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Blank Book.

Description: Patent for a new and improved blank book. This design "consists in securing blank sheets to a binding forming the back of the book . . . so that the attachment and detachment of the sheets may be conveniently effected. Thus [the design] produce[s] a blank book which is particularly adapted for use of type-writers and other copyists" (lines 11-18).
Date: June 14, 1892
Creator: Burris, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Pianos or Organs

Description: Patent for "an attachment that can be used on pianos or organs, whereby the manipulation of the keys is greatly facilitated and playing upon the instrument greatly simplified, and the attachment is especially designed for those who do not to any great extent understand music or beginners who find it difficult to make the several chords in any particular key, the device being capable of ready attachment to the keyboard of any piano or organ and removed when not required for use" (lines 27-37).
Date: August 9, 1892
Creator: Stukes, John M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Record, Diary, and Ledger

Description: Patent for improvements to books by combining "a general record, a diary, a ledger, and index leaves, including the months and days of the week and alphabetical and numerical indices" (lines 10-12).
Date: August 30, 1892
Creator: Meyer, Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Rake and Portable Baling-Press

Description: Patent for a "combined rake and portable baling-press, the objects in view being to provide a machine of the above class of comparatively cheap and simple construction and adapted to rake, elevate, deliver, pack, and bale hay and to apply the binding wires to the bales as formed in one continuous operation" (lines 8-15).
Date: September 7, 1892
Creator: Shero, Christopher C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Railroad or Farm Gate.

Description: Patent for an improved automatic railroad or farm gate that uses the "weight of the car or wagon upon an operating-board and automatically close[s] after the train has passed, and which can also be opened by hand when it is desired to let a single person pass through, either upon foot or horseback" (lines 20-25).
Date: October 4, 1892
Creator: Benson, Joseph Robinson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Cotton Chopper and Planter

Description: Patent for a combined cotton chopper and planter, made to be easy to construct and easy to convert between functions.
Date: October 11, 1892
Creator: Parker, Francis H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Antifriction Clasp.

Description: Patent for a new and improved anti-friction clasp. This design "is to provide means whereby the wear due to the rubbing of inclosed rods or ropes against an inclosing casing may be reduced to a minimum and whereby the central alignment of the rods or ropes with respect to the inclosing casing may be accurately preserved" (lines 11-17). It consists in "a series of friction balls or rollers mounted therein and projecting from the periphery thereof and being divided into sections adapted to be cla… more
Date: October 25, 1892
Creator: Black, William L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Band-Cutter and Feeder for Thrashing-Machines

Description: Patent for an attachment for thrashing-machines "for cutting the bands on the sheaves of wheat, rice, or other grain, to spread the loosened bundles out uniformly, and to then feed them thus spread out into the thrashing-machine, whereby the strain on the machine can be made more uniform" (lines 15-20) and the capacity and efficiency can be increased.
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Hill, Frank R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Break

Description: Patent for an automatic break that can be applied automatically when going down any kind of hill and would dissengage whenever the vehicle drives on a flat road or up a hill.
Date: November 29, 1892
Creator: McKee, James A. & Hatchett, Pink C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Separating Molasses from Sugar.

Description: Patent for " invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Separating Molasses from Sugar" (lines 5-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1892
Creator: Ellis, Emmett A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Feeding Seed-Cotton to Gins

Description: Patent for an improvement to seed feeders "to improve and simplify the feed mechanisms of such machines or apparatus and provide means whereby a number of rigidly depending chutes
Date: December 20, 1892
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Disk Harrows.

Description: Patent for improvements in disk harrows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 19, 1892
Creator: Moffitt, William E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Compound for Removing Grease and Stains.

Description: Patent for a compound to remove grease and stains from wood and fabric. Includes instructions.
Date: February 16, 1892
Creator: Cox, George S. & Lewis, Georgia M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Aging Whisky.

Description: Patent for a barrel for heating and aging whiskey, which accelerates aging time. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 1, 1892
Creator: Halligan, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Adjustable Standard for Plows.

Description: Patent for improvements to foot pieces that allow for easy adjustment of plowing depth. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 8, 1892
Creator: Teague, Jasper K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Elevating and Cleaning Seed-Cotton.

Description: Patent for a steam-powered device for cleaning seed-cotton. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 8, 1892
Creator: Robinson, Albert S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling-Press.

Description: Patent for improvements to a press that bales hay. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 15, 1892
Creator: Mattijetz, Andreas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Convertible Trunk.

Description: Patent for a trunk that converts between luggage (for use while traveling) and a bureau (for use while not traveling), with illustrations.
Date: March 29, 1892
Creator: Dwyer, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Condensing Flue-Dust.

Description: Patent for an apparatus for "condensing and saving the flue-dust passing with the waste gases through the chimney of lead-smelting furnaces." (Lines 9-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 29, 1892
Creator: Hizon, Hiram W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Animal Trap.

Description: Patent for a new and improved animal-trap. This design consists "[i]n a trap comprising a well having ingress-openings in diametrically-opposite sides, the combination, with a cage constructed to move vertically in the said well, of plates mounted in ways and constructed to slide past and cover the said openings and having connection with the cage to counterbalance the same" (lines 86-93).
Date: April 5, 1892
Creator: McLeod, Charlie Mike
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Boring Artesian Wells.

Description: Patent for a new and improved artesian-well borer. This design "has for its object to furnish a combination tool which will wear or cut the harder grades or rock frequently met with in boring wells of this class, and also to furnish a tool which will be harder than the common steel too or auger, thereby dispensing with the necessity of taking out and sharpening" (lines 13-20). It consists in "[a] fluted hemispherical mass of corundum for boring Artesian wells, said mass being provided with cutt… more
Date: April 5, 1892
Creator: Brown, Frank O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Blind Stop.

Description: Patent for a new and improved blind-stop. This design is "to provide a cheap and simple device designed to be secured to a window-casing and be interposed between any two adjacent pivoted slats, and thus support the same and the series in an open position and against accidental closing by their own weight or by the wind" (lines 9-16). It consists in the "holder for slats of blinds, consisting of a spring-metal strip bent at its center to form an eye and opposite terminals, the latter being adap… more
Date: April 19, 1892
Creator: Deats, Wallen S. & Brown, Daniel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Blank Book.

Description: Patent for a new and improved blank book. This design "is an improvement upon the Megee-Miller blank book which adapts it for use of type-writers and others requiring one whose sheets or leaves may be readily detached and again secured together after having been written or printed. The sheets are detachably connected with a binding-strip by means of a cord or cords" (lines 7-14).
Date: April 19, 1892
Creator: Burris, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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