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Writing-Machine.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Writing-Machines, of which the following is a specification. Our invention relates to stenographic writing machines and particularly to a ribbon feed and reverse for such machines" (lines 6-11).
Date: November 30, 1915
Creator: Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lifting Device.

Description: Patent for a new and improved jack. This design "relates to devices for raising fence-corners in repairing the same, and for lifting weights generally; and the object of [the] invention is to produce a simple and powerful device whereby a single operator can greatly increase his [or her] capacity for lifting heavy objects" (lines 8-14).
Date: November 30, 1886
Creator: McNabb, James M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Inlet-Grate

Description: Patent for an improved inlet grate, which has a supporting frame. This inlet grate will not be displaced by traffic or other disturbances.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Fairtrace, George D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Description: Patent for a wrench that has a fixed jaw and an adjustable slidable jaw.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Fowles, Alfred T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Type Writing Machine

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvement in automatic type-writing machines.
Date: November 30, 1897
Creator: Templeton, Allison
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Land-Roller.

Description: Patent for a land roller that has rollers that can move independently of one another.
Date: November 30, 1909
Creator: Englund, Eric
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Spectacle-Frames.

Description: Patent for "spectacle-frames in which the bows are turned into a coil near the points where they are connected to the lens-hoops for the purpose of forming spring-joints, instead of the ordinary pivot-joints." (Lines 6-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 30, 1875
Creator: Stewart, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Train-Order Holder.

Description: Patent for Train-Order Holder designed to keep sheets of paper secure and in place to prevent writing on margins and displacement.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Crady, Daniel R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ventilator.

Description: Patent for a ventilating cowl for buildings for fire prevention by causing smoke and sparks to pass outside of a building or deflate to the surface below. The cowl is cone shaped with a deflecting surface and has several rings through which smoke and sparks can pass through to the outside.
Date: November 30, 1915
Creator: Ashorn, Inshrish
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Gang-Plows.

Description: Patent for "a gang-plow, which is so arranged that the beams can be adjusted sideways and up and down at will, and can be permanently secured in any desired position in either movement." (Lines 17-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 30, 1869
Creator: Hall, Thomas J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mail-Handling Apparatus

Description: Patent for an improved mail handling apparatus for use in trains that has an automatic mechanism to bridge the auxiliary car and the mail car when the car reaching the end of its track, including illustrations.
Date: November 30, 1915
Creator: Kerns, George E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tire-Tightener.

Description: Patent for a device that can easily expand or retract a tire onto the rim of a wheel. This allows for tires to be easily replaced as well as preventing the tire from slipping off the rim while in use.
Date: November 30, 1915
Creator: Leischner, Gotthilf
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mandolin.

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvements in Mandolins to"obtain a tone for mandolins as nearly as possible equal to that of violins and other stringed instruments played by bows"(line 8-10)
Date: November 30, 1897
Creator: Simpson, Roy B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Description: Patent for improvement in bale-ties. "This invention relates to that class of ties or hoops for cotton-bales, in which the band of hoop iron is provided with rigid hooks, studs, or buttons, and matching perforations as means for adjustably uniting the ends."
Date: November 30, 1875
Creator: Powell, Amos N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow

Description: Patent for a plow which plows two furrows simultaneously. An axle is mounted on wheels, and the two adjustable plow beams pivot from the axle so that furrow depth and the width between furrows can be adjusted. Patent includes illustrations.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Henderson, Warren H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mop

Description: Patent for a mop attachment with an opening to receive a handle of the broom and a pair of attaching strips to be tied to the broom handle. It is used to prevent lateral shifting when in place on the broom.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Glenn, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Description: Patent for improvement in cotton-presses, which increases convenience by using detachable parts to facilitate insertion of material and a windlass with a system of cords and levers to increase compression of cotton.
Date: November 30, 1875
Creator: Wallace, Wesley W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for a plow that allows the plow share to be adjusted to different angles in the soil.
Date: November 30, 1909
Creator: Buckhannon, Edward M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Needle for Hand-Embroidery and Similar Work.

Description: Patent for an embroidery needle that is inexpensive to manufacture and allows for rapid stitching.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Pade, George V. & Neitzel, Conrad T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil-Burner.

Description: Patent for an oil burner with a method of controlling the mixing of air and oil.
Date: November 30, 1909
Creator: Young, Josiah Newman
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Non Refillable Bottle

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvements in non-refillable bottles. This invention is to " provide a bottle of this character which can not be refilled and sold as an original package without detection" (line 11-15).
Date: November 30, 1897
Creator: Taylor, James Moss
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Portable Bathing Apparatus

Description: Patent for a portable device that provides the ability to bathe using heated water.
Date: November 30, 1917
Creator: Richards, Robert L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Chopper.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design "is to provide cotton-choppers constructed in such a manner that the cotton will be chopped to a stand by the passage of the machine along the rows of plants, leaving the hills of plants at uniform distances apart, and which shall be simple in construction, readily controlled, and convenient in use" (lines 17-24).
Date: November 30, 1886
Creator: Puls, Ernst C. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ruling Machine

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvements in ruling machines. This invention is to "provide a machine of this character by means of which engravers may cut horizontal, inclined, or circular lines into the plate, or draftsmen draw the same lines upon a sheet of drawing" (line 14-18).
Date: November 30, 1897
Creator: Owen, Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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