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Nutcracker.

Description: Patent for a nutcracker that can crack all kinds of nuts, with relatively little force, on appropriate surfaces like tables. The Patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1914
Creator: Fort, Foster W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Burglar-Alarm.

Description: Patent for a portable device that can be hung on a door knob and sound an alarm when the knob is turned, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 18, 1914
Creator: Dick, Archie P., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Fence Posts.

Description: Patent for improvements in fence posts and has "for its primary object to provide a post which may be of extremely simple construction and operation and especially adapted for use in constructing wire fences" (lines 12-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Conner, Elmer E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Telltale Switch

Description: Patent for switch that indicates when a vacuum fails. Used for systems in "which it is desired to keep a ... uniform vacuum such as in fruit dryers, creosoting plants, surgace and jet condensing for steam plants and the like" (lines 21-25).
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Howland, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Safety Attachment for Locomotive-Cabs.

Description: Patent for a locomotive engine safety device involving a detachable protective carrier that releases from the engineer's cab allowing escape from the locomotive engine cab in case of danger, including illustrations.
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Uttz, William A.
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

Leaf or Insert for Books

Description: Patent for leaves and inserts in books and other paper documents. It is meant to "provide a printed sheet embodying certain novel features arranged so that it may be found in a book or catalogue as a leaf or page thereof or placed therein as an insert." (Lines 12-16)
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Seligson, Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Device for Catching Insects

Description: Patent for a device to gather and remove eggs deposited by insects, particularly boll weevils, from plant material.
Date: February 4, 1915
Creator: Stautzenberger, William C. & Olsen, Carl
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plumb-Level.

Description: Patent for a modified and improved plumb-levels that allow for consistent and accurate readings, as well as the ability for the level to adjust after being harmed.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Rutledge, Caleb C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Adjustable Shelf Bracket

Description: Patent for a new shelf bracket "which is angularly adjustable, and has for its object the provision of a novel shelf bracket which is adapted to be secured upon a ladder, table, post, or other place, and which may be angularly adjusted so as to form means for supporting articles in a horizontal position." (Lines 14-19) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Selstad, Ingvald E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fly-Trap.

Description: Patent for an improved fly-trap that effectively ensnares flies while providing an efficient method of fly disposal and easier access to the trap for cleaning, including illustrations.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Crawford, James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Gap Gate.

Description: Patent for new and improved water gap gates to protect gates and barriers during natural interference, thereby preventing livestock injury.
Date: September 9, 1913
Creator: Sattler, Adolph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insect-Trap.

Description: Patent for insect traps, specifically for concentrating capture and extermination via placement over an ant hill.
Date: September 23, 1913
Creator: Chandler, John T. & Harber, Joseph L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Can Spout.

Description: Patent for "new and useful improvements in stoppers and discharge spouts for cans, or receptacles more particularly to cans employed in shipping kerosene oil, cotton seed oil, turpentine syrups and various other liquids." (lines 10-15).
Date: March 25, 1913
Creator: Herblin, William Leonard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Plow and Cultivator.

Description: Patent for combined plow and cultivator "to provide a manually operated mechanism by which the front and rear plows may be simultaneously adjusted up or down, and held in any position of such adjustment" (lines 11-15).
Date: October 7, 1913
Creator: Womble, Corneilous E. & Martin, Henry G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Buggy-Shaft Brace.

Description: Patent for buggy shaft braces for connecting the shaft and cross bar of a vehicle, in order to eliminate malfunction of cross bar.
Date: September 23, 1913
Creator: Brunken, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Route-Indicator.

Description: Patent for an improved route indicator for automobiles "which not only visually indicates the characteristics and risks of the road" but in addition provides an "auditory signal to call attention to approaching hazards or dangers" (lines 36-41). Illustrations included.
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Cranmer, Howard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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