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Improvement in Plows.

Patent for "an improved plow, which shall be so constructed that it may be readily adjusted for use as a subsoil-plow, as a turning-plow, as a scraper and cultivator, and as a scraper, cultivator, and hiller, and which shall be simple in construction and effective in operation in either capacity." (Lines 11-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: October 10, 1876

Creator: Newton, John R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil Can Spout.

Patent for new improvements to oil can where an attachment to the can is made and acts as both a stopper and a spout

Date: October 10, 1911

Creator: Melvin, Joe D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pan Lifter and Turner.

Patent for a pan lifter and turner using a bent handle, a curved plate is secured at the end of the bent handle; extending upward from the curved plate with a series of teeth to engages the crimped rim of a pan for lifting. At both ends of the curved plate provided with curved notches or recesses to receive and engage the rim of a pan for turning. Illustration is included.

Date: February 10, 1891

Creator: Ericson, John

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hat for Dolls and Other Purposes

Patent for toy hats for dolls. It is a low-cost doll's hat which can also be used to carry candy for children, including illustrations.

Date: April 10, 1917

Creator: Keller, Carrie, M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway-Tie

Patent for a railway tie that may be cheaply made from sheet or cast metal. Illustrations included.

Date: September 10, 1907

Creator: Brister, William T.

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Bottle-Case.

Patent for a bottle holding case using wires to encircle the inner groove of the case as re-enforcement, then use metal bands or wires woven around the encircling wires; these metal bands or wires would then wove around the necks and bodies of the bottles to secure the bottles inside the case. Illustration is included

Date: February 10, 1891

Creator: Marlow, Claud E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Corn-Planters.

Patent for a corn-planter that allows the seed to be placed in a hopper and disperses the seed through a cylinder that is connected to a wheel to place and cover the seed, including illustration.

Date: May 10, 1859

Creator: Gilbert, R. B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Masks for Horses and Cattle.

Patent for a slitted leather mask for animals to be used for horses, cattle, etc. to deter the jumping of fences. Patent for "mask, covering the eyes of the animal, leaves him with a sufficiently free vision, and being thoroughly ventilated, will not injure his eyes".

Date: July 10, 1877

Creator: Trueblood, Albert H

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Improvement in Photographic Backgrounds.

Patent for a new way of "holding and manipulating photographers' backgrounds" (line 19) including illustrations.

Date: June 10, 1879

Creator: Moberly, Louis

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Harness-Rack.

Patent for a simple harness rack that can be attached to a wagon bed, and is meant to conveniently hold harnesses when the horses are not hitched. The device can be turned out of the way when not being used.

Date: October 10, 1893

Creator: Kitching, John Thomas

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Bridle Attachments.

Patent for "a bridle of novel construction for training and taming horses; and it consists in the combination of brace and guide-reins, neck and crupper straps, sureingle, and collar." (Lines 12-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: April 10, 1877

Creator: Cummings, Seton S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Blow Offs For Boilers

Patent for Improvement in Blow Offs For Boilers provides details of the construction of the blow off device with two labeled Figures and descriptive text. Also includes the significance of the blow off device and how it will improve locomotive travel by conserving water.

Date: September 10, 1872

Creator: Husted, Esbon Forrest

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Device for Slitting Sweet Corn.

Patent for a corn slitting device for cutting the corn kernels away from the husks on the cob.

Date: March 10, 1908

Creator: Bahn, Gustavus A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

End-Gate.

Patent for "an end gate for scooping adapted to be readily applied to the ordinary construction of wagon bodies which have end gates sliding in vertical cleats and which re usually provided with a removable rod for securing the end gate in the cleats" (lines 11-16).

Date: October 10, 1893

Creator: Lovett, Morris J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn-Dash.

Patent for new improvements to a churn dash, including two concentric rings joined by inclined wings with accompanying illustrations.

Date: May 10, 1898

Creator: Renfro, John R., Jr.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a cattle guard that prevents cattle from blocking railroad tracks. It consists of sharp edged cross ties that sit on the bottom of a shallow pit, guard rails that cover the cross ties, bolts that hold the rails together, and end planks forming v-shaped serrations.

Date: October 10, 1893

Creator: Lynch, Michael L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Animal-Poke.

Patent for animal-poke that prevents them from jumping or forcing their way through fences. It consists of a yoke with its ends pointing upward, a brow band, rods that connect the brow band and the ends of the yoke, and bulges at the ends of the rods.

Date: October 10, 1893

Creator: McWilliams, Anderson W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Signal and Sign-Displaying Lamp for Vehicles.

Patent for a combined signal and sign-displaying lamp for vehicles that uses only one light to illuminate all the sections and allows for easy interchanging of number plates.

Date: October 10, 1911

Creator: Puckett, Almor Manor

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Amusement Apparatus

Patent for a fishing game for amusement parks which has a canal of liquid agitated to form a current with pictures of fish in it that when caught get the person fishing different prizes depending on the symbol they have on them.

Date: August 10, 1909

Creator: Pressey, Charles A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Postage or Revenue Stamps.

Patent for an improvement in postage or revenue stamps. Patent for postage or revenue stamp "composed of two superposed sheets or layers, A B, the top layer carrying the printed designs, having parallel incisions therein, and the bottom layer being provided with adhesive material on the back". Patent for postage and revenue stamps that cannot be re-used.

Date: July 10, 1877

Creator: Beaumont, David G.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Envelope.

Patent for an improved, simple, and durable envelope that can hold many letters, documents, and similar materials. "The invention consists of two overlapping end flaps connected with each other by a band and forming, with the front, an expansible pocket for the accommodation of the documents, a top flap and a bottom flap adapted to be folded one above the other, and both over the end flaps, and a band for holding the top and bottom flaps closed" (lines 12-19).

Date: October 10, 1893

Creator: Scougale, Malcolm

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Swing.

Patent for a new and improved swing. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the two folding frames, provided with jointed braces, of the horizontal cross-bars secured to said frames, the swinging arms pivoted to said bars and also to the car, cross-bars secured to these arms, [and] the curved levers" (lines 95-100). Said curved levers are hinged to "the cross-bars, [and] the crossed ropes or chains [are] connecting the short arms of said levers to the cross-bars, and the pull-cords [a… more

Date: May 10, 1887

Creator: Rigby, James

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling-Press.

Patent for improvements in baling presses: "This invention relates to baling presses provided with runners, (instead of the usual wheels,) to be removed about the field; and my objects are, to construct such a press in such a manner that it can be readily started down with but few stakes, second; to provide a rigid but removable side brace to prevent the press from canting, and third; to prevent the operating lever from canting or swinging upward or downward when in operation; and to promote si… more

Date: April 10, 1894

Creator: Schubert, George

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Press.

Patent for a new and improved press. This design consists in "the combination of the manipulating-levers, the followers, and the toggle-arms, of which arms the outer ends of two are connected to the outer ends of the levers, while their inner ends are connected to the sides of the follower near its inner end, and the outer ends of the others are connected to the levers" (lines 96-102). The inner ends of these other toggle-arms have "their inner ends . . . connected to the sides of the other fol… more

Date: January 10, 1888

Creator: Gordon, Lorenzo Dow

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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