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Canopy

Description: Patent for an invention that relates to certain improvements in carriage-covers; and it consists in the peculiar construction of the frame and cover and the manner of operating the same; and the object of the invention is to produce a cover for the protection of carriages while standing idle (Winants, 1902).
Date: September 28, 1899
Creator: Winants, Frank C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Door.

Description: Patent for a door for railroad boxcars, which locks tightly and does not swell.
Date: September 13, 1910
Creator: Ward, Frank & Hollingsworth, Joseph C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combustion Device

Description: Patent for a combustion device that allows for the control of fuel to one or two burners of the same fire box. This device is also built in an upright position to assist in supporting the burner members of the box. This device is built stronger and simpler than other devices of its kind.
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Halliburton, Orville G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boll Breaker and Cleaner.

Description: Patent for a boll breaker and cleaner with a casing with a pair of revolving cylinders with boll-breaking arms adapted to work with additional boll-breaking arms projected from rocking shafts in the lower portion of the casing. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: Hale, John W. & Galey, John I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Condenser for Cotton-Gins.

Description: Patent for a new means of separating air from cotton, expelling the air while the cotton is condensed and released for baling.
Date: September 17, 1901
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn or Cotton Planter

Description: Patent for improvements on corn or cotton planters, especially referring to patent no. 692,646. These improvements are meant to "Simplify the means of adjusting the position of the plows and seed-dropper, to improve the frame construction, and in general to simplify and improve the whole machine" (lines 16-19) Includes instructions and illustrations
Date: September 4, 1903
Creator: Simmons, Gideon B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Animal-Trap.

Description: Patent for an animal trap "having a vestibule which will be operated by the weight go the animal entering the same to close the entrance-door and open an exit-door into a receiving compartment or cage" (line 13-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 12, 1905
Creator: Kirk, Robert L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shoe-Heel Holder.

Description: Patent for "the provision of means for removably holding a heel in position for attachment to a shoe...as to hold it against accidental displacement during the operation of securing it to the shoe..." (lines 10-12, 22-24). It also includes an illustration.
Date: September 13, 1921
Creator: Creed, William Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in stilts.

Description: Patent for an improved stilt involving a stilt-rod and a tube that can be slid. Includes illustrations.
Date: September 18, 1875
Creator: Beaumont, Franklin, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motormeter-Anchor.

Description: Patent for a new Motormeter-Anchor: a device that will "provide a means whereby a motormeter can be anchored securely to the radiator of an automobile, thus making theft of same impossible, or difficult that it will not be attempted" (lines 8-12).
Date: September 20, 1921
Creator: Ashton, William James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motor-Driven Surface-Treating Machine.

Description: Patent for a surface-treating machine propelled by a motor. The design is compact, economic, and more efficient than previous machines.
Date: September 13, 1921
Creator: Clarke, Alex A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Packer

Description: Patent for cotton packer designed for use in cotton gins.
Date: September 27, 1921
Creator: Williams, French B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

De-Aerator

Description: Patent for improvements in de-aerators such as "forcing the water into the tank and spraying the same against the cylinder to cause the air and gases to separate from the water, and means for causing a vacuum in the upper end of the tank from which a suction pipe extends to allow ready escape of the separated air and gases" (lines 27-33) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: September 9, 1913
Creator: Strite, Frank S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Anti-Rail-Creeper Tie-Plate

Description: Patent for an improvement in Anti-Rail-Creeper Tie-Plates. This device was designed to prevent rails from wearing into the ties, "creeping longitudinally or moving laterally; also to prevent a rail from canting outwardly."
Date: September 29, 1914
Creator: McCombs, Oliver A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Aeroplane

Description: Patent for an aeroplane. The invention is designed to vary the curvature of the plane from front to rear and by this means the plane may be so adjusted as to reduce the "head resistance" to a minimum. The invention is also trying to find the suitable means for manipulating the adjustable sections whereby the movable sections. This invention aims to provide a machine that is strong, durable, efficient, and comparatively simple to construct.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: McCarroll, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Band for Paper, Currency, &c.

Description: Patent for a new and improved money clip. This design consists in "[a] band for packages provided with tongues projecting toward each other and an elastic, whereby when the band is in use the tongues will project in opposite directions to receive the elastic" (lines 57-61).
Date: September 6, 1887
Creator: Matthews, Oscar Semmes
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Artificial Tooth

Description: Patent for an artificial tooth to a gold bridge. Illustration included.
Date: September 6, 1904
Creator: Priest, Frank L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Aeroplane.

Description: Patent for an aeroplane with a propeller, which is "pivotally mounted and adjustable into different positions relative to the planes in order to produce either a rising movement or thereof or a driving movement in a horizontal or other plane" (lines 26-30).
Date: September 19, 1911
Creator: Andrae, Ernest H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Meat-Cutting Machine

Description: Patent for a meat-cutting machine that employs a powered knife and saw combination for the slicing of meat.
Date: September 20, 1921
Creator: Creed, William T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Copy-Holder.

Description: Patent for a copy holder with a firmer clamp and a better support for the line indicating bar than previous versions.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Flynn, Melvina L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Filler and Packer for Baling Aparatus

Description: Patent for improvements in apparatus to combined filler and packer for association with cotton press or baling and operations to receive lint cotton.
Date: September 23, 1913
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Acetylene Gas Generator

Description: Patent for improving acetylene gas generator designs with the use of an added specification in the form of a new apparatus. Illustrations and instructions are included.
Date: September 7, 1897
Creator: Taylor, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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