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Window-Sash.

Description: Patent for an improved window sash that is meant to "provide means for securing a sash in its frame whereby it is capable of free movement, and at the same time is dust-proof, wind-proof, rain-proof, and snow-proof" (lines 9-13). The sash does not rattle and cannot be displaced from the outside.
Date: June 6, 1893
Creator: Roach, George W. & Ralph, Sidney L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Spring.

Description: Patent for an improved vehicle spring on the axle that is stronger and more durable, including illustrations.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Hagemann, Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lock Nut

Description: Patent for a new and improved lock nut design that is "simple, durable and inexpensive in construction, as well as convenient, practical, serviceable and efficient in its use" (lines 20-22).
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Collier, William Ried
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing-Machine.

Description: Patent for an improved washing machine that is meant to "provide a machine which will be exceedingly simple, durable and economic in construction, and wherein clothes may be washed expeditiously and conveniently and without injury thereto" (lines 9-13).
Date: June 6, 1893
Creator: Jones, James H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Water-Elevators.

Description: Patent for "an endless chain of buckets on a reel for working them, so contrived that it tilts the buckets so that they empty and pass the spout without revolving, whereby the contrivance is simpler and better than when they are made to revolve, and the buckets are linked together by a novel contrivance for carrying them, to enter the water bottom downward, and to allow the air to escape when filling." (Lines 5-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 6, 1876
Creator: Smith, Edgar J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knee Pad

Description: Patent for a knee protector design "which when worn will not inconvenience the wearer when standing or walking" (lines 10-12). Illustrations are included.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Ashton, Epps
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Locking Device for Automobiles

Description: Patent for automobiles to lock the steering shaft so that it is un-driveable and cannot be stolen and driven away without the key.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Kavanaugh, Nelson J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement In Shoe-Lacings

Description: Patent for relation to device of gaiter-boot's; nature of invention consist in the arrangment of the shoe laces; whereby the shoe laces be properly laced. Proptions of the lace between the eyelet on the left side of the opening be drawn over and placed on hooks or bottons situated on the right side are in like manner placed on hooks or buttons on the left side.
Date: June 6, 1876
Creator: Lindemann, August W. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Fluting-Irons.

Description: Patent for "improvements in combined fluting and smoothing irons, which are made hollow for the purpose of receiving a heated metallic block which will raise the shell to the proper temperature for smoothing or fluting." (Line 16-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 6, 1876
Creator: McCausland, William I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Current-Wheels.

Description: Patent for improvements in current-wheels, consisting of an improved arrangement of feathering-buckets, the gate, and opening devices. It includes a description and illustration.
Date: June 6, 1871
Creator: Tuder, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tie-Handling Apparatus

Description: Patent for a mechanism mounted on a hand car that will remove old rail ties and install new ones. This mechanism allows for the rails to remain undisturbed and the space underneath to be cleared for the new tie installation.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Jones, Jefferson Davis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hydraulic Dredging-Machine.

Description: Patent for "an improved device for the excavation of material from the bottoms and sides of channels or other water ways; and has for its object to provide a novel machine of the type indicated, which will afford means to rapidly loosen earth or gravel below the surface of a water course, mix it with water, and subsequently transfer and discharge the débris upon the shore of the stream or within a floating receptacle, as may be desired" (lines 8-18).
Date: June 6, 1893
Creator: Robbins, John M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fish-Bait.

Description: Patent for improvements in Fish-Bait.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Evans, Henry F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Description: Patent for improvement in bale-ties by reducing a series of motions to fasten and unfasten the tie to simply just one single motion. Illustration is included.
Date: June 6, 1876
Creator: Davis, Waters S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Telephone Transmitter

Description: Patent for a telephone transmitter. Illustration included.
Date: June 6, 1905
Creator: Fletcher, Milton J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Step Ladder

Description: Patent for a step ladder. Illustration included.
Date: June 6, 1905
Creator: Soergel, John G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Method of Making Lubricants.

Description: Patent for method of creating a lubricant using graphite and lubricating oils.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Bierbaum, Christopher, H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut-Lock.

Description: Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive nut lock that can be easily used and removed. It lengthens the life of the bolt. The invention is "a bolt with a longitudinal groove or slot in which fits a tongue or lug on a washer which is provided with a notch or notches into which may be forced a portion or portions of a washer made of bendable material, opposite portions of which are designed to be forced into notches in the faces of the nut and thus the nut and both washers are bound or hel… more
Date: June 6, 1893
Creator: Woods, John B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Harness-Buckle.

Description: Patent for a new and useful harness buckle, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 6, 1899
Creator: Comer, Little Berry
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Operating Mechanism for Window Sash and Screens

Description: Patent for improvements for window sash and screens, specifically improving opening, adjusting and closing mechanisms.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Agee, Howard L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump.

Description: Patent for a hand- or wind mill-operated water pump that is cheap and easy to manufacture.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Eppler, Edwin R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Joint Fastening.

Description: Patent for a new improvement in railroad rail joint fastenings, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 6, 1899
Creator: Arnold, Eliphalet Lester
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quilting Attachment For Sewing Machines

Description: Patent for quilting attachment for sewing machines that "provide an attachment of simple construction, and readily secured to or removed from the table of a sewing machine" (lines 15-17). Illustrations are included.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Zeigler, Washington M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Horse-Detacher

Description: Patent for a horse detacher for horse-drawn vehicles. Illustrations included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Lindsey, John M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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