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Truck.

Description: Patent for an improvement in trucks adapted for railroad use including handling baggage and freight and allowing the supporting wheels to be arranged with respect to the body of the truck so they can be moved longitudinally.
Date: May 25, 1920
Creator: Hall, James T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.

Description: Patent for an improvement in cotton-choppers by way of vertical rock-shafts.
Date: May 25, 1876
Creator: Burnham, Theodore O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rudder-Bar for Aeroplanes.

Description: Patent for improvement in aeroplanes, especially to the steering mechanism which allows for the rudder to be locked in position so the aviator can remove their feet from the steering bar.
Date: May 25, 1920
Creator: McMullen, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Luggage-Carrier.

Description: Patent for improving automobile luggage carriers by attaching a device to the vehicle's running board, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Reed, Allen T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ice Tongs

Description: Patent for ice tongs to assist with lifting ice "and other articles," with a special feature on the device that will display the weight of the item being carried (line 10).
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Henderson, Douglas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Air Pump.

Description: Patent for improvements in air pumps pertaining to their ability to inflate pneumatic tires.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Messerli, John J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Emergency-Tire.

Description: Patent for improvements in emergency tires to provide "an improved emergency tire adapted to be quickly and easily applied to the auto rim in the emergency arising by reason of the regular tire being incapacitated by a "blow-out" or other cause." (lines 12-16)
Date: May 25, 1920
Creator: Shannon, Harris Moore
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Facing-Blocks

Description: Patent for facing blocks used as a veneer or facing with wood or metal framework. In using "uncemented tongue and groove" joints, the facing blocks allows for adjustment due to settling of the frame and features durable and efficient construction.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Neimeyer, Frederich George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Alarm System

Description: Patent for a fire alarm system which activates when a certain temperature is detected by the device.
Date: May 25, 1909
Creator: Giese, Leo
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vegetable Grater and Slicer.

Description: Patent for an improvement on vegetable graters or slicers. The design allows for more efficient cutting of the vegetables and allows for gravity to feed the vegetables through the slicer and avoiding injury to the operator. Included are instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 25, 1880
Creator: Weitzel, Jacob F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mechanical Motor.

Description: Patent for an improved and efficient "in motors adapted especially for domestic use, its object being to provide a cheap, compact, durable, and efficient automatic motive mechanism which may be utilized for drivers various household apparatus" including instructions and illustration.
Date: May 25, 1880
Creator: Miller, Noah J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lamp.

Description: Patent for improvements to headlight lamps used in locomotives, with illustrations.
Date: May 25, 1897
Creator: Pitts, William Wirt
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fumigator.

Description: Patent for a fumigator for driving out flies or mosquitoes from rooms with kerosene gas.
Date: May 25, 1909
Creator: Hauck, Jacob
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saddle-Press

Description: Patent for a saddle press that can be adapted fit to any common cantle to more quickly paste a cover onto it. The saddle may also be moved while the press is in use.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Wendorf, Henry L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Horse-Power Machines.

Description: Patent for new and improved cog-wheel designed to improve horse-powered machines that are used in "flouring mills, and agricultural, and other machines" (lines 16-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 25, 1880
Creator: Hooker, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Replacer and Derailer

Description: Patent for a car replacer and derailer to place the wheels of a train car back on track in case of derailment which can be easily added to train rails.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Zeagler, Bennie L. & Stryker, Charles L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Vegetable-Cutters.

Description: Patent for "vegetable-cutters adapted to cut a number of slices by a single stroke, in which a series of knives, arranged in two converging tiers, are used in conjunction with a centrally-disposed block for supporting the article to be sliced." (Lines 7-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 25, 1875
Creator: Goolsbee, John N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow-Beam.

Description: Patent for "effective means whereby the component parts of a plow-beam can be relatively adjusted according to the nature of the work in hand or to meet certain conditions, thereby facilitating the work and increasing or decreasing the draft." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 25, 1897
Creator: Miller, Henry A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Doffer.

Description: Patent for a doffer for removing cotton lint from gin saw blades, which does not harm the saws and is very sturdy.
Date: May 25, 1909
Creator: Vardell, Arthur A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for "automatic pin-and-link car-couplings in which a sliding spring-actuated block is employed for supporting the coupling-pin in an elevated position preparatory to coupling." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 25, 1897
Creator: Lee, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Door Check.

Description: Patent for a new and improved door-check. This design "relates to improvements in devices for checking the movements of a door to prevent its forcible contact with a wall or other object, and for automatically fastening it in an open position, so that it will not be accidentally closed. The invention consists of a check or catch plate adapted to be secured to the floor or wall and provided with an inclined track for the passage of a spring-bolt on the door, a transverse projection being arrange… more
Date: May 25, 1886
Creator: Cevor, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Switch Operating Mechanism for Electric Railways.

Description: Patent for a switch-operating mechanism for electric railways that uses a movable display band to control movement through an electrically operated switch. The arrival of the railway car or street car at a point adjacent to the switch automatically throws the switch to automatically shunt the car from one line to another without a motorman or switchman's intervention.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Craig, Richard M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Peanut-Harvester

Description: Patent for a peanut harvester which allows the vines to move from the uprooting mechanism to the conveyor and cleaning device, incorporates a variable depth uprooting mechanism, and introduces efficiency and durability improvements of several parts.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Brummett, Sinclair H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gin-Saw Cleaner

Description: Patent for a gin saw cleaner that can clean saws while in rotation.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Flowers, Malon I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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