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Improvement in Ventilators and Protectors for Roofs.

Patent for improvements in ventilators and protectors for roofs relating to "a ventilating combing or ridging for roofs of houses" (lines-15-16) including illustrations and instructions.

Date: October 24, 1876

Creator: Brock, Ernst Moritz

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Picket-Fences.

Patent for secure, inexpensive picket-fence construction using various sizes of wood pieces and wire. It is meant for situations in which wood is scarce. Illustration included.

Date: October 14, 1873

Creator: McGinty, Robert H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Warp-Beam for Looms.

Patent for a warp beam for a loom, which allows the thread to be attached directly from the spool to the warp beam without the need for a reel in between.

Date: October 6, 1908

Creator: Harbour, Rebecca

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washboiler.

Patent for a wash-boiler, which has a mesh inner lining that allows the continuous introduction of water and steam into the center of the boiler and onto the clothes being washed.

Date: October 12, 1909

Creator: Mozley, Isiah

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for "an improved plow, which shall be so constructed that it may be readily adjusted for use as a subsoil-plow, as a turning-plow, as a scraper and cultivator, and as a scraper, cultivator, and hiller, and which shall be simple in construction and effective in operation in either capacity." (Lines 11-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: October 10, 1876

Creator: Newton, John R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Heating Tables.

Patent for improvement of heating tables, "by steam to keep the meat and other articles at proper temperature. It consist more particularly in an arrangement of the steam-heating apparatus that will admit of its application to dining-tables, and will allow the plates of the diners and such of the dishes as may be desired being kept at the desired degree of warmth without necessitating the heating of warmth without the necessitating the heating of all the articles on the table."

Date: October 29, 1878

Creator: Morris, Joseph R.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Hand Cotton Pickers.

Patent for a new method of picking cotton by hand, whereby 3 spindles remove the fibers from the bolls.

Date: October 14, 1879

Creator: Ham, Thomas William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk- Cutter

Patent for a Stalk-Cutter, a "simple, durable and efficient device for cutting stalks, like cotton, cornstalks or weeds, while standing" (lines 13-14).

Date: October 24, 1905

Creator: Wilburn, Sylvestor

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Track-Raiser.

Patent for an improved track-raiser used during constructing and repairing railways. It is a jack that raises and holds a rail in place.

Date: October 16, 1894

Creator: Steed, Thaddeus Franklin

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil Can Spout.

Patent for new improvements to oil can where an attachment to the can is made and acts as both a stopper and a spout

Date: October 10, 1911

Creator: Melvin, Joe D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Center Rail for Key-Actions.

Patent for an easily adjustable, simple, and durable center rail for key actions in pianos which does not require chiseling holes.

Date: October 21, 1919

Creator: Swallow, Oscar L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Heel-Sweep Brace.

Patent for heel-sweep brace "relates to new and useful improvements in attachments to cultivators for strengthening the heel sweep thereof and prevent the same from rocking upon the foot."(lines 15-19)

Date: October 2, 1917

Creator: Goodlett, Henry Jimison

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nutcracker.

Patent for a nutcracker "of simple and comparatively inexpensive construction, having few parts and which may be conveniently operated." (lines 9-10) including illustration.

Date: October 31, 1916

Creator: Watson, Charles J. E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Planter Attachment.

Patent for a planter attachment, which allows seeds to be covered with varying depths of soil, that is operated from the seat of the planter.

Date: October 20, 1908

Creator: O'Brian, John B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cylinder Head.

Patent for improvement in removable cylinder heads for gas engines. Exhaust gasses and foreign matter pass through the conduits without affecting the valve stem.

Date: October 22, 1918

Creator: Bloomber, H. G.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hame-Fastener.

Patent for a hame fastener "by which the ends can be securely connected together, but which may be readily disconnected when desired." (lines 10-12). Illustrations included.

Date: October 2, 1900

Creator: Jones, David G. & Jones, John W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ice-Cream Freezer.

Patent for an ice cream freezer, which rocks rather than turning in a circle to freeze the ice cream.

Date: October 4, 1910

Creator: Harton, Thomas J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Composite Lamp-Chimney.

Patent for a lamp chimney that prevents insects from falling into the chimney and keeps the flame inside the chimney.

Date: October 17, 1893

Creator: Schwartz, Jacob

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Funnel and Gage.

Patent for a funnel and gage with a mechanism used to indicate "when the proper amount of water has been inserted in the battery" (lines 14-15).

Date: October 16, 1917

Creator: Burkett, Joseph Benjamin

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Patent for "a wrench adapted to engage the nut of the wheel hub, so that on turning the wheel the nut will unscrew from the threaded end of the axle." (Lines 14-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: October 30, 1894

Creator: Stambaugh, Julius Locke

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Twine-Cutter.

Patent for improvements in rope-cutters by designing a “cutter having a slotted bracket with a lateral extension or bearing that has a longitudinal slot and a stop,” with a “combination of a lever-handle having a projecting knife-blade, registering with the slot in the bearing.” (Lines 81-86) This enable the rope to be cut in a single operation without sever the fibers. (Lines 74-76) Illustration is included.

Date: October 13, 1891

Creator: Maulden, Chester Doctor

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Low-Pressure Alarm and Indicator for Air-Brakes.

Patent for "air-brake mechanisms in general, and more particularly to the alarms for giving warning when the pressure in the train-pipe drops to a predetermined point and for giving a visual signal when such condition exists" (p. 1, lines 8-13).

Date: October 25, 1900

Creator: Parsons, Avery H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insect-Trap.

Patent for an insect trap that entraps and kills insects that infest live plants or trees. This trap has a lantern to attract insects; the lantern is mounded in a pan that can be filled with liquid that injures and kills the insects.

Date: October 7, 1913

Creator: Cook, Katherine B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Neck-Yokes.

Patent for "an improvement in the class of neck-yokes having a swivel-joint connection with a carriage or wagon pole; and it consists in providing the neck-yoke with a central enlargement or boss, and connecting the tube which slips on the end of the carriage-pole with the yoke by means of rings having perforated ears to receive the ends of a pivoted bar, to which the pole ring or tube is swiveled." (Lines 11-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: October 31, 1876

Creator: Hannig, Frank

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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