UNT Libraries Government Documents Department - 13 Matching Results

Search Results

Results: 1 - 13

Improvement in Angle-Plates for Doors.

Description: Patent for a strengthening bracket for improving angle-plates for door hinges, such that the door will be supported from sagging at the hinge.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Morris, Robert C. & McLane, Hiram H.

Improvement in Bed-Plates for Steam-Engines.

Description: Patent for the invention of a new improvement in bed plates for steam engines, allowing improved water-feeding and venting of exhaust steam.
Date: October 14, 1874
Creator: Richardson, John Dunn

Improvement in Churning-Machines

Description: Patent for improvement in mechanisms in operating churns. Includes a crank wheel and spindles for churning, as well as a better balanced upright position.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Haile, James T.

Improvement in Hand Cotton Pickers.

Description: Patent for a new method of picking cotton by hand, whereby 3 spindles remove the fibers from the bolls.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Ham, Thomas William

Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.

Description: Patent for an improvement of a baling press where the upright framing timbers allows any quantity of cotton to be placed in the bale and creates a uniformity of weight.
Date: October 14, 1873
Creator: Müller, Joseph

Improvement in Picket-Fences.

Description: Patent for secure, inexpensive picket-fence construction using various sizes of wood pieces and wire. It is meant for situations in which wood is scarce. Illustration included.
Date: October 14, 1873
Creator: McGinty, Robert H.

Improvement in Plates for Holding Screw-Cutting Dies.

Description: Patent for plates to hold screw-cutting dies, which allows the threads to be more accurately placed. Dies are also able to work for left handed dies as well as right handed dies.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Geiser, Johan G.

Improvement in Policemen's Batons.

Description: Patent for an improved policemen's baton made of flexible material, such as india-rubber or gutta-percha, and sometimes an interior metal stem. Using a flexible material makes the baton elastic enough so that no serious injury can be caused, yet it is still effective. Illustration included.
Date: October 14, 1873
Creator: Beery, Simon & McDonald, John W.

Improvement in Sheet-Metal Vessels

Description: Patent for a cylindrical vessel made of sheet-metal rather than tin. Including a inward double hanging ledge and two layers of metal soldiered together.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Morris, Robert C. & McLane, Hiram H.

Improvement in Vehicle Axle-Lubricators

Description: Patent for improvements to the design of axle lubricators, in which the oil reservoir is in the rear as opposed to the front.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Hinkle, James V.

Improvements in Traction-Engines.

Description: Patent for improving traction engines for use in hauling on farms and farm roads. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: McGregor, Montague M. & Croxton, James C.

Millstone-Drivers

Description: Patent for improvements in Millstone-drivers
Date: October 14, 1879
Creator: Cathart, Rodney C.
Back to Top of Screen