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Rural-Free-Delivery Cabinet

Description: Patent for a mailing cabinet which can be adapted to vehicles or to the floor for assorting mail. Illustrations included.
Date: January 26, 1909
Creator: Tomison, Willis Albert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shock-Absorber.

Description: Patent for improvement on vehicle shock absorber, including instructions and illustration.
Date: October 26, 1915
Creator: Harvey, Harry F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shipping Unit

Description: Patent for "a shipping unit or carrier for the transportation of merchandise as freight, express, or baggage" (lines 8-10).
Date: January 26, 1915
Creator: Terry, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gang-Plow.

Description: Patent for a new and improved gang plow, which employs "disks turning in the soil and serving to form the furrows therein"(line 8 - 10).
Date: April 26, 1898
Creator: Gordon, Frederick W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shaft-Support.

Description: Patent for improvements in harnesses through the accommodation of "varying positions of the animal with respect to the shafts or thills, so as to remove all strain from and upon the shafts and the saddle, while at the same time effectively supporting the shafts and preventing the slipping of the same up and down upon the sides of the animal."
Date: October 26, 1897
Creator: Coleman, Thomas Gardner
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sawing Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved drag-saw. This design "consists in the combination of a drag-saw, an operating-lever, and a wheelbarrow or truck, the wheelbarrow being made to support the saw and move it . . . [t]he object of [the] invention is to provide an easy and ready means of transporting the saw from place to place, and to so connect it to the wheelbarrow or truck which supports it that they can be readily separated, so that the wheelbarrow or truck can be used by itself" (lines 13-24).
Date: April 26, 1881
Creator: Crump, Thomas Jefferson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sewing Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved sewing machine. This design calls for a clamp and a needle with a bend toward the eye so that the needle may easily be adjusted and changed out, depending on the task at hand.
Date: July 26, 1881
Creator: Fuqua, Marcellus B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sewing Machine Table.

Description: Patent for a new and improved table for sewing machines. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the divided opening in the top, the bearing-bar extending across the same below its level, the hinged sewing machine plate or support, the hinged filling-section and its under-folding hinged extension, whereby the top may be entirely closed over the machine" (lines 20-27).
Date: July 26, 1881
Creator: Williamson, Weldon Jones
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fruit Squeezer.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fruit juicer. This design consists "[i]n a fruit-squeezer having flat or nearly flat pressing-surfaces, the combination of jaws having lever-handles integral therewith, and face-plates held in transverse dovetail seats in the faces of the respective jaws by means of clamping-screws, and supported therein by central set-screws" (lines 89-95).
Date: June 26, 1883
Creator: Stein, Philip H. & Tams, James
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Saw Jointer.

Description: Patent for a new and improved saw-jointer. This design consists in "two casts having longitudinal triangular grooves upon their inner facing sides, having the lower portions of their inner facing sides cut away to form a longitudinal groove, and having the upper portions of their inner facing sides bulged to form longitudinal halves of a socket, with a screw passing through the castings in the space between the bulged socket portions and the longitudinal grooves, the said grooves being adapted … more
Date: May 26, 1885
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Francis B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash-Balance.

Description: Patent for improvements in window-sash balances, in which the two sashes are connected, “so that they will not only balance but also either may be raised or lowered without affecting the other.” (Lines 17-20) Illustration is included.
Date: May 26, 1891
Creator: Christian, James F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash Fastener.

Description: Patent for a new and improved sash fastener. This design "has for its object to provide a simple and efficient and at the same time cheap and durable sash-locking device which will serve to automatically lock the sash at any desired height. The device is ornamental in appearance, of few parts, and will not be likely to get out of order" (lines 16-22).
Date: April 26, 1892
Creator: Lynch, William Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Safety-Signal-Board Attachment.

Description: Patent for an attachment to railroad safety signal boards that holds orders for trains in a box that only opens when the danger or stop signal is raised on the semaphore. To get the clear signal, the orders must be replaced in the box or put on a clip on the outside of the box, which rings an alarm while they are there to alert the railroad operator to reset the box.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Gates, William Thomas
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Sewing-Machine Table

Description: Patent for a sewing machine table intended to extend the top of the sewing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Saettler. Ernest C.
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Shaft-Support of Vehicles

Description: Patent for new and improved design to support the drive shaft of a vehicle, including illustrations.
Date: May 26, 1903
Creator: Bennett, Thomas H.
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Tire-Tool.

Description: Patent for a tool designed for mounting pneumatic tires on wheel rims.
Date: April 26, 1921
Creator: Boone, Daniel M.
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Tractor

Description: Patent for improvements in tractors for farm and road work. Improvements include enclosing all working parts within a protecting housing, mounting the motor for rotation, balance the weight, provide a wheel carriage to adjust the width and height, and to provide shifting gears.
Date: April 26, 1921
Creator: Ingram, Joseph D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Temperature-Regulator

Description: Patent for a temperature-regulator that regulates the temperature of fluids (either in liquid, gas, or air) passing through. It is important when regulating the temperature of hydro-carbon fuels in either an internal combustion engine or a furnace.
Date: August 26, 1919
Creator: Brooks, Howard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Single-Trigger Mechanism for Double-Barrel Guns.

Description: Patent for a new single-trigger mechanism for double-barrel guns in which both barrels fire successively and premature discharge is prevented, including illustrations.
Date: April 26, 1921
Creator: Lindsay, Charles W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Box and Bale Hooks.

Description: Patent for "a guard or shield, of leather or other equivalent material, combined with the handle or shank of the hook used for turning or otherwise handling bales or boxes, &c., to prevent the hands from rubbing or pressing against the bale or box, whereby the are often injured." (Lines 6-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 26, 1874
Creator: Knight, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Revolving Cabinet.

Description: Patent for a revolving cabinet that "shall constitute a counter or a part of the same, or that may be used as a kitchen-table, and at the same time serve as a convenient receptacle for the safe storage of general articles of merchandise and household supplies, which shall be maintained in a clean and fresh condition and be easy to access" (lines 12-19). There is an opening on the counter to access the trapezoidal trays that can rotate underneath.
Date: September 26, 1896
Creator: Smith, John D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Riding-Frame for Implements.

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvement to riding frames used with implements utilized for agricultural purposes.
Date: December 26, 1905
Creator: Plummer, Alson Q.
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Note Register

Description: Patent for a note register. Illustrations included.
Date: July 26, 1904
Creator: Winn, Joseph B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improved Compound for Treating the Human Hair.

Description: Patent for an improved compound for straightening, softening and renewing the human hair, ingredients and proportions are listed. No illustration.
Date: October 26, 1869
Creator: Lount, William R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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