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Spring Bed Bottom.

Description: Patent for a new and improved box-spring. This design consists in "[a] main frame having slats and springs and a metallic frame encircling said springs, in combination with the curved brace-springs having the coils and loops pressing on top of the slats, said springs being secured to the slats and metallic frame, and the rods secured to said frame and passing through the ends of the slats" (lines 76-83).
Date: January 13, 1891
Creator: Houston, Leonard B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rein-Guide

Description: Patent for rein guides to support a harness and guide horses. The device yields little space during storage and transportation.
Date: January 13, 1903
Creator: Johnston, Nathan
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sand-Screen for Wells.

Description: Patent for a sand-screen for wells "to provide a simple and efficient device adapted for use on ordinary well-tubing, the same being capable of construction and repair at small cost, being readily attachable to and removable from the tubing, and having means for effectually excluding sand from the inlet end of the tubing, while permitting the free inflow of water therethrough" (lines 9-17).
Date: January 13, 1903
Creator: Jackson, Stokeley & Thompson, Neals
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Regenerator for Compound Engines.

Description: Patent for a new and improved regenerator for compound engines. This design "consist[s] of a casing surrounding a steam-cylinder and connected with the uptake-flue, dampers being provided for closing the uptake and the entrance therefrom to the said casing, whereby the products of combustion may be either directed through the uptake or through the casing around said cylinder" (lines 46-53).
Date: January 13, 1885
Creator: Hulme, Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Joint

Description: Patent for connecting fish plates at the meeting ends of rails where the rails are securely connected without the necessity of employing bolts. Another object of this improvement is to provide a combined fish plate and rail chair which can be applied to the rails.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Jezik, Joseph J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists "[i]n a car-coupler, the coupler having at its forward end a loop or link, hook, and connected rigidly with the ball or any suitable device moving in a passage" (lines 78-81).
Date: January 13, 1885
Creator: Bywater, Joseph K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boltless Fish and Bed Plate for Railway Rails

Description: Patent for "fish-plates and bed-plates so constructed that rails can be secured in place without the necessity of making holes in the ends of the rails [...]; and the object is to simplify rail-joints and make the ends of the abutting rails stronger and to repair broken rails" (lines 10-17).
Date: January 13, 1903
Creator: Crawford, William, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Carbureter

Description: Patent for the carbureter for controlling the quality of the combustible mixture for internal combustion engines, such as automobiles requiring a wide range of variation in the proportion of fuel and air to efficiently and economically supply the demand.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Guthrie, William S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Air-Brake.

Description: Patent for train air-brakes to provide set brakes and same auxiliary pressure on all cars regardless of the brake cylinder piston travel distance.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Wolf, Gustav B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Portable Skid.

Description: Patent for a portable skid for loading and unloading, especially cotton bales.
Date: January 13, 1903
Creator: Williams, Jeff & Butler, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Extracting Minerals from Ores.

Description: Patent for an apparatus that extracts minerals, especially sulfur, from ores. The apparatus features new and useful improvements, creating an automatic extraction that separates the minerals in a pure state.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Shires, George M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Treatment of Oil Emulsions.

Description: Patent for improvements in apparatus for treatment of oil emulsions by providing a means that will greatly assist in the separation of water from oil emulsions and which will aid the re-absorption or retention of gas.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Hook and Buckle.

Description: Patent for a new and improved combined hook and buckle. This design "protect[s] straps from wear at the point of attachment to or contact with rings or eyes" (lines 12-14). This patent references another, the invention of which this one is intended to supplement.
Date: January 13, 1880
Creator: Padgitt, Tom
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Adjustable and Detachable Bow for Spectacles.

Description: Patent for a temple bow for spectacles which is secured to a lens frame and is adjustable to “accommodate the angle of vision of the wearer” (lines 89-90). The connection joints between the bow and lens frame allows adjustment without bending or twisting the bow, providing a more durable bow and frame.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Blanchard, Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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