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Womb-Battery.

Description: Patent for a womb-battery that has "an advantageous electrical or galvanic device adapted, when placed in the womb of a patient where it will be subject to the chemical action of the mucous fluid, to develop a mild electric action and thereby stimulate the generative organs and promote the cure of the various diseases peculiar to the female sex" (lines 13-20). It also is not easily displaced and is easily adjusted.
Date: June 5, 1894
Creator: Petit, Julius C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill.

Description: Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the radial arms of the wheel-frame and the vertical pivot-posts thereon, the sails or fans pivoted to said posts, the pivoted detents, and the pivoted governing-levers to which said detents are connected, said levers carrying adjustable weights" (lines 16-23).
Date: June 5, 1883
Creator: Witherspoon, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well-Drilling Apparatus

Description: Patent for a well-drill swivel designed to improve the function of a well-drilling apparatus. The improved swivel is meant to create a better connection between rod and rope and prevent twisting of water-supply.
Date: June 5, 1906
Creator: Hall, Samuel N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Sulky-Plows

Description: Patent for sulky plow improvements plow beams, pivot studs, and plow frame.
Date: June 5, 1877
Creator: Fowler, Albert A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Rotary Engines.

Description: Patent for improvements in rotary engines.
Date: June 5, 1866
Creator: Hughes, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump.

Description: Patent for a pump design that allows for the pump barrel to be securely locked in position in the well and easily released again when the parts need to be removed again.
Date: June 5, 1916
Creator: Ligon, Arthur Lee
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pumping-Engine.

Description: Patent for a pumping engine that pumps air, water, oil, or other agents. It was designed to be used for air pumps on locomotives, inflating tires on automobiles, pumping water in steam operated machines, and other uses.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Allison, Jesse H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tie-Up Stand for Mail.

Description: Patent for the tying of mail into bundles. The invention is adjustable and allows for mail of various widths.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Zerwer, John A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Steam-Trap

Description: Patent for " a improved steam-separating trap or steam-eliminator for obtaining a supply of dry steam to an engine or like machinery" (lines 7-10 including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 5, 1900
Creator: Guild, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow Attachment

Description: Patent for an inexpensive and simple plow attachment meant to convert the single foot plow stock into a double shovel plow or a gang plow. The attachment is adjustable in order to "straddle the rows to be cultivated; and finally, means for adjusting the standards of the plow whereby the same are adapted to run at any desired depth" (lines 16-20).
Date: June 5, 1894
Creator: Jensen, Ole T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motor.

Description: Patent for improvements in motors designed for motor-vehicle operation. Cheaper manufacture and less expensive fuel are included as claimed improvements.
Date: June 5, 1916
Creator: Edwards, Charles R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nailless Horseshoe

Description: Patent for horseshoe with extended sides that will bend inward to fit the shape of the horse hoof and that will be secured by screwing on nuts to pre-attached bolts on ears pressed against the hoof. Invention is a light and adjustable shoe that can be put on without the use of nails and can be removed at any time.
Date: June 5, 1906
Creator: King, Alphonse
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Piano.

Description: Patent for a new piano "in which the strings are vibrated through the medium of a bow, as in a violin, instead of being struck with hammers in accordance with the usual method" (lines 8-12), including illustrations.
Date: June 5, 1900
Creator: Holcombe, Edgar L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gas-Meter-Valve Protector

Description: Patent for an attachment for gas or fluid meters that uses the sliding valve principle. Improvments upon valve covers so that they are more firmly attached.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Emerson, Bennett
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gas-Meter Attachment.

Description: Patent for a gas meter attachment that work with sliding valves to operate the mechanism that measures the gas allowed to pass through the meter.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Morris, Henry C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Planter

Description: Patent for a machine used to plant cotton. Contains mechanisms for both plowing a furrow, planting seeds, and covering the seeds.
Date: June 5, 1883
Creator: Carter, Edwards D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Stalk Knocker.

Description: Patent for improvements in cotton-stalk knockers. This invention "relates to cotton-knockers, and more particularly to a device of this class which may be readily attached to or combined with a wheeled cultivator of usual form" (lines 11-14). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: June 5, 1900
Creator: Chitty, Robert Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Gin.

Description: Patent for improvements in cotton gins, including "an attachment for a gin feeder to separate cotton from the burs during the gin operation...especially adapted for use upon cotton containing an excess amount of bolls" (lines 13-16). The improvements include an air suction device to remove cotton from the burs before it enters the gin.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Huntsman, Edward L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rotary Engine.

Description: Patent for rotary engine "of simple and compact construction, in which the pressure and expansive force of the steam or other actuating fluid may be utilized to the fullest advantage" (lines 10-13), with illustrations.
Date: June 5, 1906
Creator: Cagle, Carter M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sewing Machine

Description: Patent for a sewing machine "wherein the shuttle rotates...whereby the shuttle-thread at a certain time in each revolution of the shuttle is rewound upon the bobbin, which prevents the thread from twisting or untwisting" (Lines10-17).
Date: June 5, 1883
Creator: McAllister, Lewis C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Safety-Lamp.

Description: Patent for a safety lamp that prevents the explosion of combustible gases by adding a perforated dome and air chamber. The expansion spaces cut off the air supply and extinguish the lamp.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Kincade, Elmer C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Design for a Fire-Screen

Description: Design patent for a fire-screen that has vertical bars decorated with balls or spherical ornaments.
Date: June 5, 1894
Creator: Gist, John A. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to car-couplers, the object being to provide a coupler of simple and durable construction which may be coupled automatically, thus avoiding the inconvenience and danger incident to the use of the usual coupling-link or pin" (lines 9-14).
Date: June 5, 1883
Creator: Freeman, Walter F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hame-Hook.

Description: Patent for "a new and useful invention of hame-hook that can be easily and quickly applied to harness-hame." (line 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 5, 1900
Creator: Plumhoff, Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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