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Cultivator-Hopple.

Description: Patent for the simplification, strengthening, and adjustment of levers to make using a cultivator hopple easier to use.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: McCanless, Joseph E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lawn-Mower.

Description: Patent for an improved lawn mower by having a cutter-bar and finger-bar work together to cut grass that close to trees, fences and or other obstructions, including illustration.
Date: February 3, 1891
Creator: Runyon, Edwin Elijah
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well-Drilling Rig.

Description: Patent, including illustrations, for "an improved well drilling rig or apparatus" which provides "a simple, efficient, and practical machine of this kind including revoluble means having a device operatively connected to a walking beam (from which a drilling tool is suspended), so that upon every complete revolution of the revoluble means, the drilling tool or bit will be given two direct drops, each alternating with the lifting movement of the drill bit" (page 1, lines 11-21).
Date: February 3, 1920
Creator: Bradford, Robert M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill.

Description: Patent for windmills by making them self-regulating and "it consists in the construction and arrangement of devices whereby the force of the wind is made to move the wind-wheel and crank-shift backward and turn the vane, and also in the devices for turning the vane at will" (lines 14-18).
Date: February 3, 1880
Creator: Tevis, James H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Cooler.

Description: Patent for an improved water-cooler by wrapping the outer surface of a water container with two layers of fabric; an imperforate projection–tube from a supplemental water reservoir arranged above the water container would moist the inner layer fabric and maintain its moisture; where the outer layer fabric prevents the water forcing through, thus keeping the water cool, illustration is included.
Date: February 3, 1891
Creator: Beacham, Alexander Thacher
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Milling-Machine.

Description: Patent for a milling machine that executes thorough removal of dirt and other substances.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Lakey, William Ray.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Time-Indicator.

Description: Patent for time indicators wherein the time noting figures are carried upon rotary disks that are constructed and arranged as to expose the proper time in hours, minutes, and seconds to a face plate.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Bentley, William G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spindle-Nut Attachment.

Description: Patent for improvement in spindle-nut by providing “an extension to the spindle-nut, not being a washer in any sense of the word, but to all intents and purposes an integral part of said nut adapted to extend toward the outer end of the axle-box and to hold the same to its seat upon the spindle as efficiently as when the parts were new.” (Lines 35-41) Illustration is included.
Date: February 3, 1903
Creator: Carlton, Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tobacco-Pipe.

Description: Patent for a new tobacco pipe capable of trapping nicotine in a removable bowl to facilitate the cleaning process. The pipe also includes a trap for saliva that prevents any saliva from returning to the smoker's mouth regardless of pipe angle. The pipe is manufactured with minimal parts reducing need for repair.
Date: February 3, 1920
Creator: Gerhard, William Henry.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stock Car.

Description: Patent for a new and improved stock car for railroads. This design "has for its object to guard the cattle from such injury as is likely to occur to a car full of cattle by the sudden starting or stopping of the car; to furnish means for guiding the cattle into the proper compartment of the car, and to furnish means for working the device by a train-hand on top of the car" (lines 10-16).
Date: February 3, 1885
Creator: Pierce, Jonathan E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stylographic Fountain-Pen.

Description: Patent for stylographic fountain pens to improve them by allowing the "ink to flow freely from the point of the pen" (line 35) and allowing easy, pressurized ink refills.
Date: February 3, 1880
Creator: Fisher, Charles N. & Downes, Charles L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Guard for Hand-Planes

Description: Patent for an improvement in guards for hand-planes, more specifically bench planes. The improvements provide a guard, which prevents wood shavings or splinters from injuring the hand.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Westberg, John E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Joint.

Description: Patent for improvements in rail joints. A patent for a boltless, interlocking rail joint that is noiseless.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Bell, Silas D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Petroleum-Oil-Burner

Description: Patent for an oil burner for providing heat, light, and for cooking or baking. It super heats steam in two steam chambers to generate more heat.
Date: February 3, 1903
Creator: Demory, Alexander F. & Barron, William G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Planter.

Description: Patent for a cotton planter by using a pivoted spring-actuated tongue that has a feed-slot and regulating-slide to plant cotton or corn seeds easily and quickly. Illustration is included.
Date: February 3, 1891
Creator: Schofield, James Drommond
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Scraper.

Description: Patent for an improved cotton-scraper by applying a regulator (a rod) with a series of perforations to the rear of the scraper, for the purpose of adjusting the depth, at which the cutter shall run. Illustration included.
Date: February 3, 1891
Creator: Hobbs, James Joseph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling-Press.

Description: Patent for baling press for baling hay,cotton, and the like; is simple, durable and efficient.
Date: February 3, 1903
Creator: Heinrich, Ferdinand, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shock Absorber

Description: Patent for "Improvements in Shock Absorbers" (lines 6-7) including illustrations.
Date: February 3, 1920
Creator: Regenbrecht, Bernhard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Single-Seed Planter.

Description: Patent for a single-seed planter using “grasping-jaws pass through the seed box …to gather a seed and carry it to the discharge tube or place of deposit" (lines 9-12), illustration is included.
Date: February 3, 1891
Creator: Hurd, Judson B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shaft-Tug.

Description: Patent for an improvement of harness and shaft-tugs by providing a sleeve to fit the tug closely, a bolt to secure the tug and a strap clamps to the shaft; for the purpose of limiting the movement of the tug. Illustration is included.
Date: February 3, 1891
Creator: Davies, Thomas William & Downey, George Marshall
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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