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Device for Twisting Wire Cables of Suspension Bridges.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cable twister. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the casting having grooves and openings therein, of the semicircular disks . . . having grooves therein and openings extending through the same, the bolt for binding the several parts together, and the arms extending out from the disks" (lines 1-7).
Date: June 11, 1889
Creator: Runyon, Edwin Elijah
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Broom Rack

Description: Patent for a Broom-Rack
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Horn, Jacob S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement In Fences.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fence, the materials for which would could be easily obtained by farmers and the results would be strong enough to contain livestock.
Date: August 10, 1878
Creator: Lenox, John S.
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Improvement in Fire-Escapes.

Description: Patent for a rope-and-pulley fire escape apparatus, including illustration.
Date: August 7, 1877
Creator: Andrews, Thomas A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sewing-Machine Attachment

Description: Patent for a sewing machine attachment used to support articles or implements used in the sewing process. Illustrations included.
Date: October 5, 1909
Creator: Kleuser, Clara H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lawn-Mower.

Description: Patent for an improved lawn mower by having a cutter-bar and finger-bar work together to cut grass that close to trees, fences and or other obstructions, including illustration.
Date: February 3, 1891
Creator: Runyon, Edwin Elijah
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lister-Sweep.

Description: Patent for a lister sweep for cultivators with improved teeth.
Date: August 18, 1908
Creator: Burns, John P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Faucets.

Description: Patent for a faucet "which is inexpensive in its construction, easily repaired, and efficient in operation" (lines 7-8), including illustrations.
Date: August 7, 1877
Creator: Andrews, Thomas A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Buckles

Description: Patent for a new and improved buckle for use with hame-straps, breech-straps, etc. The patent contains an explanation of the buckle and various illustrations.
Date: March 20, 1877
Creator: Melton, Benjamin F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Railroad-Gates

Description: Patent for a new and improved Railroad-Fence Gate that prevents cattle from escaping from farm areas, including illustrations.
Date: May 13, 1879
Creator: Hahn, Henry & Gaston, Anderson Lewers
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Carbid-Feed Valve

Description: Patent for carbid-feed valve for acetylene generators whose improved form allows for balanced feeding whether closed or open.
Date: January 14, 1913
Creator: Ballard, John S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Saddle-Trees.

Description: Patent for the improvement of saddle trees used in the construction of "Spanish or Texas saddles." (line 16)
Date: April 2, 1878
Creator: Melton, Benjamin F.
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Paint Compound.

Description: Patent for "a fire and water-proof coating material adapted for application to wood and metallic roofing, boats, &c., to preserve the material from corrosion and render the same impervious to water." (Lines 9-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 1, 1895
Creator: Rook, Benjamin F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cutting Apparatus for Mowers.

Description: Patent for a cutting blade for cutting tough weeds and stalks that attaches to a standard grass cutting lawnmower.
Date: January 14, 1908
Creator: Needham, Walter Jackson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Hopples.

Description: Patent for improvement in hopples: "consists of a metallic band composed of three equal parts, two of which are hinged to a third, and provided with a fastening, by means of which it may be secured to the leg of the animal" (lines 14-19).
Date: August 21, 1877
Creator: Melton, Benjamin F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Bale-Ties

Description: Patent for an improved bale-tie whose frame is provided with an end bar having wedge-shaped catch.
Date: January 29, 1878
Creator: Andrews, Thomas S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk-Cutter.

Description: Patent for a stalk cutter, which can cut two rows of plants simultaneously and keeps the cut stalks from jamming the machine.
Date: August 6, 1907
Creator: Harper, George Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Description: Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists "[i]n combination with the standard and bracket, the hinged arm having [a] bearing, oscillating driving-wheel, belt, belt-tightening wheels, dasher-wheel, and socket" (lines 94-98). It facilitates churning.
Date: December 1, 1885
Creator: White, Frank Lewis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Description: Patent for a new and improved gate. This design "consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the posts, the latch-bar pivoted to the main rail by inclined braces and operated by a rock-shaft and push-arms inclined in a direction opposite to that of the inclined braces, weight-box, and cranks for operating the rock-shaft to open and close the gate" (lines 19-25).
Date: October 25, 1881
Creator: Smith, Robert B. & Curry, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines.

Description: Patent for a support for quilting frames that can be attached to a sewing machine. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Obuch, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator and Scraper.

Description: Patent for improvements in cultivators and scrapers: "The object of our invention is to provide a cultivator and scraper of simple and economical construction" (lines 15-17).
Date: October 13, 1891
Creator: Huneycutt, Noah & Moseley, Thomas Elverton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Axle

Description: Patent for vehicle-axle "with removable spindles which when they become worn may be easily and quickly removed and replaced by new ones." (lines 13-15); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 29, 1900
Creator: Andrews, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Expansible Pulley

Description: Patent for "expansible pulleys, or pulleys of that character or description which may be expanded or contracted, so as to increase or decrease the circumference thereof." (Lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 8, 1895
Creator: Kennerly, Samuel J. & Cox, Thomas J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tire Adjuster.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wheel adjuster. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the terminal tire-lugs having right and left screw-threaded sockets, of a right and left screw-stem, a turning block of substantially the same cross-section as the rim of the wheel, connected to the screw-stem so as to slide thereon but revolve rigidly together, and means . . . for locking the turning block to the terminal lugs" (lines 8-16).
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Surratt, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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