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Non-Explosive Oil-Container.

Description: Patent for a protective screen of refractory filaments for "containers holding inflammable, explosive fluids such as naphtha, benzin, gasolene, etc." (lines 10-12)
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Ziller, Robert L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Cultivator and Planter.

Description: Patent for a new part that attaches to an ordinary cultivator. The device has a plow that runs in front, and a planting mechanism that spreads seeds in the plowed rows. This device makes it possible to plough and plant in one sweep of the field.
Date: December 31, 1901
Creator: Noren, Peter O. & Clyburn, Mile D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Description: Patent for a nut-wrench capable of tightening different sized nuts. The lower jaw of the wrench has different levels, the overall effect being that of a staircase, while the upper jaw is flat with a bite that holds the nuts in place.
Date: December 15, 1896
Creator: Tiner, John F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Type-Writing Machine for the Blind

Description: Patent for "an improvement in machines for the production of writings for the blind, under what is technically termed the point system" (lines 8-11).
Date: December 30, 1890
Creator: Sthreshley, Lizzie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve-Closure for Ventilators

Description: Patent for a new valve-closure for ventilators on plumbing systems by W.L. Hamilton and G. McCullough.
Date: December 20, 1917
Creator: Hamilton, William L. & McCullough, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Heater

Description: Patent for a device whereby water or other liquid may be heated instantaneously. (line 10-11)
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Hutchins, Rufus J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Saws.

Description: Patent for improvements to circular or straight saws that steady the saw and prevent vibration and buckling. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 19, 1871
Creator: Littlepage, Caleb V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Methods of Forming Saw-Teeth.

Description: Patent for "a rule for giving to the backs of saw-teeth such an angle as will allow the teeth to be made of proper strength and at the same time to be chambered out and pointed so that they will cut the wood like chisels instead of scraping or tearing the wood." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 19, 1871
Creator: Littlepage, Caleb V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planter.

Description: Patent for a "new and improved corn and cotton planter" (lines 3-4), to plant both cotton and corn seed,including instructions and illustrations. The configuration includes a new combination of parts.
Date: December 25, 1877
Creator: Domschke, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process of Making Food Products.

Description: Patent for a new process "to make lard and butter substitutes, and other edible fatty products possessing the desired consistency and flavor" (lines 27-30) by hydrogenizing oils and fats. Includes explanation of the process.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Walker, Thomas Bailey
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fuel-Supply System and Starter for Explosive-Engines.

Description: Patent for "improvements in the fuel supply system for explosive engines." (Lines 9-10). Improvements include, utilization of the heat of exhaust gases to vaporize liquid fuel, so that the carburetor and other devices are not necessary.
Date: December 15, 1914
Creator: Lowry, Benjamin F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hitching-Strap.

Description: Patent for a strap to attach an animal to a hitching-post, especially a smooth one, to avoid slipping or accidental loosening by the animal with "an improved slidable catch" (line 18).
Date: December 11, 1900
Creator: Jacobsen, Frederik August
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Germ-Destroyer for Telephone-Mouthpieces.

Description: Patent for destroying disease causing germs in the mouth-piece of a telephone.
Date: December 18, 1900
Creator: Lacey, Lewis Lorenzo
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Suspenders.

Description: Patent for new and improved suspenders. This design "has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive article of this character which will avoid the objections to the present form of suspenders" (lines 10-13). More specifically, it "consists in providing a suspender which will be attached on each side by a button or stud to the shirt near the apex of the shoulder, close to the collar-band, then bringing the ends together under the arms, and then about half-way between the arms and the top… more
Date: December 16, 1884
Creator: Stuart, John Arthur
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway-Tie

Description: Patent for a railway tie that can be "firmly secured in the road-bed and which will hold single or double rails" (lines 10-11) so that they cannot be accidentally displaced, including illustrations.
Date: December 1, 1891
Creator: Budington, Albert G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Harness Saddle.

Description: Patent for a new and improved harness saddle. This design "consist[s] of the central arched portion, having the central perforation and side notches, the hook having the screw and nut and lugs, and the jockeys, the latter hinged to the arch . . . and the pads" (lines 65-70).
Date: December 4, 1888
Creator: Vogtsberger, Emil
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Protractor.

Description: Patent for "improvements in drafting instruments and has particular application to a protractor or plotter." (lines 8-10)
Date: December 23, 1913
Creator: Ward, Walter P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Elastic-Tube-Splicing Device

Description: Patent for improvements in elastic tube splicing devices. Primary object being the provision of a novel form of device especially adapted for connecting the free ends of tubes, such as the inner tubes of automobile tires.
Date: December 16, 1913
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fuel Produced From Lignite.

Description: Patent for the process by which fuel is created from lignite coal.
Date: December 15, 1891
Creator: Edelmann, Albert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Gang Plow and Cultivator.

Description: Patent for "a new and improved gang plow and cultivator" (lines 3-4), including instructions and illustrations. "This invention relates to a new agricultural machine which may be readily changed from a gang-plow into a cultivator, and vice-versa" (lines 15-17).
Date: December 18, 1877
Creator: Domschke, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dental Implement

Description: Patent for a dental implement that features a tool useful for dentists when filling teeth and also is adapted to contain filling material for instant availability and use during dental procedures.
Date: December 2, 1919
Creator: Edwards, Walker A., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Abdominal Supporter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved abdominal supporter. This design "consist[s] of the waist-belt, the abdominal sector-shaped pads hung from the waist-belt by elastic straps, the straps buttoned to the belt behind and to the bottom of the abdominal pads in front, the side straps connecting the abdominal pads with the pieces at the back, and the front strap connecting the two abdominal pads together with the shoulder-straps" (lines 70-79).
Date: December 25, 1888
Creator: Gray, Harriet N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Design for a Badge or Medal.

Description: Design patent for a round souvenir badge or medal that has an image of a star on the front with a portrait in the center, and rays emanating toward the outside edge used for text. The back of the medal has an image of the Texas state capitol and spaces for additional text. The design also includes a suspending-bar shaped as a bald eagle with spread wings, holding crossed rifles.
Date: December 6, 1887
Creator: Maxcy, John Wharton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Sign.

Description: Patent for an electric lighted sign, as might be displayed in the window of a business. The sign consists of a box with an inner reflective coating, an interior light source (bulb), and front-facing circular cutouts with translucent coverings, the latter arranged to depict the sign text.
Date: December 27, 1921
Creator: Daughdrill, Kenneth W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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