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[Reversible Spring-Motor: Figures 2-4, 7-10]

Description: Illustrations of individual parts to patent a reversible spring-motor, with numbered labels to reference each piece. The first sheet contains details for three pieces (8-10) and a partially-constructed component (figure 2); the second sheet includes close-up illustrations of three of the moving parts (figures 3, 4, and 7).
Date: 1896
Creator: Click, John Jones
Item Type: Refine your search to only Technical Drawing
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

Wire-Stretcher and Wheel-Carrier.

Description: Patent for a simple and inexpensive wire-stretcher and reel-carrier, meant to make wire needed for fences easier to be ready at the builder's disposal and to stretch the wire to the correct amount of tension.
Date: November 3, 1896
Creator: Pruitt, Andrew L.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water Elevator and Carrier.

Description: Patent for a water elevator and carrier that is designed to quickly and efficiently transport water from a well, spring, or cistern to the operator. A bucket can be quickly transported to the well, spring, or cistern and be filled also.
Date: August 11, 1896
Creator: Wilkerson, Thomas D.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clutch.

Description: Patent for a simple and inexpensive clutch used for transmitting power. The clutch has "independent rotable disks that act on peripheral eccentric proportions, which are so arranged that the said disk will be held free from contact with the drive-shaft and the entire bearing of the clutch mechanism thrown on the grip members, whereby the shaft-apertures in the disks can be made sufficiently large to overcome any irregularity of the bearing-faces of the internal cam portions and obviating the ne… more
Date: April 28, 1896
Creator: Carleton, Ernest WIlliam
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Riding-Saddle.

Description: Patent for a ridding-saddle that is an improvement previously granted to Jesse D. Padgitt (No. 540,940). The improvements include increasing the strength to the flexible rear portion of the saddle. The first patent was for a saddle "distinguished by a tree or frame formed of a short rigid fork and a flexible body or rear portion, including a seat and cantle, constructed of leather or other suitable flexible material" (lines 10-14).
Date: April 28, 1896
Creator: Padgitt, William C. & Padgitt, Jesse D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rotary Engine.

Description: Patent for a simply-constructed rotary, steam-powered engine that minimizes friction and noise, and for which wear is automatically compensated. It is "capable of running at a very low or high speed without subjecting the parts to any unusual strains or wear" (lines 16-18). One lever controls the steam supply and can reverse the movement of the engine cutting off.
Date: November 3, 1896
Creator: Wilson, Alonzo T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Non-Refilling Bottle.

Description: Patent for a non-refilling bottle that has a groove in its neck, a spring that fits in the groove, and a keeper that fits in the bottle opening and keeps the spring in place. The cork fits inside the keeper, thus sealing the bottle. A wire goes through the cork and the keeper, and is twisted together above the cork; when pulled, the bottle can be opened.
Date: October 27, 1896
Creator: Taylor, Samuel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Document File-Case.

Description: Patent for "an envelop for holding papers of various kinds and which is convenient and durable and can be manufactured at small cost" (lines 9-11). the side flaps are adjustable and are connected using elastic straps so they don't accidentally disconnect under tension.
Date: September 29, 1896
Creator: Ward, George C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Riding-Saddle.

Description: Patent for a durable, simple, and inexpensive riding-saddle. The seat, front, rear, and middle jockeys and cantle are made form one piece of leather. The rear quarter is laced to the cantle, and the saddle has a bag for storing articles during travel.
Date: November 17, 1896
Creator: Percifield, Clarence W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Steam-Engine.

Description: Patent for a steam-engine that has "no dead-center" (lines 15-16), and "a volume of one full port will always be exerted on a piston" (lines 18-19). "The full power of the steam will be applied when the crank is on the quarter and there is the greatest leverage in favor of the engine" (lines 21-24). Steam supply is regulated automatically and has a shutoff system in case anything breaks.
Date: November 10, 1896
Creator: Barton, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bicycle-Wheel.

Description: Patent for an improved rear bicycle-wheel. It has one hub, two rims, two sets of spokes and tires. This invention is meant to be safer and has the qualities of a tricycle. It is meant for a woman's bicycle.
Date: January 14, 1896
Creator: Broers, Henry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bicycle-Holder.

Description: Patent for a bicycle-holder that holds the bicycle upright. It consists of "a pair of plates clamped upon a portion of the frame of a bicycle, two pairs of ears formed integral with and depending from said plates, one pair of ears being formed convcavo-convex to form a socket between them and constructed with semicircular notches in their lower edges, a rod having a ball or spherical body on its upper end that is located and held for movement in the so formed socket, a lug formed integral with … more
Date: February 11, 1896
Creator: McKanna, John J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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