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Wagon-Step.

Description: Patent for removable steps that can be mounted over the front wheel of a farm wagon to make it safer and easier to access the spring seat.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Smith, Amon Cornelius
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knee-Pad

Description: Patent for knee-pads that are used for berry or cotton pickers.
Date: May 3, 1915
Creator: Holsey, Walter R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement to Suction-Cup for Cotton-Picking Machines

Description: Patent for the improvement in suction-cups for cotton-picking machines in which the addition of knives allows for easier collection of cotton. Instructions and illustrations included.
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Meier, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Linter-Float-Driving Mechanism.

Description: Patent for the improvement of the linter-float-driving mechanism of float drives for cotton linters. The invention produces a positive driving mechanism for a float and removes the use of a belt tightening idler.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Stephens, Louis K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve.

Description: Patent for an improvement in sealing capabilities for water pump valves, including illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Shelp, William B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Jack-Block.

Description: Patent for improvement in jack boxes used for holding the wheel of a car.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Guild, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Type-Writer Cover

Description: Patent for a collapsible typewriter cover that is more cheaply constructed, has a base for the typewriter, a supporting frame for the hood that limits the swinging movements, and a felt strip for protecting the furniture the typewriter is on.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Rochelle, Raymond C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vignetter for Cameras.

Description: Patent for an improved vignetter for cameras which is able to blend backgrounds of "a number of photographic impressions made upon a single sensitized plate or film" (lines 14-16).
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: Moine, Selest E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lavatory.

Description: Patent "relates to improvement in wash basins, tubs, sinks, trays, and the like and especially with reference to the provision of improved means for flushing the waste pipe or duct thereof and for preventing overflow in the case the supply of faucet or faucets should be left running..."
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Kavanagh, Joseph A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle.

Description: Patent for a vehicle that is "designed particularly for travel through the water but adapted through the peculiarity of its construction for travel with practically equal facility on the land." (p. 1, lines 9-12), including illustrations.
Date: May 4, 1915
Creator: Ramsey, Frank T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Keyless Padlock

Description: Patent for combination padlock.
Date: December 28, 1915
Creator: Moses, Richard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Interior Bracing of Silos.

Description: Patent for removable parts for silos to prevent the silo from collapsing when empty, including illustrations.
Date: August 31, 1915
Creator: Galbraith, Henry W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement to Lifting-Jacks

Description: Patent for the improvement of the lifting jack which allows the user to "lower the lifting bar by a step-by-step movement as well as to elevate the lifting bar by such a movement (lines 12-14). Includes instructions and illustration."
Date: January 12, 1915
Creator: Parker, Charles W. & Wittliff, Theodore H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Step.

Description: Patent for a unit which covers the hub of a wheel to provide protection against people "stepping on or 'riding' the hub." (Line 15).
Date: August 10, 1915
Creator: Butcher, Joseph A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vise and Saw-Clamp

Description: Patent for improvements to vise and saw clamps complete with illustration.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: King, William T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Kerosene-Burner.

Description: Patent for kerosene fueled burner for use with cooking or heating, includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Patton, William D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve-Gear.

Description: Patent for a horizontally arranged cylinder that when used would bear no wear indefinitely. The cylinder was made specifically for steam engines.
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Burrow, Edgar A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knee-Protector

Description: Patent for a knee protector "adapted to be worn by cotton pickers, miners, and other workmen who are required to walk or labor while resting on the knees. The present invention contemplates the provision of a knee protector of unique construction...the present device while applied to the knee, permitting the wearer to walk conveniently either while standing or kneeling."
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Bassett, Rufus C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lock.

Description: Patent for a screen door lock which is both rotatable and slidable.
Date: December 28, 1915
Creator: Stockburger, Charles W.
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

Train Control System

Description: Patent for an improved train control system that will help to stop train movement when approached b another train or vehicle on tracks within a predetermined or dangerous distance. It is intended to cause a signal that will allow the train engineer to both opportunity and warning in time to apply brakes and stop. The design also enhances the utility and efficiency of the train control system.
Date: November 9, 1915
Creator: Smith, S. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Transverse-Cutter Rotary Drill

Description: Patent for a rotary boring drill whose head is made of multiple parts, allowing for a larger cutter than a single piece head. The mechanism that holds the multiple parts of the head together also prevents the cross-shaft from rotating with the head.
Date: January 12, 1915
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Veterinary Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a veterinary apparatus to help ease the administration of medicine to horses and other animals. It is a bridle attachment.
Date: August 24, 1915
Creator: Biasiolli, Joseph J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Transposition Device for Electric Lines.

Description: Patent for improving efficiency in transposing electric lines. Improvements include providing devices "which cannot be destroyed by bullets or rocks and other destructive agencies", providing devices "which will maintain the lines parallel with each other", and providing devices "so that no special tools will be necessary for linemen... only a pair of pliers."
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Neel, Guy W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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