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Valve Lifter

Patent for an appliance which is for jacking up the valve spring of an internal combustion engine when it is needed to remove the valve for any purpose.

Date: October 27, 1914

Creator: Glasscock, Oscar T. & Phillips, William F.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement to Elevator Signal Systems

Patent for an improvement to an elevator in which “to provide an elevator signal system that will permit a party at any landing to indicate his desire to go up or down to the elevator operator by pressing one of two buttons” (lines 10-15). Instructions and illustration included.

Date: February 2, 1915

Creator: Johnson, Charles S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Voice Recording and Reproducing Device.

Patent for a voice recording "attachment for a moving picture camera, which, while a picture is being taken will produce [...] photographic record of sounds that appropriately accompany the picture" (lines 11-16), including illustrations.

Date: June 13, 1916

Creator: Walker, Jack L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knee-Spreader.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in knee spreaders, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: February 6, 1900

Creator: Trice, Sinnette Y.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle Top.

Patent for a new and improved vehicle roof. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the rabbeted vehicle-top-supporting bows, of strips mounted in said rabbets and provided with overlapping upper ends, curtain-supporting frames, and clips carried by said frames and arranged to engage the overlapping strips" (lines 92-97).

Date: August 2, 1887

Creator: McCurdy, Thomas B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Truss.

Patent for a new and improved truss. This design consists in "the body-band consisting of a front piece adapted to fit around the abdomen, and a wire attached to each end of said front piece, shaped to conform to the body and spread apart to receive and rest upon the hip-bone, and straps secured to the opposite ends of said wires for fastening the band in place" (lines 43-50).

Date: October 25, 1887

Creator: Davis, Andrew P.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle Top.

Patent for a new and improved vehicle top. This design consists in "the combination of the supporting-bows having grooves in their side, the upper ends of the grooves overlapping the curtain-supporting frames, comprising the flexible side-bars provided with lateral tongues fitting in the grooves of the supporting-bows, and the cross-bars secured to the side bars and having their ends fitted in said grooves, and the covering secured to said frame" (lines 82-91).

Date: April 24, 1888

Creator: McCurdy, Thomas B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Jack Wrench for Oiling Vehicle Wheels.

Patent for a new and improved jack-wrench. This design consists "of the flat bar which has its inner end bent into a hook, so as to catch over the top of the axle, and which has secured to its outer end a rod, upon which the wheel is to be moved, and a handle which has a wrench formed in its outer end, with a slide which is adjustable . . . a screw-rod which passes through the slide and has its upper end bent so as to catch underneath the axle, and a thumbscrew . . . The object of [the] inventi… more

Date: March 4, 1890

Creator: Henshaw, Fred M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vapor Burner.

Patent for a new and improved vapor burner. This design consists, "with the mixing-chamber having a burner connected therewith, of a water chamber and an oil chamber arranged beneath the said mixing chamber, the threaded tube seated in the bottom wall of the water-chamber and extending up into the mixing-chamber, and the air-induction tube leading from beneath the oil-chamber up through the threaded connecting-tube to the mixing chamber" (lines 112-121).

Date: August 19, 1890

Creator: Kirkpatrick, Drury T.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle Top.

Patent for a new and improved vehicle-top. This design "is to simplify, improve, and cheapen the construction of vehicle-tops . . . and enable the sliding curtain to be more readily and securely fastened to the standards and bows of the carriage-top" (lines 12-18). To this end, it consists in "[t]he combination of the supporting-bows provided with longitudinal grooves, and the curtain-carrying frame comprising flat flexible strips arranged in the said grooves and provided at intervals with inwa… more

Date: September 30, 1890

Creator: McCurdy, Thomas B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Type Writing Machine.

Patent for a type writing machine that is small and portable, including illustrations.

Date: December 30, 1890

Creator: Depuy, Gilbert L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Seat

Patent for "a device of the character set forth adapted for application to buggies, carriages, sleighs, and other Vehicles and arranged adjacent to the dash, and when not in use the several parts are folded and the device entire detached and placed endwise under the seat 'and behind the cushion-fall, the parts being simple and effective in their construction and operation, strong and durable, and easily and readily handled and applied" (lines 14-24).

Date: September 6, 1892

Creator: Padgitt, Thomas B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing-Machine

Patent for an alteration to cylindrical reciprocating washing machines that first provides "a washing-machine of the type above described in which the drum or body portion of the machine is supported at a single point at its bottom and gives a partial revolving motion thereon; second, to provide said machine wit-h a suspended horizontally-arranged and vertically-reciprocated stirring device or twirl, and, third, to provide mechanism for automatically raising and lowering the stirring device and… more

Date: November 8, 1892

Creator: Hacke, Karl Wilh.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Waffle-Iron.

Patent for a waffle iron that can be operated by placing it on a stove-top. It "consists in a base, a yoke pivoted thereto and swinging in vertical plane, and the molding and cooking irons carried by the yoke" (lines 15-18).

Date: February 14, 1893

Creator: George, Alexander B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wagon Brake.

Patent for a new and improved wagon-brake. This goal of this design "is to provide an automatic brake for wagons and other wheeled vehicles running on dirt roads" (lines 11-13).

Date: May 23, 1882

Creator: Le Roy, Charles Jerome & Henson, John Wesley

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle Spring.

Patent for a new and improved vehicle spring. This design consists in "front wheels [that] are set well under the wagon-bed, so as to facilitate turning; and . . . the spring-braces, while they greatly assist in strengthening the spring and supporting the load as it grows heavier, do not in any way interfere with the action of said springs. . . . By this improved construction a simple, strong, and durable vehicle is provided, in which heavy loads may be carried with ease" (lines 46-55).

Date: July 10, 1883

Creator: Payne, Joseph Mott

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle Top.

Patent for a new and improved vehicle-top. This design "consists in the combination, of a vehicle-top, with upright rods having their upper ends bent to conform to the shape of the roof, the upper ends of the rods being secured to strips held on the under side of the roof of the top, and on which rods curtains are held to slide up and down" (lines 12-18).

Date: September 30, 1884

Creator: McCurdy, Thomas B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Kitchen Cabinet.

Patent for a new and improved cabinet. This design consists in "the combination, with a hinged door or lid, of [a] . . . separate bail" (lines 99-100). Further, said bail is "pivotally secured at its upper ends to the cabinet, and adapted to support on its middle portion the free end of the said door when the latter is in its horizontal position . . . [and it consists in] a suitable frame, the drawers having compartments on either side thereof, in combination with the hinged pie-board having th… more

Date: May 24, 1887

Creator: Dollens, Wood C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vegetable-Curing Plant

Patent for curing vegetables by a unit system. The design is a curing house of multiple bins with air circulation in each, allowing for a faster and more uniform curing process.

Date: November 12, 1918

Creator: Ewton, Thomas F. & Waldrop, Frances E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Leather-Working Machine

Patent for a leather-working machine which performs the many steps involved in finishing leather straps and related items into one easy step, with illustrations.

Date: June 4, 1918

Creator: Russell, Frank K.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Inlet-Grate

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

Type-Writing Machine

Patent for a type writing machine with particular focus on the "ribbon mechanism for typewriting machines and a main object is to provide devices for automatically controlling the ribbon reverser" (lines 8-11).

Date: July 8, 1919

Creator: Fort, Tandy I.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Interest-Computing Device.

Patent for a mechanical interest computing device, which is designed to be simple to build, maintain, and operate.

Date: December 10, 1918

Creator: Harris, Ira S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Junction-Bracket

Patent for a junction box for automobile wiring. This junction box attempts to place wiring connections that are prone to break due to vibrations from the vehicle in one place. The location of the junction box should allow for less stress on the vehicles wiring as well as provide for easier replacement of connections and wires when servicing is required.

Date: September 16, 1919

Creator: Teachworth, William H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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