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Truck.

Description: Patent for trucks adapted to accommodate lumber, rails, or other materials of various lengths, to balance the load on the center wheels, requiring less power to move the truck.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: Simpson, Louis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway-Crossing Signal

Description: Patent for improvements in Railway-Crossing Signals that provide both a visual and audible signal to be given at the crossing when a train is approaching.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Adleta, William P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Piano Key Bushing.

Description: Patent for an improved piano key bushing that designed to reduce sticking of the keys. Important parts of the bushing are made of metal and given ample room to expand without causing friction that might cause the keys to stick.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Rogers, Karl C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Plows

Description: Patent for "improvements in attachments for plows for the purpose of cutting roots, sods, and the like, and has for one of its objects to provide a simply constructed attachment which not only provides a suitable cutting implement but likewise includes a removable landslide." (9-15)
Date: January 25, 1916
Creator: Reeves, Wesley L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seed-Dropping Plate

Description: Patent for a versatile seed dropping mechanism that retains the seed shells as they drop to prevent machine clogging and seed droppings.
Date: January 25, 1916
Creator: Grinstead, Albert N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saddle-Press

Description: Patent for a saddle press that can be adapted fit to any common cantle to more quickly paste a cover onto it. The saddle may also be moved while the press is in use.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Wendorf, Henry L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Replacer and Derailer

Description: Patent for a car replacer and derailer to place the wheels of a train car back on track in case of derailment which can be easily added to train rails.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Zeagler, Bennie L. & Stryker, Charles L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric-Line-Apparatus Protector

Description: Patent for electric-line-apparatus protector used to protect telephone and other electrical circuits from damaged caused by electricity. This is a simple and efficient device.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Higgins, Peter K. & Parker, Frederick R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grave-Filler.

Description: Patent for a grave-filler device that holds dirt from the grave and can be shifted longitudinally from the grave and be titled vertically to refill the grave.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: Imhoff, Louis P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fan Attachment.

Description: Patent for providing "auxiliary fan blades attachable to a fan having permanent blades whereby to increase the fan surface, by attaching the auxiliary blades, or reducing the fan surface to its normal area by detaching the auxiliary blades" (lines 10-15). Its "intended for use in connection with the fan employed on the Ford car, although not limited to this particular use" (lines 16-19), including illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: Goss, Charles E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fly-Trap.

Description: Patent for a trap meant to aid in catching flies before they can make it into the home. Meant to be used in conjunction with doors that have screens in them and allowing for suitable ways for eliminating the pests from the trap.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Cruttenden, James A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Switch Operating Mechanism for Electric Railways.

Description: Patent for a switch-operating mechanism for electric railways that uses a movable display band to control movement through an electrically operated switch. The arrival of the railway car or street car at a point adjacent to the switch automatically throws the switch to automatically shunt the car from one line to another without a motorman or switchman's intervention.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Craig, Richard M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheel.

Description: Patent for a new vehicle wheel that has adjustable tire sections that can be placed while unexpanded to create a permanent fit, and also has interlocking components to prevent movement. It includes a text description with reference illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: La Croix, Cicero Hamilton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vending-Machine.

Description: Patent for improvements in vending machines for the purpose of vending liquids such as gasoline and oils.
Date: June 25, 1916
Creator: Noark, Henry & Duke, Samuel C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Resilient Wheel.

Description: Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Resilient Wheels" (lines 5-6) including specifications and illustrations.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Martin F. Kettler
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pipe-Pulling Device.

Description: Patent for a device for pulling pipes from wells without damaging the pipe, with a safety feature in case the pipe breaks.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Osborne, William R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tie-Plate.

Description: Patent for imrpoved tie plates that will prevent the rails from wearing down the ties.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: Barnes, Ned E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Detachable Automobile Spring-Tire.

Description: Patent for a detachable automobile leaf spring tire. This invention would provide a tire of simple construction with leaf springs and will have a secure connection of the inner and outer tire parts.
Date: March 25, 1919
Creator: La Bauve, Lillie W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Safety-Pin.

Description: Patent for an improved fastening device which incorporates a sliding shield.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Pyron, John M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stock Food and Method of Preparing the Same

Description: Patent for a new method to produce stock feed at a low cost, by "treating finely divided organic matter containing cellulose with certain acids under pressure, thereby freeing the cellulose and other carbohydrates," to make the feed more easily absorbable by animals (lines 13-23).
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Walker, Thomas Bailey
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bathing-Machine.

Description: Patent for a standing bathing machine that will wash and scrub the person standing inside it. Illustrations are provided but these are guidelines that should not be restricting but something for the builder to build upon.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Howlett, Peyton Leon
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mud Guard.

Description: Patent for an attachable mud guard for any vehicle, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Johnson, Tom L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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