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Attachment for Thimbles.

Description: Patent for invention for the improvement of attachments for thimbles. "The objects of the invention are to produce a device of simple construction for cutting the thread when sewing that can be readily applied to old as well as to new thimbles; also to produce the device in such manner that the thread can be quickly and conveniently cut at any desired point in an expeditious manner " (lines 17-24). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Brown, Archie Edwards
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Wheel Attachment.

Description: Patent for a vehicle-wheel attachment to prevent wheel from moving and vehicle theft.
Date: March 1, 1921
Creator: Rodriguez, Mariano Magdaleno
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Device for Measuring Distances.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in devices for measuring distances, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 1, 1898
Creator: Farrand, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Type Writing Machine

Description: Patent for type-writing machine used to center heading on a document in typewriting machines. With the success of the invention, the carriage-spacing key is depressed once for each letter in the word being centered.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Barker, Benjamin F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

String-Fastener.

Description: Patent for string fastener of a simple construction to fasten a string after it has been arranged around a box, including illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Hine, Frank B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Collar Attachment

Description: Patent for a collar attachment to be used with fold down collars to provide a means to hold the collar closed, with illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Allen, Joseph H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Head-Rest Support.

Description: Patent for a head rest support for placing a barbers chair head rest on while it is not in use.
Date: June 1, 1909
Creator: Wilkins, Willis A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Reeling Device.

Description: Patent for a reeling device that helps tie both mail matter and packages of articles in an efficient manner. It can be used on various sized mail and packages with minimum effort using tying cord and a clamping device.
Date: June 1, 1915
Creator: Gillespie, Charles W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sinking Hydraulic Piles.

Description: Patent for new and improved sinking hydraulic piles. This design has for its object "the sinking of wooden or other piles in quicksand or ground in which the lateral pressure upon the piles practically prevents their being driven beyond a certain depth. To that end [the design] make[s] use of a jet of water supplied at the entering-point of the pile, and in connection therewith [the design] also use[s] weight applied at the upper end of the pile" (lines 8-16).
Date: September 1, 1885
Creator: Blake, Lowell Everett.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Soda-Ash Process.

Description: Patent for a new process to create soda-ash, also known as sodium carbonate. Includes the detailed steps to this process and the chemical reactions involved.
Date: June 1, 1915
Creator: Hirt, Jules Hector
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tube-Mill.

Description: Patent for improvements in tube-mills (employed for ore and other substances) which is meant to help support and drive rotating drums or cylinders of the mills allowing for more full appearances.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Bergman, Julius G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Engraving-machine.

Description: Patent for improvements to an engraving machine. Illustrations included.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Crane, Walter E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Journal-Bearing.

Description: Patent for a journal-bearing that has an open spring ring that contains the journal and antifriciton devices in its center. The spring ring contracts to its minimum circumference when the journal and antifriciton devices are worn out. There is also a bearing-ring seat that allows contractions "without altering the disposition of the load" (lines 61-62).
Date: December 1, 1896
Creator: Woodworth, Charles H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Controlling System for Motor Traction-Cars

Description: Patent for a controlling system for motor traction cars which is automatic.
Date: November 1, 1910
Creator: Mayo, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cleaning Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a cleaning apparatus, which cleans objects by blasting air across them and has an air cleaning system for use after the cleaning is done.
Date: June 1, 1909
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Elevator

Description: Patent for "an apparatus for use in connection with a well, whereby the well-bucket will be automatically elevated and emptied into a trough by the weight of the cattle that may come to the well to drink, the apparatus be ing particularly designed for use in the Western countries, where large numbers of cattle come to each well in herds" (lines 16-23).
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Campbell, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Punture-Healing Composition.

Description: Patent for "improvements in puncture healing compounds". A beeswax, paraffin, rosin, and linseed oil mixture will be injected into the innertube or other air compartment of a "pneumatic tire" and will repair any punctures without deteriorating the material of the inner tube.
Date: April 1, 1919
Creator: Weaber, Marie R. & Clemens, Hermann
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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