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Window Attachment.

Description: Patent for "window attachments, being in the nature of means for carrying the shade-roller and lace-curtain on the upper sash and devices whereby the sashes may be locked when closed or opened to any desired extent;" (lines 8-13) and illustrations.
Date: June 24, 1902
Creator: Hamilton, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Tightener.

Description: Patent for improvements in wire-tighteners with an illustration. Specifically, the patented improvement is for a "device" that can "be used for the purpose of tightening strands of wire of a wire fence" (lines 11-14).
Date: June 24, 1919
Creator: Wilson, James G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvements in Running Gears for Wagons.

Description: Patent for improvement in running gears for wagons. Improvement for class of vehicles in which the axles revolve with the wheels.
Date: June 24, 1873
Creator: Meddows, Issac Orson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Spring-Hinges.

Description: Patent for a new spring hinge design which will "either open or close the door or gate after it has passed an angle of forty-five degrees" (lines 20-22) including illustrations.
Date: June 24, 1879
Creator: Barry, William G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trace Carrier.

Description: Patent for a new and improved trace-carrier. This design consists in "[a] back-band hook comprising a buckle provided with a lower cross-bar constructed of two parts having their inner adjacent ends terminating in depending hooks arranged parallel with each other and separated by a space and provided with inwardly-projecting ends partially closing the mouths of the hooks, the swinging hooks arranged in the space between the parallel hooks" (lines 90-98).
Date: June 24, 1890
Creator: Miller, Amauel M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Millstone Dress.

Description: Patent for a new and improved millstone-dress. This design is "to provide a millstone-dress having angular furrows intersecting the main furrows of the stone and of gradually increasing depth from their outward extremities to the point where they intersect the main furrows, said angular furrows being oppositely inclined upon the upper and lower stones to form a perfect cutting system, to discharge the grain over the face of the stone and throw it toward the skirt or edge thereof, thereby giving… more
Date: June 24, 1890
Creator: Snodgrass, George M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Projectile.

Description: Patent for projectiles, more particularly to an explosive projectile. "One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a shell of the character stated which may be produced at relatively small cost..."
Date: June 24, 1919
Creator: Wilkins, Willie A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Telegraph-Repeater

Description: Patent for a telegraph repeater. This invention improves repeaters by eliminating lag by simplifying the apparatus which increases capacity and clarity in transmission by maintaining a larger current strength.
Date: June 24, 1919
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Envelope or Bag Machine

Description: Patent for a machine "for making envelopes, paper bags, and the like wherein the blank which is to form the envelope or bag is automatically fed into the machine at its receiving end by a suitable feeder and is folded and gummed on its way through the machine, being finally delivered in a marketable condition at the delivery end of the machine" (lines 10-17).
Date: June 24, 1890
Creator: Clarke, George R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Engine-Starter

Description: Patent for improvements to engine starters that enable the driver of an automobile to start an engine by applying pressure to foot pedals.
Date: June 24, 1913
Creator: Morgan, August C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shears.

Description: Patent for improvements in shears “for use in cutting heavy materials, in which the shears can be readily operated in connection with a base-plate to slide beneath the material being cut and can be detached from said base-plate in order to permit the operation of the shears without the said base-plate.” (Lines 28-34) Illustration is included.
Date: June 24, 1902
Creator: Hamilton, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Description: Patent relating to "certain improvements in presses for baling cotton or hay" (lines 15-16) including instructions and an illustration.
Date: June 24, 1879
Creator: Stopple, John J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Paving

Description: Patent for road paving material with cement as a base and stones or gravel used as a topping. Asphalt is poured over the gravel to extend the life of the paving.
Date: June 24, 1913
Creator: MacDonald, Ray
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for improvements in plows used for agricultural purposes with an illustration. This improvement in design is specific to "provid[ing] a plow capable of being adjusted to cause engagement thereof with the earth at varying depths" (lines 10-12).
Date: June 24, 1919
Creator: Marshall, Andrew Jackson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Material for Lamp-Wicks.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wick material for lamps.
Date: June 24, 1890
Creator: Chapin, Myron H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Brakes for Wagons and Cars.

Description: Patent for "am improved brake for wagons, cars, and other vehicles which shall be simple in construction, convenient in use, and powerful in operation" (lines 19-22) including illustrations.
Date: June 24, 1879
Creator: Franklin, Mathew C. & Landrum, Nathaniel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cuspidor

Description: Patent for a Cuspidor that uses an object to provide a double or reversible cuspidor constructed.
Date: June 24, 1913
Creator: Edwards, Henry W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pass Book

Description: Patent for a book cover that can be easily written on with ink.
Date: June 24, 1914
Creator: Roystone, W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in a car-coupling formed of two coupling-hooks pivoted on a pivot projecting from the bottom of the car, which coupling hooks pass through an inverted-V-shaped guide-slot in the guide-plate, held in front of the pivot, and the said coupling-hooks are connected with a vertically-moveable bar for raising the coupling-hooks. The coupling hooks are raised and their free ends are pressed together, and if then the couplin… more
Date: June 24, 1884
Creator: Grothaus, Frederick E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cranking Device

Description: Patent for cranking device to start internal combustion engines and designed specifically for automobiles.
Date: June 24, 1919
Creator: Harris, Irvin F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination Roller and Protector.

Description: Patent for a new and improved roller and protector for maps and charts. This design consists, "with the case having longitudinal slot at its under side, the caps upon the ends of the case and formed with ears, the springs upon the case having their ends engaging the ends of the caps, metal bearings in the ends of the caps, the roller within the case with its pintles journaled in said bearings, and the cord wound upon the roller at one end in a reverse direction to the article carried by the rol… more
Date: June 24, 1890
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Jail

Description: Patent for community style jails, eliminating single-cell jail housing.
Date: June 24, 1913
Creator: Youngblood, David Franklin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Crude-Oil Burner.

Description: Patent for "a crude-oil burner especially adapted for use in cooking and heating stoves and in fireplaces;" including illustrations.
Date: June 24, 1902
Creator: Landis, John A.; Johnston, William A. & Bosley, Lee Wooden
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Broom Rack.

Description: Patent for a new and improved broom rack. This design "compris[es] the lower ring provided in its outer edge with a series of notches adapted to receive the head of the brooms, the upper ring arranged to fit within the opening of the lower ring when not in use and provided with a series of perforations to receive the handles of the brooms, the chains or other suitable means for connecting the rings, and the chains . . . secured to the upper rings" (lines 79-88).
Date: June 24, 1890
Creator: Neely, William D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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