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Fastener for Meter-Boxes.

Patent for fasteners (locks) for meter-boxes to prevent tampering by unauthorized users by attaching a cover with rotating bolts that can be locked or unlocked with an accompanying key.

Date: February 19, 1918

Creator: Holmgreen, Julius H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Figure Toy.

Patent for a new and improved toy. This design consists in "a pedestal or support and mount[ed] on the upper end thereof a vertically disposed rod having its upper end tapered or reduced, so as to afford the least possible friction to the whirling figure mounted thereon" (lines 16-21). In practice, "the toy is placed in a position to be struck by wind, and as the same comes in contact with the blades the object will simultaneously be whirled upon the rod and its arms move rapidly around its sho… more

Date: August 19, 1890

Creator: Herron, James & Swaden, John

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Faucet and Attachments Therefor.

Patent for "an improved faucet, and attachment, for use in drawing beer, or any other liquid with which it is desirable to prevent the contact of air within the keg." (Lines 8-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: February 19, 1895

Creator: Wright, Joseph Earl & Grover, Edwin A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boiler-Cleaning Compound.

Patent for a boiler-cleaning compound made up of "an improved compound having sodium hydrate for a base, and having certain subordinate ingredients whereby its efficiency is increased, and whereby the action of the sodium hydrate is so modified that no detriment to the boiler iron will result" (lines 10-16).

Date: February 19, 1895

Creator: Hill, Martin L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bicycle.

Patent for a bicycle that has a drive wheel, a ratchet wheel attached to the drive wheel, a chain that goes around the ratchet wheel, an apparatus for reciprocating the chain, a guideway from the chain to the ratchet wheel, a knob on the chain that engages the guideway, a pair of levers connected to the chain, and a chord that connects the levers to the chain.

Date: February 19, 1895

Creator: Williams, Elbert D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Coupling.

Patent for improved car couplings "of the Janney type, capable of readily coupling on short curved, and adapted to be either coupled or uncoupled without going between cars. A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the parts may be readily set for automatic coupling, or to prevent coupling." (Lines 13-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: March 19, 1895

Creator: Armstrong, James P.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car for Pneumatic Railways.

Patent for a car for pneumatic railways meant to "provide a car especially adapted for the [air-]tube, the same being constructed with track-wheels in the central line of the cars" (lines 12-15). It is also "a double car divided lengthwise centrally by a partition-wall, through which communication may be had between a car-section - that is, between the double car within the same - and to provide each end portion of this double car with a door" (lines 17-22). There are two track-wheels above the… more

Date: November 19, 1895

Creator: Rush, Cicero Alonzo

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bed Spring.

Patent for a new and improved bed-spring. This design consists in "the adjustable tie that connects the springs beneath the slats. This device is simple, cheap, convenient, and durable. It is adjustable to slats placed at different distances apart, and will remain in position when placed upon the slats, holding the diagonal rows of springs in a straight line, causing the springs to remain uniform all over the bed" (lines 72-80).

Date: May 19, 1885

Creator: Davis, Charles Robert

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Box Car Door Fastener and Spark Arrester.

Patent for a new and improved box-car door fastener and spark arrester. This design consists in "the door, the screws extending therefrom, the strips having the inclined slots received on the screws, and provided with the projections, the lever pivoted on the screws outside the strip, stops on the lever to engage the projections, and means--such as cord--for locking the lever" (lines 4-11).

Date: October 19, 1886

Creator: Lynch, Hubbard Calhoun

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Building Structure

Patent for building frame structures with interlocking timbers that allows for easy movement of the timbers to provide ventilation when needed.

Date: February 19, 1907

Creator: Yoakum, Robert

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Beehive

Patent for an artificial stone beehive. Illustrations included.

Date: January 19, 1909

Creator: Ward, Hugh T.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Carbureter

Patent for a "carbureter adapted for use in connection with internal combustion engines, and being of novel construction whereby the air is drawn through the gasolene or liquid fuel to vaporize the fuel and thereby provide a thorough and proper mixture of the air and fuel" (lines 10-16), including illustrations.

Date: October 19, 1915

Creator: Nichols, Theodore J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Box-Car-Door Fastener

Patent for a box car door fastener.

Date: March 19, 1912

Creator: Hooton, Pinkie D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Blower for Forges

Patent for new and useful improvements in blowers for blacksmiths' forges with the intention of creating less waste and a better economical value.

Date: June 19, 1902

Creator: Roach, William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Buggy-Wrench

Patent for improvements to the type of "buggy wrench" used for removing lug nuts.

Date: September 19, 1911

Creator: Winckler, Henry J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Beehive.

Patent for improvements in beehives: "invention is to improve the construction of beehives and to provide a simple and efficient one, which will permit food to be readily supplied to the bees when desired and enable the apiarian to have him to cut bee entrances to the same." (lines 9-15).

Date: October 19, 1897

Creator: Tucker, John Q.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Can Opener

Patent for can-opener which uses a fulcrum point that pierces the center of the can's lid and a circular blade to cut an opening around the circumference.

Date: August 19, 1902

Creator: Pierce, Jesse Washington

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Driving Mechanism for Tractors

Patent for an invention relating to the engines of tractors that provides "improved transmission gearing for controlling the movements of the machine." (lines 17-18)

Date: August 19, 1913

Creator: Ingram, Joseph D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automobile Refrigerator

Patent for a refrigerator that can house lunches and bottles inside a compact, small space. Will safely store materials without fear of the items inside being damaged or jostled during the movement of the automobile.

Date: September 19, 1916

Creator: Rilling, Charles G.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Blind Stop.

Patent for a new and improved blind-stop. This design is "to provide a cheap and simple device designed to be secured to a window-casing and be interposed between any two adjacent pivoted slats, and thus support the same and the series in an open position and against accidental closing by their own weight or by the wind" (lines 9-16). It consists in the "holder for slats of blinds, consisting of a spring-metal strip bent at its center to form an eye and opposite terminals, the latter being adap… more

Date: April 19, 1892

Creator: Deats, Wallen S. & Brown, Daniel

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Blank Book.

Patent for a new and improved blank book. This design "is an improvement upon the Megee-Miller blank book which adapts it for use of type-writers and others requiring one whose sheets or leaves may be readily detached and again secured together after having been written or printed. The sheets are detachably connected with a binding-strip by means of a cord or cords" (lines 7-14).

Date: April 19, 1892

Creator: Burris, James W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knockdown Crate

Patent for material improvements to a knockdown crate, including an insertable locking board.

Date: September 19, 1911

Creator: Anderson, Lee

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Back Spacing Attachment for Type Writing Machines

Patent for an attachment to provide type writing machines with back space. Illustration included.

Date: July 19, 1904

Creator: Parker, William A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Railway Switch

Patent for an automatic railway switch. Illustration included.

Date: September 19, 1905

Creator: Ditmars, Frederick R. S. & Hendrix, A. S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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