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Combined Record, Diary, and Ledger

Description: Patent for improvements to books by combining "a general record, a diary, a ledger, and index leaves, including the months and days of the week and alphabetical and numerical indices" (lines 10-12).
Date: August 30, 1892
Creator: Meyer, Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Composition For Roofing And Paving.

Description: Patent for a process "to produce a compound which is strong, tenacious, and pliable, which will not be affected by climatic changes, and which will resist the corrosive action of acids and alkalies; and to this end my invention consists in a compound composed of asphaltum, pine-tar, and oxide of iron, as will more fully hereinafter appear.” (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions.
Date: May 9, 1882
Creator: Lee, Archibald K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Freezing Wine.

Description: Patent for a device that cools wine and liquor. The device "will produce the desired results in much shorter time than is now employed by the common method and apparatus" (lines 11-14).
Date: May 9, 1893
Creator: Wadhams, Arthur
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Adjusting Device for Compressing-Rolls.

Description: Patent for adjusting devices for compressing rolls which “employed for compressing into a continuous thin sheet cotton fiber; and the objects in view are to provide a simple and convenient means for binding the rolls in contact, and when so bound to prevent any undesired yielding.” (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date: June 16, 1891
Creator: Goldthwaite, Joseph G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Garment-Hanger.

Description: Patent for a new garment hanger with supported arms that can be folded for storage, including illustrations.
Date: April 5, 1921
Creator: Morton, John R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cooking Utensil.

Description: Patent for a cooking utensil that is used to cook cereal and similar food articles "that are boiled, steamed, or heated by the agency of boiling water, the objects being to provide a sauce-pan or other suitable vessel, with novel interior parts, that will facilitate the cooking of oatmeal, mush, grits, rice, or other cereals, without danger of their burning, dispensing with need of constant attention, and effecting the operation in a speedy, thorough manner" (lines 11-19).
Date: November 14, 1893
Creator: Nicholls, George Habberton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Coin Sorter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coin sorter. This design "consists of a cabinet or coin-receptacle divided horizontally by a vertical series of drawers, each of which, except the lower one, is formed with a bottom that is provided with closely-set rows of circular openings that communicate with the drawers beneath, the openings in the bottom of each drawer being smaller than those in the bottom of the next drawer above, whereby the larger coins are retained in the upper drawer or drawers, while t… more
Date: September 22, 1885
Creator: Harcourt, Guy M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Easel and Phonograph Horn Tripod.

Description: Patent for a new and improved easel and phonograph horn tripod. This design "is to construct a device which may be used for holding phonograph-horns of different sizes at any desired height, and which also may be employed for holding a painting, or for the use of an artist. [The] invention consists in the combination of a pair of cross-bars, a hinged brace for supporting the bars at any required angle, and an adjustable device for regulating the spread of the bars and of the brace" (lines 22-31… more
Date: August 12, 1890
Creator: Minot, Kendall James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Comb Cleaner.

Description: Patent for a new and useful comb-cleaner. "This invention is an improved construction of comb-cleaner, the object being to provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and efficient device by means of which a comb can be quickly and effectively cleaned" (line 10).
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Hess, Hugo
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Collapsible Rim.

Description: Patent for a collapsible rim for wheels, particularly the wheels of motor vehicles, to provide ease in changing tires. Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date: March 20, 1917
Creator: Rogers, Francis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Adjustable Hame Fastner

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Hame-Fastner" (lines 6-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 14, 1901
Creator: Boyle, Franklyn J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Life-Saving Device.

Description: Patent for a collapsible life-saving device that can be stored in little space on a ship or dock and unfolded quickly for use as a flotation device for several persons.
Date: March 18, 1913
Creator: Bradford, Thomas C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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