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Agitator.

Description: Patent for an improved device to produce a useful agitation of liquid in washing machines by configuring the paddles or blades in the most effective manner, including illustrations.
Date: February 23, 1915
Creator: Babek, Aloysius S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Linotype-Machines

Description: Patent for "an attachment for a linotype machine in the form of a measuring gage constructed in such a manner that the same can be quickly attached to the linotype machine adjacent to the keyboard to facilitate the correcting of proofs and the like by the operator." With this invention, an operator can "ascertain instantaneously, what measure or the number of ems at which to set the machine to make the required correction."
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Callan, Christopher B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Telltale Switch

Description: Patent for switch that indicates when a vacuum fails. Used for systems in "which it is desired to keep a ... uniform vacuum such as in fruit dryers, creosoting plants, surgace and jet condensing for steam plants and the like" (lines 21-25).
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Howland, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bolt Lock

Description: Patent for an improved bolt block that maintains a bolt effectively against axial rotation.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Robinson, Robert John, Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Hose-Reel and Valve.

Description: Patent for a hose reel and valve in which the act of unwinding the reel automatically opens the valve; includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Landry, Rosamond L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mop

Description: Patent for a mop with removable cleaning cloth. Intended use is for washing dishes. The handles for holding the cloth are for securely twisting to wring water out.
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Evans, Anna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Blow-Off Cock

Description: Patent for new and useful Improvements in “blow-off cocks for use on locomotive and other boilers,” (line 9-11), including an illustration.
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Roach, John L. & Dawson, Lance L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Roofing.

Description: Patent for "a novel and improved device for fastening corrugated sheet metal roofing, and the running board supports or blocks upon the car." (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Maness, William Curtain
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Adjustable Plow Mechanism

Description: Patent for an adjustable plow with an improved adjustable and reversible mechanism in plow construction, Allows for properly spaced elevated ridges for planting crops.
Date: February 23, 1915
Creator: Popp, Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Faucet.

Description: Patent for a novel faucet using a reciprocating valve instead of a rotary valve and resistant to problems caused by ice formation in the faucet, with illustrations.
Date: February 23, 1915
Creator: McLaren, Charles E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Show-Case.

Description: Patent for "a case for displaying vegetables, fruits, nuts and other commodities, and which shall be sanitary and ventilated" (lines 12-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Huston, William E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trap.

Description: Patent for a new type of animal trap with a rotating cylinder that projects the animal into the trap itself when depressed.
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Webster, Joseph R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tail-Light for Automobiles.

Description: Patent for a lamp for automobiles, which combines a lantern (with colored lens) with a number plate holder (which includes sections that can be inserted and removed). The lamp is positioned to show and illuminate the number plate.
Date: February 23, 1915
Creator: Lindsey, James J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Package-Tie.

Description: Patent for a tie that fastens the ends of a string together for the purpose of securely wrapping packages, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Forsgard, Edward F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gas Generator and Burner.

Description: Patent for a "combined gas generator and burner" (lines 9-10) adapted for household heating and cooking purposes including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Hopper, James F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seal

Description: Patent for seals of car doors and other structures, and the object is to provide seal which cannot be released without destruction or mutilation so that the tampering with the seal may be readily detected.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Peyton, William T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Belt Lifter for Bull Wheels

Description: Patent for belft lifters for bull wheels for providing "a simple and efficient belt manipulating device peculiarly adapted to be used in connection with bull wheels of well drilling machinery" (line 11-14).
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Peterson, Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pot-Cover.

Description: Patent for a pot cover with an expansible and contractible cover adapted to be assembled with a utensil of any desired sort. The pot cover provides movable parts (detachable handles) and a locking device for connecting and securing the movable parts of the pot cover.
Date: February 23, 1915
Creator: Nye, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Burning Unburnt Gas Products.

Description: Patent for a new "method for burning all of the products usually known as "waste products" and to eliminate the fumes and poisonous vapors." (lines 27-30) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Jansen, Andrew
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Steam-Cushion Valve.

Description: Patent for "a new and useful steam cushion valve, and its object is to provide a steam cushion valve that will sever to automatically retard the exhaust from a cylinder as the piston approaches one of the cylinder heads." (lines 9-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Henry, Nelson B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut-Cracking Machine.

Description: Patent for an improved nut-cracking machine receiving-hopper and feeding-chute especially for pecans, but effective for any type of nut, "whereby the nuts are caused to assume a certain position to feed one by one in succession to the cracking mechanism and to then enter the cracking mechanisms in the appropriate positions. (p. 1, lines 26 -30). The improved machine also automatically adjusts for different sized nuts, including illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Gebhardt, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Potato Screening and Sorting Machine.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Potato Screening and Sorting Machines" (lines 6-8). "This invention relates to potato screening and sorting machines, and has for one of its objects the provision of a machine of this character, which is simple in construction, efficient in operation, and which can be manufactured at a nominal cost" (lines 13-18).
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Harris, Thomas Sanders & Morgan, Joseph Penell
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Drill-Support.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Drill-Supports, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to drilling apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus of this character for use in coal or other mines for boring or drilling holes for blasting charges and other purposes" (lines 6-13).
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Williams, Benjamin F. & Mayfield, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Casing for Player-Pianos.

Description: Patent for "new and useful improvements" (lines 9-10) to the casing for player pianos. Improvements include simplifying numerous operations of the piano to be accomplished by one mechanism. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Terry, Charles R. & Money, Benjamin F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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