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Apparatus for Extracting Oil

Patent for a device for extracting cotton seed oil which ensures even cooking of the seeds by constant stirring.

Date: January 14, 1908

Creator: Lauerman, Vandy Joseph

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Wood Pavements.

Patent for a new and improved construction of Bois D'Arc Pavement, which uses two layers of planks that cross at right angle as a base, sand to hold bois d'arc blocks in place and fill gaps in between, and coal-tar covering planks to prevent sand from shifting. It includes illustrations.

Date: January 14, 1879

Creator: Shellenberger, Samuel Luther

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Improvement in Grub-Plow and Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a device to remove grubs from soil, which consists of an adjustable gage-wheel and a cutter to remove grubs and to cut roots. The cutter can be also used to cut cotton-stalks. It includes illustrations.

Date: January 14, 1879

Creator: Talley, Reuben Jones

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Subsoil Attachment for Plows.

Patent for a subsoil attachment for plows in which the attachment can be “held fixedly relative to the plow so as to be maintained constantly at the desired depth without pushing upwardly under the resistance offered by the soil. This attachment can also be adjusted easily to plow to the desired depths.” (P. 1, lines 15-22.) Illustration is included.

Date: October 14, 1913

Creator: Mathis, William R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pan-Lifter.

Patent for a pan lifter, which attaches securely to the pan and can be used to move hot pans in the oven.

Date: September 14, 1909

Creator: Edwards, Elzy E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Patent for improvements in plows by providing “a reversible colter adapted to be applied to any style of plow; such as shovel-plows, half or turning shovels, bull-tongue, or other forms of plows. Also to provide a convenient means of attaching and detaching the plow” (lines 12-17). Illustration is included.

Date: April 14, 1891

Creator: Baker, George Washington

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Peanut-Shelling Machine.

Patent for an improved peanut shelling machine that can be regulated according to the size and quality of peanuts. The machine also improves upon the cylinder and concave tension, that would allow the machine to be more easily maintained.

Date: July 14, 1914

Creator: Huston, John T.

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Pianissimo Device.

Patent for a pianissimo device for upright pianos, which "takes up the lost motion when the soft pedal is used by automatic means" (lines 14-16).

Date: April 14, 1908

Creator: Decker, Herman L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Garment-Seam.

Patent for a method "of forming seams for joining fabrics, metals, paper, or other sheets by means of thread, rivets, solder, or other expedient, and it has for its object to provide a seam within the outer sheets and their linings will be simultaneously joined at a single operation and by use of a single line of stiching, rivets, or other securing means." (lines 11-19)

Date: April 14, 1903

Creator: Johnson, Nellie E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Hedge Trimmer and Mower.

Patent for a new and improved hedge trimmer and mower. This design "relates to certain new and useful improvements in that class of combined hedge-trimmers and mowers in which the side and top of a hedge are trimmed at the same time; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the frame-work, the driving mechanism or gearing, and the cutting devices or knives" (lines 10-17).

Date: February 14, 1882

Creator: Lattner, Jacob V.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lemon-Squeezer.

Patent for a new lemon squeezer design for "table purposes" (line 15) and "to provide a sanitary lemon squeezer" (lines 19-20) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: March 14, 1911

Creator: Carroll, Frank

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Magazine Fire-Arms.

Patent for an "improved repeating fire-arm... contrived with a sliding breech-block, which is drawn back by crank on the right-hand side of the gun" (lines 6-9) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 14, 1875

Creator: Toepperwein, Emil A. F.

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Improvement in Policemen's Batons.

Patent for an improved policemen's baton made of flexible material, such as india-rubber or gutta-percha, and sometimes an interior metal stem. Using a flexible material makes the baton elastic enough so that no serious injury can be caused, yet it is still effective. Illustration included.

Date: October 14, 1873

Creator: Beery, Simon & McDonald, John W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Snap-Hook.

Patent for a snap-hook for general use that can be used for attaching whips, ropes, and similar things to saddles and harnesses. It is composed of a flat metal plate with screw holes, a hook that is secured to the edge of the plate, and a screw.

Date: February 14, 1893

Creator: McDowell, Anthony B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saddle-Pad.

Patent for inflatable saddle pads designed "to do away with the use of one or more blankets which have been placed between the saddle and the back of the animal, and substitute therefor inflatable pads, which not only prevent the back of the animal from being chafed, but to do away with the jar and concussion from the animal to the rider and from the rider to the animal." (Lines 18-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: May 14, 1895

Creator: Wall, Frederic Watson

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Dredging Apparatus.

Patent for an improved dredging apparatus "and it consists in combining with the well known bucket chain form of excavator a suction pipe provided with a hopper and a crushing or breaking device so that the material being deposited in the hopper by the continuously moving buckets will be carried under the action of gravity to the breaking or crushing device and thence through a suction pipe and pump and delivery pipe to the place of deposit" (lines 9-18).

Date: February 14, 1893

Creator: Douglas, William M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vine-Cutter.

Patent for a vine cutter that is meant "to simplify the construction of devices of this character by means of an integral formation of the cutter" (lines 8-10). It can be "adapted to be applied to a plow standard or foot consisting of a pair of cutting knives or shares integrally connected by a front cross-piece with a single central opening therein for the passage therethrough of a single securing bolt, the knives being rearwardly divergent and obliquely arranged at a downward angle, the lower… more

Date: March 14, 1893

Creator: Wheeler, John H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department