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Bale Tie

Description: Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This invention is to "provide a new and improved bale-tie which is simple and durable in construction, not liable to become accidentally unlocked, and arranged to permit its use on ordinary compresses" (line 7 - 11).
Date: December 14, 1897
Creator: Edmonston, Thomax Cole
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Antirefilling Bottle.

Description: Patent for a bottle that can be easily sealed but cannot be resealed after opened. There is a groove in the neck of the bottle, and the cork is placed below the groove. The cork is hollowed out and a plug is placed in the cork. The cork is hollowed out and a plug with a groove around it is placed in the cork.An elastic compressible locking-ring fits in the gap the groove in the bottle and the groove in the plug create.
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Nevill, William B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cattle-Guard.

Description: Patent for a railway cattle-guard that is simple, inexpensive, and efficient. It prevents the cattle "from traversing a railway-track in order to pass form one field or inclosure to another" (line 12-14). It has spurred rollers, and has a unique way of mounting rollers or rotary ties, in that they do not block the track.
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Nevill, William Birt
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Compress.

Description: Patent for "surgical instruments which are used for stopping the flow of blood during an amputation or other similar operation." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 12, 1897
Creator: Burton, Edwin L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Barreling Soap-Stock.

Description: Patent for "an apparatus for filling barrels with soap-stock or other thick liquid of similar consistency, the object being to provide a machine whereby the barrels may be filled quickly through the bung-hole." (Lines 12-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 9, 1897
Creator: Ahrenbeck, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cloth-Bolt Clamp.

Description: Patent for a clamp "to hold the folds of a bolt of cloth in position and to prevent the same form being unwound except when desired." (Lines 23-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 30, 1897
Creator: Leveritt, Nicholas T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ant-Trap.

Description: Patent for a "trap designed to be placed around an ant-hill and adapted to capture ants leaving or returning to the ant-hill." (Lines 11-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 18, 1897
Creator: Bond, William Beebe
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bale-Tie Opener.

Description: Patent for "a simple and durable device by means of which the buckles or securing devices on cotton-bale ties or bands may be readily opened and the band removed from the bale without destroying the buckle or the band, so that they may be again used." (Lines 11-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 1, 1897
Creator: Gaskill, Clinton R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Door-Saddle.

Description: Patent for new and improved door saddles, which consists "of a longitudinal and cross-grooved arrangement of parts coacting with inclined surfaces and shields to cause a perfect drainage of water" (lines 11-15), including instructions and illustration.
Date: July 13, 1897
Creator: Vogel, Thomas.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Animal-Poke.

Description: Patent for "a light and effective head-frame for horned cattle, designed to prevent their going through or injuring wire fences or from goring persons or animals." (Lines 14-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Moore, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric motor.

Description: Patent for improved electric motor used in motor vehicles "which may be associated directly with the driving-wheel of a motor-vehicle" (lines 40-41), bypassing the need for other power-transmitting mechanisms. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Perret, Frank A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Composition of Matter for Manufacturing Calcium Carbid.

Description: Patent for a "new and useful Composition of Matter for Manufacturing Calcium Carbid" (lines 5-7) that will aid in the commercially successful production. Patent includes specifications for the composition of matter.
Date: September 7, 1897
Creator: Blum, Sylvain; Eldridge, Hillary; Clark, Daniel J. & Lazarus, Sam
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

The "Eclipse" Quilter. Assignment of Territory for State, County, Town or Shop Rights [Signed]

Description: Legal document assigning rights of the "Eclipse" quilting frame to L. D. Major, allowing him to sell the invention in “all of the states and territory of the United States _east_ of the Mississippi River, _except_ the states of _New York and Pennsylvania_.” A smaller statement is affixed with a seal, noting that the assignment has been registered with the U.S. Patent Office.
Date: {1897-05-19,1897-10-14}
Creator: Major, John H.
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

Reversible Spring-Motor. [Copy #2]

Description: Patent for a spring motor "particularly designed for use in connection with bicycles, polycycles, and all foot-propelled vehicles, but applicable also to all kinds of vehicles, as well as street and railway cars" (lines 11-15). It is intended to accumulate surplus power for use in propelling a vehicle up an incline, or for other propulsion either forward or backward.
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Click, John Jones
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

Reversible Spring-Motor. [Copy #1]

Description: Patent for a spring motor "particularly designed for use in connection with bicycles, polycycles, and all foot-propelled vehicles, but applicable also to all kinds of vehicles, as well as street and railway cars" (lines 11-15). It is intended to accumulate surplus power for use in propelling a vehicle up an incline, or for other propulsion either forward or backward.
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Click, John Jones
Partner: Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

Wire - Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wire-stretcher to "attached to the wires direct or have bearing against the post, as stated, but wherein when the device is placed in engagement with the post it need not be secured thereto" (line 22 - 26).
Date: December 28, 1897
Creator: McNeill, William T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Tightener

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvements in wire tighteners. This design "consists in features of construction and novel combinations of parts in a wire tightening device for repairing wire fences and attaching wires to fence-posts" (line 13-16).
Date: December 7, 1897
Creator: Short, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Fence

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvements in wire fences. This invention is to "make a cheap and efficient post to which fence-wires may be quickly and durable stapled" (line 15-17).
Date: December 21, 1897
Creator: Johnson, Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Description: Patent for a wrench that can be used as a pipe-wrench or a monkey-wrench. It has a movable jaw, for easy adjusting, and is "of simple and strong construction" (line 9).
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Flye, Murat K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretching and Tying Device.

Description: Patent for a "device capable of enabling the wires of a fence after the latter has been erected or during the construction thereof to be readily tightening to the desired tension without necessitating the removal of staples or other devices for fastening the fence-wires to the posts." (Lines 12-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 2, 1897
Creator: Kirby, Thomas W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrist-Guide and Foot-Guard for Pianos.

Description: Patent for “…a piano attachment consisting of an adjustable wrist-pin and foot-guard adapted to serve as a means for securing the proper position of the wrist and forearm in practice and also adapted to protect the front panel of the instrument and serve, with children, as a foot-rest. Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims” (lines 8-19).
Date: May 18, 1897
Creator: Norcross, Levi Watson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Description: Patent for a wrench that can be adjusted without the use of screws. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1897
Creator: Thomas, Theodore G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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