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Freight And Grain Car

Description: Patent for "freight-car which shall be simple, strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive in construction, and which shall, by virtue of its attachments, be capable of instant transformation from a car for transporting grain, cereals, and similar loose substances in bulk toa car for transporting miscellaneous dead freight" (lines 17-24).
Date: September 6, 1892
Creator: Butz, John F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Reflector for Lamps.

Description: Patent for a new and improved reflector for oil lamps. This design "consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts, whereby the handle and reflector can readily be detached from the lamp-body and replaced thereon when desired" (lines 15-19). Further, the handle has a hole by which it can be hung.
Date: September 6, 1881
Creator: Ludwick, John Harvey
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Resilient Hub for Wheels.

Description: Patent for an improved version of the Resilient Hub for Wheels, including illustrations. This design is more practical and efficient, as it eliminates the need for a pneumatic tire; rubber can be utilized instead.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Wright, Thomas M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Switch.

Description: Patent for an electric switch that is used in conjunction with a signaling device that allows for lights to be activated synchronously or asynchronously via the use of two levers.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Riggs, Fletcher S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design "regulate[s] the pressure of the rubber upon the clothes, and thus facilitate[s] the operation of washing the said clothes" (lines 13-16).
Date: September 6, 1881
Creator: Hollis, William Tailler.
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Roller-Shelving and Cloth-Measurer Combined.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in roller shelving and cloth measurer combined, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 6, 1898
Creator: Apperson, Thomas F. & Dorsey, Charles H.
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Spring-Motor

Description: Patent for spring motors that can be adapted to rotary fans and sewing machines. Illustrations included.
Date: September 6, 1910
Creator: Seeders, Zephaniah C.
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Fiber Extracting Machine

Description: Patent for "new and improved Fiber-Extracting Machine." (6-7). These improvements are specific to equipment used to separate fibers from vegetable and plant matter. The primary function of this equipment is to extract fiber from the agave plant.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Lambert, William O.
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Carbureter

Description: Patent for a carburetor. This carburetor is designed to be used with crude oil, and to be easily constructed and operated.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Walker, Sanders
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Burglar Proof Safe.

Description: Patent for a new and improved safe. This design "relates to burglar-proof safes, the object being to provide a safe with non-explosive seams; and the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 14-17).
Date: September 6, 1881
Creator: Gerard, Alonzo
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Brick Press.

Description: Patent for a new and improved press for bricks. This design "relates to certain improvements in that class of brick-presses in which the clay is molded into shape by hand-power; and the object of [the] improvement is to form a cheap, durable, and effective machine for accomplishing the work" (lines 10-15).
Date: September 6, 1881
Creator: Thomas, John S.
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Broiler

Description: Patent for a broiler. Illustrations included.
Date: September 6, 1910
Creator: Rape, William F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the platform . . . having a spring buffer and a projection adjacent to and to one side of the buffer . . . the catch pivotally secured below the same and having a series of coupling shoulders on one side, the spring, and the stop arranged to act upon the side of the catch from which the coupling shoulders project" (lines 89-98).
Date: September 6, 1887
Creator: Ashford, Thomas Gresham
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Car Door

Description: Patent for a car-door. The design is to prevent rattling and reduce wear on rail car doors. Illustration included.
Date: September 6, 1910
Creator: Lott, Andrew Gains & Handley, John A., Jr.
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Attachment For Surveying Instruments

Description: Patent for attachment for surveying instruments. Illustrations included.
Date: September 6, 1904
Creator: Armstrong, Edward R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Detachable Inside Door-Lock.

Description: Patent for a detachable inside door-lock. This is a simple locking device that can be applied and removed from any type of door. The purpose is to make a room private and burglar proof.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Arledge, Elbert H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automobile Attachment.

Description: Patent for an automobile floorboard attachment for closure of clutch pedal openings, keeping the motor's heat from passing through.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Sears, Joseph M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Showcase or Screen.

Description: Patent for a cabinet that holds pictures that are easily viewable and free from dust and debris. There is one movable side for storing and removing the photos, with the remainder of the cabinet staying immobile.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Praytor, William B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shipping-Basket

Description: Patent for a shipping basket designed to keep contents secure and undamaged.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Pitts, William L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Car and Air-Brake Coupling

Description: Patent for an invention that provides "a single structure in which the air-brake pipes will be simultaneously coupled with the coupling of a car" (lines 14-17).
Date: September 6, 1892
Creator: Thomas, James Bryant
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Coin Controlled Machine

Description: Patent for a coin controlled machine. This invention is designed to accept coins of proper values and operation is dependent on predetermined portion of the im pressed surface of the coin. Illustrations included.
Date: September 6, 1910
Creator: Scheble, Eugene S. & Rast, Felix Q.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination Fence and Repair Tool

Description: Patent for a multi-purpose tool related to working with wires in and around the home. It is intended to tighten, twist, and/or sever a wire.
Date: September 6, 1917
Creator: Grogan, Edward W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grain-Binder

Description: Patent for "a platform-binder in which the needle or cord-carrying arm is placed below the deck of the platform and the cord-tying mechanism is placed above the deck of the platform, and the needle being so arranged as to pass beneath the upper plate of an ordinary platform five or six inches in depth and to receive the grain and to compress the same without the assistance of any packers or specially-operated packing mechanism" (lines 8-18).
Date: September 6, 1892
Creator: Schubert, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Band for Paper, Currency, &c.

Description: Patent for a new and improved money clip. This design consists in "[a] band for packages provided with tongues projecting toward each other and an elastic, whereby when the band is in use the tongues will project in opposite directions to receive the elastic" (lines 57-61).
Date: September 6, 1887
Creator: Matthews, Oscar Semmes
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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