjamin V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mud-Drum for Boilers

Description: Patent for a mud drum for boilers to prevent the accumulation of sediment and mud in the water. Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Stroope, Joseph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut and Bolt Lock

Description: Patent for a new nut and bolt lock design that is reliable and can lock permanently if needed, including illustrations.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Ames, Ernest R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for a plow that has a new design for a "subsoil and harrow attachment to the ordinary break-plow" (lines 9-10).
Date: May 19, 1896
Creator: Bowers, Thomas M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow

Description: Patent for the invention of new and improvements in plows (1). Provide a plow specifically adapted for use in rich heavy soil.
Date: May 19, 1885
Creator: Emmerson, Francis; Faires, Joseph; Cummins, John, R. & Faires, Jonathan, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pneumatic Flue Expander

Description: Patent for a pneumatic flue expander. This invention allows for the ability to expand the ends of flue sheets of a steam or other boiler. Illustration included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Kelley, Harry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Power-Motor.

Description: Patent for a power-motor that a "gearing mounted on a frame, winding-drum, and horse-power, elevations and weights, with means for operating and regulating the same" (lines 12-15).
Date: May 19, 1896
Creator: Levings, Enoc
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process of Making Alcohol

Description: Patent for improvements in processes for making alcohol. The process relates to making alcohol from sotol and other species of cacti. This involves subjecting the cacti with water and steam in a digester. The resulting fermented liquid can be distilled.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Thatcher, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rotary Engine.

Description: Patent for a new rotary engine containing a steam chest to hold fluid which flows into an exhaust chamber to reduce back pressure.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Rhoades, Charles A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saw Sharpening Machine

Description: Patent for Saw Sharpening Machine. "have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saw-Sharpeners." (lines 5-6) Including illustrations.
Date: May 19, 1885
Creator: Eidelbach, Andrew C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Screen for Vehicles

Description: Patent for an improvement in screens meant to prevent passengers from having to look at horses' hind ends in carriages. It is a rectangle of cloth laced in a frame, which is attached to the thills.
Date: May 19, 1896
Creator: Fleming, John M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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