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Station-Indicator

Description: Patent for "an apparatus which will indicate to the passengers of railway or street cars when the car is approaching, standing at, or leaving a station, the station or street name, distance from the last station passed or to the next station, or any point upon the line that may be desired, and wherein all of the above data may be displayed simultaneously or any one or more items" (lines 10-18).
Date: October 23, 1888
Creator: Helland, Hans & Matzow, Frantz
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spark-Arrester

Description: Patent for "spark-arresters of that type in which the sparks are extinguished by water contained in a suitable receptacle forming part of the apparatus" (lines 22-25).
Date: October 23, 1888
Creator: Smith, James Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil Can.

Description: Patent for a new and improved oil can. This design is of an oil-can "in which the nozzle remains closed, except when the bottom of the can is pressed, thereby preventing useless waste of oil. To prevent the oil-outlet from being stopped up; to enable the operator to see how much oil is given to each hole, and to facilitate the removal of dirt and grease from the oil-holes before oiling" (lines 8-15).
Date: October 23, 1883
Creator: Campbell, James A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motor

Description: Patent for improvements in the construction and design of motors.
Date: October 23, 1888
Creator: Haley, William Louis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dry Ore-Concentrator

Description: Patent for improvements specifically for ore concentrators. Illustrations and instructions included.
Date: October 23, 1883
Creator: Vollmer, John George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Camel for Lightening Vessels.

Description: Patent for a new and improved camel. This design "is to provide an apparatus that can be used for lifting or lightening deep-draft ships at sea or in roadsteads, for taking them over bars or through shallow water. To that end [the] invention consists in a floating apparatus or dock constructed so as to be sunk for receiving the vessel, and so as to be afterward raised for lifting and carrying the vessel" (lines 7-16).
Date: October 23, 1883
Creator: Peetz, John J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Show-Case

Description: Patent for novel improvements in the construction and design of show cases.
Date: October 23, 1888
Creator: McNeil, Alexander
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boot Scraper.

Description: Patent for a new and improved boot scraper. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the inclined bow-shaped upper plate, having a transverse bar connecting the branches of the plate, the inner edges of which are inclined outward and upward from the upper edge of the transverse bar, and in providing, in connection with the bow-shaped plate, an under or subsidiary plate of forked form, having a rounded recess between the forks adapted to conform to the shape of the heel… more
Date: October 23, 1883
Creator: Collins, Morris A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Chopper and Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved stalk cutter and cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a chopper and cultivator, of the A-shaped frame carrying the plows, chopper, and the A-shaped truck-frame, said frame being mounted on the truck-frame by the cranks and provided with means for raising and lowering it" (lines 7-12).
Date: October 23, 1883
Creator: Daniel, Ellison Armistead
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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