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Bale Band Tie

Description: Patent for a bale band tie. Illustration included.
Date: December 27, 1904
Creator: Robinson, Laurence B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Exhaust-Controlling Valve.

Description: Patent for new exhaust-controlling valve mechanisms in steam or air engines, including illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Inman, Wesley J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Picking Machine.

Description: Patent for improvements to cotton picking machines "of that class in which the cotton-boll is caught on the end of a revolving picker" (lines 11-12). Improvements include a combination of a revolving drum with hollow tubular arms attached to the drum, as well as revolving pickers attached to those arms. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1897
Creator: Haring, Peter Paul.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tray-Holding Attachment for Bedsteads

Description: Patent for an attachment for a bedstead in order to hold a tray. The invention allows a tray, or trays, to be held over a bed to hold food, drink, or other items closer to the occupant.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Beechie, Simon Alfred
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Leaf or Insert for Books

Description: Patent for leaves and inserts in books and other paper documents. It is meant to "provide a printed sheet embodying certain novel features arranged so that it may be found in a book or catalogue as a leaf or page thereof or placed therein as an insert." (Lines 12-16)
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Seligson, Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plumb-Level.

Description: Patent for a modified and improved plumb-levels that allow for consistent and accurate readings, as well as the ability for the level to adjust after being harmed.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Rutledge, Caleb C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Adjustable Shelf Bracket

Description: Patent for a new shelf bracket "which is angularly adjustable, and has for its object the provision of a novel shelf bracket which is adapted to be secured upon a ladder, table, post, or other place, and which may be angularly adjusted so as to form means for supporting articles in a horizontal position." (Lines 14-19) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Selstad, Ingvald E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fly-Trap

Description: Patent for Fly Trap
Date: March 27, 1917
Creator: Krueger, Samuel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil-Burner.

Description: Patent for improved design and function in oil burners, specifically on fuel nozzle and needle valve, allowing for greater control of gas that flows through to create combustion.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Butler, Louis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process of Saturating Oils

Description: Patent for the process of saturating oils. This is a continuation of the treating and improving petroleum hydrocarbons application serial number 792615 filed 1913-09-30.
Date: August 27, 1918
Creator: Almer McDuffie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wireless-Telephone System.

Description: Patent for a wireless telephone system that does not require the user to flip a switch in between receiving and sending a message.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Maurice Bernays
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a new and useful wire stretcher, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 27, 1899
Creator: Yankee, Elmer
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Description: Patent for a pipe wrench. "One object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient" (lines 12-14) pipe wrench. "Another object of the invention is to obviate the use of link connections and yet obtain a positive binding action off the jaws upon the pipe, bolt, or other object to which the device may be applied." (lines 15-19)
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Coffman, Seburn E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher and Fastener.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher and fastener. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a bar constructed of metal and provided at one end with a claw and having its other end bent at right angles to form an arm provided with a slot or bifurcation forming prongs, one of the prongs being longer than the other, the stud secured to the bar on the side opposite the arm and arranged adjacent to the same and forming a hammer-head, and a handle arranged on the same side of the stud an… more
Date: September 27, 1892
Creator: Chamberlain, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Window-Screen

Description: Patent for "a new and improved window-screen which is simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and arranged to permit of readily placing the screen in position on the window or removing it therefrom and without requiring special runs or guideways and to allow of using the screen either inside or outside of the window, as desired" (lines 8-16)
Date: November 27, 1900
Creator: Holden, Elbridge G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Description: Patent for a wrench whose jaws can be adjusted quickly by pressing a handle on the wrench with the thumb.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Ferguson, Rufus Andrew
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve Lifter

Description: Patent for an appliance which is for jacking up the valve spring of an internal combustion engine when it is needed to remove the valve for any purpose.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Glasscock, Oscar T. & Phillips, William F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knob-Fastening.

Description: Patent for improved knob fastening where the door knob will be held in place without the use of screws for increased durability, including illustrations.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Collins, Horace B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wagon-Body

Description: Patent for "new and useful improvements in wagon-bodies, having for its object simplicity and durability," (lines 10-12) including illustrations.
Date: December 27, 1887
Creator: Folsome, Charles F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insecticide.

Description: Patent for a compound to kill insects, formula and instruction on how to mix the ingredients are included. No illustration.
Date: August 27, 1889
Creator: Smith, Byrd
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insecticide Distributor.

Description: Patent for a new and improved bug sprayer. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a base, a bellows mounted thereon, a receptacle arranged in advance of the bellows and adapted to contain poison to be distributed, a forwardly-projecting discharge-tube, laterally-extending discharge-tubes comprising inner rigid sections, outer rigid sections having series of discharge-nozzles, and flexible couplings connecting the rigid sections, and the braces having their inner ends pivoted to the base … more
Date: September 27, 1892
Creator: Talley, Reuben J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Truck for Railway-Carriages.

Description: Patent for an improved truck for railway carriages that is meant "to construct surface-rollers which have their center of bearing above the center of the traction of surface roller, and which have traction rollers bearing upon the upper portion of the main surface-roller, and upon which the load is supported equally upon two points of the surface or traction roller" (lines 17-23).
Date: June 27, 1893
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle for Cotton Pickers.

Description: Patent for a new and improved vehicle for picking cotton. This design "consists in a three-wheeled vehicle provided with a seat, in combination with a suitable frame which is supported at one end upon two wheels, and which is loosely attached at its other end to the axle of the three-wheeled vehicle, and which is used for carrying the bag or basket which is to hold the cotton . . . thus enabl[ing] persons to pick cotton who have weak backs" (lines 15-28).
Date: February 27, 1883
Creator: Reid, John Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Irrigating Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a new and improved irrigation apparatus. This design "pertains to improvements in irrigating apparatus, having for its object to prevent the choking or obstructing of the nozzle and to effect the proper distribution of the water; and it consists of the combination and construction of parts" (lines 13-18).
Date: May 27, 1884
Creator: Chisholm, William R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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