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Luggage-Carrier.

Description: Patent for improving automobile luggage carriers by attaching a device to the vehicle's running board, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Reed, Allen T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton choppers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 29, 1898
Creator: Hillermann, August & Heinen, Christopher
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shoe-Fitting Stool.

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements in a shoe fitting stool which "comprises a simple and efficient means of this nature so arranged that the measurements of the foot of a person may be quickly and readily determined." (lines 15-20) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 11, 1915
Creator: Reed, Allen Trousdale
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Coupler.

Description: Patent for car coupler heads. This object has coupler heads that, when set in position, automatically lock.
Date: September 11, 1923
Creator: Tucker, Roger V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Draft Device

Description: Patent for binders and other agricultural machines liable to side draft, and its object is to provide a simple and efficient device for attaching an evener bar to the draft tongue of the machine.
Date: November 19, 1913
Creator: Mitchell, James R. & Mitchell, Grady
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Honey-Boxes for Bee-Hives

Description: Patent for the new and improved construction of bee-hives. Provides instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1879
Creator: Connolly, Charles H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quick-Adjusting Wrench.

Description: Patent for quick adjusting wrenches that simplify and improve the constructions and increase the efficiency and utility of hese types of devices. The movable jaw can be instantly released or locked.
Date: June 11, 1918
Creator: Grogan, Edward W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Repair-Tool For Wire Fences.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in repair tools for wire fences, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 22, 1898
Creator: Major, John H.
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Fumigator and Insect Destroyer

Description: Patent for a fumigator and insect destroyer. Illustration included.
Date: April 11, 1905
Creator: Frazer, James A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Desk-Cabinet

Description: Patent for a metal desk cabinet for holding office supplies.
Date: November 26, 1912
Creator: Grogan, Edward W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Cutter

Description: Patent for a wire cutter specifically for hay bale ties.
Date: November 26, 1912
Creator: Grogan, Edward W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quilting-Frame for Sewing-Machines.

Description: Patent for an attachment that can be connected to a sewing machine to facilitate quilting.
Date: March 24, 1914
Creator: Click, Washington B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Type.

Description: Patent for a new and improved type. This design "relates to printing, and more especially to the type used therein; and the object of the same is to provide a substitute for the large wood type now extensively used on poster and other large work. To this end the invention consists in a type-face and a type-base each of metal" (lines 7-13).
Date: September 20, 1892
Creator: Coleman, Allison
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ironing-Table.

Description: Patent for a new adjustable ironing-table that folds for storage, including illustrations.
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Click, John Jones
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Engine-Starter.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Automatic Engine-Starter, of which the following is a specification. The present invention appertains to engine starters, and aims to provide a novel and improved automatic spring-actuated starter for internal combustion engines" (lines 5-11).
Date: November 30, 1915
Creator: Beck, John Wesley & Gaines, Nolan T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Self-Signaling Device For Railroads.

Description: Patent for a self-signalling device for railroads that is simple and efficient. Instructions and illustration included.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Littlepage, Rufus E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for an addition "to provide a plow of this character that shall perform both operations at one and the same time, one that is exceedingly cheap and simple, one that will always move in a straight line and protect the plants being barred, and one that requires very little more power than an ordinary plow" (lines 15-18).
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Couch, John P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Fence Tool.

Description: Patent for an improvement on wire-fence tools. "To provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive tool of great strength and durability designed for operating on fence-wires and adapted for mending the same and for taking up the slack of a fence-wire and capable in stretching the ends past each other before the same are twisted together, whereby the ends of the wire may be more effectively connected." (Lines 10-19) Illustration is included.
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Berry, James Osborn
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Draft Device.

Description: Patent for a drafting device for animals. It allows for the owner to place more animals on one side of the device than the other, but still allows the device to remain on the desired path.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Mitchell, James R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Cooler.

Description: Patent for an improvement in water-coolers wherein the vessel for holding the water is surrounded with fibrous material that is kept saturated with water, the evaporation of which will absorb the heat from the water contained in the vessel in a manner well known to science.
Date: October 20, 1880
Creator: Barber, Edwin Louis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cut-Out Device for Windmills.

Description: Patent for "an improved attachment for wind mills, whereby the mill may be thrown out of gear automatically when the supply tank becomes filled" (lines 9-13). It includes an illustration and description of the components.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Pennington, Phil M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Chopper

Description: Patent for a cotton-chopper with two disk-cutters mounted to a supporting frame, which can be positioned parallel or at an angle to each other. Each disk-cutter is attached by a projecting arm, which provides foot support and allows each disk to be operated independently. Patent includes illustrations.
Date: November 23, 1920
Creator: Jones, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Weighing Device.

Description: Patent for a weighing device. This device should be an improvement over other methods. The device weighs various articles and automatically sums the total weight of the various articles.
Date: July 20, 1915
Creator: Neeley, Samuel T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Carbureter

Description: 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
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