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Scissors or Shears.

Description: Patent for scissors or shears which open automatically due to a central, coiled spring.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Allison, Robert L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Flexible Wire Mat.

Description: Patent for a flexible wire mat that is portable, loosely woven to shake out dirt and mud, and which prevents the edges form curling up to trip people.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Shelton, John F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher and Splicer.

Description: Patent for a wire stretcher and splicer for building fences and baling hay.
Date: November 14, 1911
Creator: Cornett, Mike Weldon
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Motor.

Description: Patent for a water motor that is operated by the current.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Gonzalez, José
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insect-Destroyer.

Description: Patent for "an improved insect destroyer" ... "embodying a fuel supply and a burner for the purpose of destroying insects brushed from plants beside which the device is traveling" (lines 9, 11-14) including illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Garner, William W. & Rush, Owen T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve.

Description: Patent for a valve, comprised of a valve seat and a moving part that is made in such a way as to minimize wear and tear. The seat, which attaches to the pump stem, supports the value stem, which is then covered by a thimble that supports a rubber disk. This rubber disk helps prevent liquid and sand from wearing against the valve stem.
Date: November 14, 1911
Creator: Wintz, Thornton E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvements in Processes of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil

Description: Patent for a process to refine oil, specifically crude, cotton-seed oil, using caustic soda. Includes an explanation of how the process works.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Chisholm, Jesse C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trap.

Description: Patent for a trap for catching animals alive.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Jones, Rufus A. & Grant, Wilburn C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk-Cutter.

Description: Patent for a stalk-cutter that employs rotating breaking members to uproot the stalk and cut it rather than simply cutting the stalk and leaving the roots underground.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Buchanan, Amos. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tire.

Description: Patent for a cushioned tire which may be attached without special tools to an automobile wheel when the regular is flat or damaged. It can fold up for easy storage, and then attach to the wheel rim using hinges, rods, and sockets.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Price, James Bain
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process of Removing Ink from Paper.

Description: Patent for a process of removing ink from paper that uses three chemical solutions that the paper is soaked in after an initial water bath to remove all the ink and produce paper pulp that can be recycled into new paper.
Date: November 14, 1911
Creator: Bonser, John Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Parachute.

Description: Patent for a type of parachute that may be used for a balloon, air ship, or a window of a building as a method of fire escape. The design is such that the parachute may be stored in a compact, unobtrusive way while not in use. This is made possible by mounting multiple parachutes, one above the other, in varied diameter.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Mayes, Aceph B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Support for Compasses

Description: Patent for a support for compasses used for railway coaches. Illustrations included.
Date: November 14, 1911
Creator: Ely, William S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hand-Transplanter

Description: Patent for a "manually operated device, adapted for the manipulation of small plants, during the transplanting of the same, and the thinning out of closely growing plants" (lines 9-13). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Thompson, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pipe-Making Machine.

Description: Patent for pipe making machines in which "concrete, clay or shale is formed into pipe by a combined feeding and molding mechanism" (lines 17-19).
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Reese, Walter A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator Attachment

Description: Patent for a combined cotton chopper and rolling fender to be attached to a cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: November 21, 1911
Creator: Underwood, Elvy T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator

Description: Patent for a cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: November 21, 1911
Creator: Ellett, Luther S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Cultivators

Description: Patent for attachment for cultivators. The invention allows a cultivator's shovel to be spaced apart to facilitate the plowing of corn, cotton, and other similar products.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Jez, Joseph M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sewing-Awl.

Description: Patent for an improvement upon the sewing awl that is designed to work well with leather workers. The sewing awl is made to be "adaptable to work with a break or tension device, capable of restraining a thread holding spool against free rotation to prevent excessive undesirable slack or looseness of the thread" (lines 15-19) as illustrated and described.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Alten, George Philip
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Detector for Wireless Signaling Apparatus.

Description: Patent for wireless signaling apparatus which provides a detector which shall be universal in its application, by means of which any of the well known minerals or materials may be employed and removably held in proper position.
Date: November 21, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Maurice Bernays
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Smoothing-Iron.

Description: Patent for a redesigned smoothing iron. This includes the design of a hollow transparent body with heating elements. The elements are made of replaceable lights which heat the body as well as lighting up so that the unit may be used in a dimly lit room.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Thomas, Theodore G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Equilibrium-Retaining Device for Flying-Machines.

Description: Patent related to automatic means for maintaining equilibrium while operating heavier-than-air flying machines through the use of valves.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Macmanus, Augustus Frederick Watson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Envelop.

Description: Patent for an adjustable envelop design for storing documents and articles. This is a design with flaps within the inner fold that are made to secure and protect the document. Straps that extend from the outer edge secure the outer flap over the contents as well as the inner protective flaps.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Low, Eugene
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Show-Case.

Description: Patent for a show-case for cigars that can be opened at various points by levers.
Date: November 14, 1911
Creator: Kainer, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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