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Machine for Clamping and Nailing Boards.

Description: Patent for a "machine whereby boards for floors, ceiling or sheathing may be forced into place and into contact with previously nailed boards without damage and held clamped into position until nails can be driven into the boards and into the joints" (lines 29-34), with illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Binger, Nickolaus
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wagon-Seat.

Description: Patent for "a detachable spring or resilient support for wagon seats [...] which may be adjusted for positioning the seat at various elevations" (lines 14-22), including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Winslow, George J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheel

Description: Patent for a wheel with a pneumatic tire designed so that it will not make contact with the ground, thus preventing wear and punctures. Illustrations included.
Date: April 11, 1911
Creator: Spoonts, Joseph L. & Eubank, Edwin M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Liquid-Fuel Burner

Description: Patent for a fuel burner for stoves and heaters. Illustrations included.
Date: April 11, 1911
Creator: Pearson, Lemuel O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Threshold.

Description: Patent for an improvement for thresholds to consist of a single metal plate with an arched central portion and laterally-projected flanges that is cheaper and easier to make. The threshold will create a tight joint with the bottom of a door to prevent water and dust from entering through the bottom of the door.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Krause, Ernest
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lamp-Chimney Holder.

Description: Patent for an "improved lamp chimney holder" (lines 12-13) designed to allow a hinged member to light the wick and extinguish the light "instead of raising or removing the chimney" (lines 19-20), including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Emmert, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut-Lock.

Description: Patent for a nut lock that has a washer divided on predetermined lines bent in a V-shaped fold line that provides attaching support. Identical sector-like portions of the nut lock have a curved edge that permit embedding in material through which a bolt is passed.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Harding, William L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Suspender Clip

Description: Patent for a clamp, used primarily for fastening the shoulder straps of overall garments but can also be used for suspenders for supporting trousers. Includes illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Murray, Richard H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mandolin

Description: Patent for a mandolin that is made out of an animal (armadillo) and wood.
Date: April 11, 1911
Creator: McCullough, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump

Description: Patent for a pump used during the process of drilling wells. Illustrations included.
Date: April 11, 1911
Creator: Wintz, Thornton E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad-Tie.

Description: Patent for "improvements in railroad ties [...] which will prevent the rail from spreading, sinking, or creeping" (lines 13-16). It also "is the provision of a tie in which the resilient qualities of the old type of wood tie are retained and combined with the advantages which are present in the use of a metallic tie" (lines 17-21), including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Shearer, Frederick C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Drop-Pilot or Cow-Catcher.

Description: Patent for an improvement in drop-pilots or cow-catchers for street or steam-railways to allow the cow-catcher to stay higher above the track and be dropped in an emergency to catch large objects and prevent them from being trapped under the wheels. The improvement also contains a device for raising and lowering the cow-catcher, a mechanism for operating the brakes and whistle interdependently, and a single lever for the operator to use to control the various mechanisms.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Maxfield, Nelson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Cleaning Machine.

Description: Patent for an improvement for cotton-cleaning machines that removes harmful debris from cotton before passing the cotton into the cotton gin. The improvement uses brushes and air blowers to collect and divert debris.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Davison, Israel D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator Hobble.

Description: Patent for regarding setting devices for cultivator beams which are to provide simple devices for making the positioning easily and quickly accomplished and under the immediate control of the operator.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Fleischhauer, Kurt A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Latch Device For The Doors of Steam-Shovels, Dredges, And The Like.

Description: Patent for an improved latch mechanism that is easier to construct, operate, and easier to replace on "steam shovels, dredge dippers, or the like, and...to the class of tripping latches" (lines 11-13). Instruction and illustrations included.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Watson, Joseph L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Chopper

Description: Patent for a hoe-supported cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date: April 11, 1911
Creator: Carter, James F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gearing

Description: Patent for improvements in gearing, "especially adapted for use in connection with wind mills and other devices" (lines 9-11) including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Wiggins, Hundley
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grain-Polisher

Description: Patent for a grain polisher designed to remove foreign objects from rice and other similar grains. Illustrations included.
Date: April 11, 1911
Creator: Couch, Albert B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Self-Signaling Device For Railroads.

Description: Patent for a self-signalling device for railroads that is simple and efficient. Instructions and illustration included.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Littlepage, Rufus E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Skirt-Marker

Description: Patent for a skirt marker. Illustrations included.
Date: April 11, 1911
Creator: Zelman, Joseph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spring-Wheel

Description: Patent for a spring wheel designed to resist weight pressure. Illustrations included.
Date: April 11, 1911
Creator: Hayden, Walter
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Riveting-Machine.

Description: Patent for an improved riveting-machine meant to rivet "metal binding and protecting strips, or fastening clasps" (lines 12-13) in the production of item carriers and used to "secure one or more mental binding strips of any desired shape in place" (lines 18-20) upon certain materials, including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Porter, Burr E. & Norris, Henry O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Safety Attachment for Air-Brakes

Description: Patent for an automatic safety attachment for air brakes that can be attached to trains and automobiles. Illustrations included.
Date: April 11, 1911
Creator: Hamilton, Ernest Hubbard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Chimney-Protector.

Description: Patent for a chimney protector that is "easy and cheap to manufacture which when applied to the chimney top of an oil cooking stove will prevent the drippings or over flow from utensils placed on top of the stove from running down the side" (lines 14-18), including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Shiller, John J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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