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Tuck Creasing and Marking Attachment for Sewing Machines.

Description: Patent for a new and improved tuck creasing and marking attachment for sewing machines. This design "is to provide a simple and effective tuck creaser or marker to be operated directly by the needle-bar of a sewing machine; and it consists, essentially, of a creaser and an arm attached to the needle-bar and carrying an indent-piece, which strikes the creaser to mark or crimp the tuck. The creaser is formed upon a slide adjustable upon a graduated plate or bar attached to the plate of the sewing… more
Date: April 2, 1889
Creator: Crawford, Alice Ann
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insect-Powder Duster

Description: Patent for "a truck mounted upon wheels, to the reat end of which is adjusted a sifter that, as the machine is progressing, will have lateral reciprocating motion imparted thereto and eject powder through an attached meshed screen" (lines 10-15).
Date: April 23, 1889
Creator: Glover, Charles Bazel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheel.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wheel. This design consists in "inner spokes [that] are inclined outwardly, and the outer spokes [that] are inclined inwardly toward their remote ends, whereby compression of the rim of the wheel is transformed into lateral thrusts on the hub, and the lateral thrusts counterbalance each other" (lines 45-51).
Date: April 9, 1889
Creator: Stroud, Wiley N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Medical Compound

Description: Patent for "a compound to be used as a gargle or wash in the treatment of the mouth, throat, &c., when the mucous membrane of the said parts is affected by the use of tobacco, opium, or morphine, alcoholic drinks, &c., and also in cases of indigestion, dyspepsia, malarial, and typhoid fevers, &c. (lines 8-14).
Date: April 2, 1889
Creator: Roberts, Andre
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Milk Cooler.

Description: Patent for a new and improved milk cooler. This design consists in "the combination, with the body or frame provided with water-troughs, of the jacketed cans having the upper ends of their jackets extending into the troughs, and an air-collecting device arranged . . . to collect and direct the air against the exposed jackets" (lines 14-21).
Date: April 2, 1889
Creator: Dodge, Frances A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Splicing Device.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wire splicer. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the casing, of the wires entering the casing at the opposite sides of the respective ends and bent in opposite directions, so as to interlock within the casing, said casing being bent down . . . at each end" (lines 62-67).
Date: April 9, 1889
Creator: Basel, John Conrad
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Push Bar for Locomotives

Description: Patent for invention of new and useful improvements of Push-Bars for Locomotives for coupling to car
Date: April 2, 1889
Creator: Toohey, Matthew, D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tank.

Description: Patent for a new and improved tank. This design consists in "the combination of the wooden bottom having cross-braces on its under side, the sheet-metal bottom arranged over the wooden bottom and having an annular flange nailed or secured to said wooden bottom, and the metallic body, the lower end of which is connected to the bottom by nails, while the extreme lower edge of said body is turned under the wooden bottom between the cross-braces of the latter" (lines 80-90).
Date: April 2, 1889
Creator: Harry, Hugh W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Syringe.

Description: Patent for a new and improved syringe. This design consists in "[a] syringe provided with a reservoir at the end of the piston-rod outside of the syringe-barrel, said reservoir communicating through the piston-rod with a fibrous piston-head and adapted to contain a suitable liquid, whereby said piston-head is kept continually moistened" (lines 62-68).
Date: April 9, 1889
Creator: Glasscock, James H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut Lock.

Description: Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the loop-formed nut-locking device and the plate to which it is hinged, of the supplementary locking device, consisting of a wire or rod having one end bent at right angles and embracing the hinge of the main device and its other end provided with a hook to receive the side bar of the main device" (lines 37-44).
Date: April 23, 1889
Creator: Leiby, Isaac F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motor.

Description: Patent for a new and improved motor. This design consists in the reciprocating "bar, the shaft mounted in the lower portion of the chair, the drum on said shaft, cord coiled around the drum and connected to the bar, the rest secured to the upper end of the bar, and the spring coiled around the said bar between the chair-seat and the rest" (lines 1-6).
Date: April 30, 1889
Creator: Lovejoy, De Soto
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines

Description: Patent for "a simple, novel, and convenient frame capable of being attached to any pattern of sewing-machine and adapted to carry the top and lining of a quilt to the needle" (lines 12-15).
Date: April 2, 1889
Creator: Mandeville, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Needle Beam for Bridges.

Description: Patent for a new and improved needle-beam for bridges. This design "relates to needle-beams for bridges; and its objects are, first, to provide them with appliances whereby to maintain wire cables in proper position and conduct them between the termini of the bridge; second, to provide for interweaving the strands of the cable during the progress of the construction; third, to adapt the parts to coact so that they will maintain the cables permanently in their pristine condition; fourth, to prov… more
Date: April 2, 1889
Creator: Rudyon, Edwin Elijah
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Jetty.

Description: Patent for a new and improved jetty. This design "is to provide structures . . . for protecting shores, and other similar work. . . . [The] invention consists, mainly, in the utilization of a central or interior core of clay, or clayey substance, about which is formed a retaining envelope in connection with suitable substructures, coping, walls, and tracks" (lines 15-27).
Date: April 16, 1889
Creator: Douglas, William M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Scarf Protector.

Description: Patent for a new and improved scarf protector. This design "is to provide an improved device for protecting the upper exposed edge of a necktie or scarf from wear . . . in such a manner that said securing [device is] concealed from view. With these ends in view the first part of [the] invention consists in an extensible protector, U-shaped in cross-section, to fit closely over the upper edge of the scarf and consisting of two members or sections, which are connected at the rear thereof by a pin… more
Date: April 23, 1889
Creator: Moyer, Jesse Hechler
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn and Cotton Planter

Description: Patent for "a novel planting mechanism for planting either corn or cotton-seed, at the pleasure of the operator, by a simple adjustment of parts, and thereby adapt the machine for sowing different kinds of seeds and save the farmer the expense of two different machines" (lines 19-25).
Date: April 9, 1889
Creator: Cathey, Thomas Jefferson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hillside-Plow

Description: Patent for improvements in the construction and design of hillside-plows.
Date: April 2, 1889
Creator: Bunnell, Marcellus Jackson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash Fastener.

Description: Patent for a new and improved sash-fastener. This design consists in "the rack-bar, the pawl consisting of a metallic strip bent into substantially triangular form, one of the angles engaging the rack-bar, the pivot-screw passed through an eye formed at the upper angle of the pawl, and a handle at the remaining angle of the pawl, a stop-pin inserted through the pawl in rear of the engaging-point, and a spring to hold the pawl normally in engagement with the rack-bar" (lines 11-20).
Date: April 2, 1889
Creator: Elkins, William Franklin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Show-Case

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements to show cases.
Date: April 30, 1889
Creator: Fain, Emmet C. & Poston, George C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Whitewash

Description: Patent for "improvement in whitewash-paint consists in the use of certain ingredients whereby the same is rendered more permanent or durable and beautiful in color than any other article of the kind hitherto produced" (lines 10-14).
Date: April 9, 1889
Creator: Brizzolari, Davis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rotary Engine

Description: Patent for "an engine that is adaptable to all kinds of work, and which is capable of running the heaviest locomotive and the lightest sewing-machine with equal ease and satisfaction" (lines 9-13).
Date: April 23, 1889
Creator: Hines, John Fletcher, Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Foot for Sand Levers.

Description: Patent for a new and improved foot for sand levers. This design consists in "the combination of the semi-cylindrical bearing having an aperture formed in its center, a cylindrical body working in the said bearing and having a square intermediate portion adapted to fit in the same aperture, upward-extending wings made integral with the body and forming a socket, and a lever fitting in the said socket" (lines 29-37).
Date: April 16, 1889
Creator: Vezie, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Seat

Description: Patent for "an inexpensive form of car-seat, wherein the parts are so arranged that the back of the seat may be adjusted to almost any angle desired, a leg or foot rest, which also may be adjusted to suit the convenience of the occupant of the seat" (lines 7-13).
Date: April 2, 1889
Creator: Goelet, Edward B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Beverage Shaking and Mixing Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved beverage shaker and mixer. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the frame provided with arms at right angles thereto and the main drive-wheel journaled therein, gear-wheels journaled at the ends of the arms, provided with wrist-pins and meshing with the drive-wheel, a shaker-bar connected to the wrist-pins of the gear-wheels and having a loop or opening for the insertion of the shaft of the drive-wheel, and the cups or tumbler-holders attached rigidly to t… more
Date: April 2, 1889
Creator: Haring, Peter Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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