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Fly-Trap.

Description: Patent for an improved fly-trap that effectively ensnares flies while providing an efficient method of fly disposal and easier access to the trap for cleaning, including illustrations.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Crawford, James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Extracting Wax from Plants

Description: Patent for "an apparatus for extracting wax from the candelilla plant and other species of plants of the class Myrica." (lines 9-12)
Date: March 14, 1911
Creator: Frank Thatcher, of El Paso, Texas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Slime-Separator.

Description: Patent for a slime-separator "to provide means for automatically regulating the separate water flow, and discharging the solid proportionally with the settling of the solids in the receptacle" (lines 44-47). The patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Allen, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Woodworking-Clamp.

Description: Patent for woodworking clamp that is adjustable so that it can be used with many different shapes and sizes.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: Seidel, Emil K. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ink Feeder for Pens.

Description: Patent for a wire attachment to be added to the hollow of a writing pen. This attachment would enable more ink to be drawn into the interior of the pen, therefore allowing more words to be written from a single dip into an ink well.
Date: August 3, 1915
Creator: Hine, Frank B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tubular Plate-Casting Box

Description: Patent for a device that improves the methods of tubular plate casting.
Date: March 14, 1916
Creator: Harm, John William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Locking Device for Steering-Wheels.

Description: Patent for a new and improved locking device for steering wheels that secures the front axle of an automobile at an angle to prevent unauthorized movement beyond a small circle or curve, including illustrations.
Date: August 22, 1916
Creator: Coleman, Oscar F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Type Writing Machine

Description: Patent for type-writing machine used to center heading on a document in typewriting machines. With the success of the invention, the carriage-spacing key is depressed once for each letter in the word being centered.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Barker, Benjamin F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tube-Mill.

Description: Patent for improvements in tube-mills (employed for ore and other substances) which is meant to help support and drive rotating drums or cylinders of the mills allowing for more full appearances.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Bergman, Julius G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lifter and Turner.

Description: Patent for a lifter and turner tool to lift pots, pans, kettles and lids, and for turning and lifting food.
Date: February 12, 1918
Creator: Milliorn, William L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve-Spring Lifter.

Description: Patent for valve spring lifter designed for use with internal combustion engines that holds the intake or exhaust valve springs in an elevated or rigid position. Illustrations included.
Date: June 18, 1918
Creator: Mountain, Thomas O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Weed-Cutter

Description: Patent for "a simple, light and inexpensive tool which an be handled easily by women working in gardens and fields, particularly for cutting sand burs and cockle burs" (lines 9-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Klaffert, Katie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill

Description: Patent for a windmill that rotates on a vertical and horizontal axis. The blades are mounted to stop in order to prevent damage to the windmill should pressure occur.
Date: November 11, 1919
Creator: Brown, Archie Edwards
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill.

Description: Patent for a windmill with vanes that can compensate for varying wind speeds without being damaged by high winds.
Date: October 21, 1919
Creator: Ochoa, Victor Leaton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheel-Bearing.

Description: Patent for a wheel-bearing that reduces friction between the wheel and axle, prevents dust from going inside the bearing, and keeps the bearing wheels in place at the bore of the wheel. The wheel bearing consists of a few parts that can be easily assembled and would rarely need to be repaired. The patent includes illustrations.
Date: August 19, 1913
Creator: Manley, Earl W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Signal

Description: Patent for vehicle signal with accompanying illustrations.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Edmond, George Woodbridge
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Injection Apparatus

Description: Patent for an injection apparatus for use in adding chemicals to water supplies in sinks.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Rodgers, Walter S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lemon-Squeezer.

Description: Patent for a new lemon squeezer design for "table purposes" (line 15) and "to provide a sanitary lemon squeezer" (lines 19-20) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 14, 1911
Creator: Carroll, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Low-Water Alarm For Boilers

Description: Patent for "improvements in low water alarms for steam boilers and more particularly to those which are operated by the heat from the steam in the boiler, after the water therein has fallen below a predetermined danger point" (lines 15-20).
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Anderson, Williamson D. & Shearer, Edward J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trailer.

Description: Patent for improved construction and arrangement of trailers. This improvement will allow an easy turning movement where a number of trailers are connected while admitting of strain between the various trailers when they are turning a corner or going around a curve.
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: Watkins, Leigh
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well Cleaning Device

Description: Patent for a device to clean a well to prevent pumps from being clogged.
Date: October 7, 1913
Creator: Kilburn, John Franklin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheelbarrow

Description: Patent for "an improved self-dumping wheel barrow especially adapted for use for wheeling concrete and also adapted for use for wheeling sand and other material" (lines 8-11) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: August 12, 1913
Creator: Tyler, George A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Transmission-Gearing for Station-Indicators.

Description: Patent for a transmission device that indicates railway stations. The transmission gear can affix to any railway or street car. The transmission gearing helps to indicate (or display) accurately the names of stations or streets in conservative order.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Tarbell, Cassius C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mechanical Movement

Description: Patent for the invention of certain improvements in mechanical movements.
Date: July 29, 1910
Creator: Campbell, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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