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Hose-Coupling.

Description: Patent for new usability improvements for hose coupling, designed for novice users, including illustrations.
Date: July 3, 1906
Creator: Stephens, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Keeping Count of Games of Dominoes.

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements in machines for keeping count of games of dominoes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1900
Creator: Marler, Jack W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Weighing-Scale.

Description: Patent for a weighing-scale that is "of simple and improved construction which will instantly determine and indicate the weight of the article placed thereon" (lines 13-16). The scale uses revolving disks that have a chain around them which moves a lever to indicate the weight of the object being weighed. The object being weighed sits on a pan that is suspended by the same chains that hold the revolving disks in place.
Date: December 15, 1896
Creator: Stephens, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Type-Writer Cabinet.

Description: Patent for a typewriter cabinet with swinging typewriter support held in position by foot pressure.
Date: April 22, 1913
Creator: Keltz, Eugene L. & Rhoads, John M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Train-Order Holder.

Description: Patent for Train-Order Holder designed to keep sheets of paper secure and in place to prevent writing on margins and displacement.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Crady, Daniel R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump

Description: Patent for an improvement to lift pumps for deep oil and artesian wells. The improvement is intended to overcome the difficulty of excessive pressure caused by the liquid rising to the surface that makes foot valve inoperable. The design also makes the pump easier to construct as well as stronger and more durable.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Haar, G. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hull-Burner.

Description: Patent for a hull burner in particular for use with cotton gins, and is intended to easily attach to the door of a furnace without inconveniencing the operator. The hull burner provides a door to which the chute may be easily disconnected or attached to form an air tight joint to prevent escape of smoke into the furnace room.
Date: June 1, 1915
Creator: Sneed, William Vernon
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Means For Protecting River Banks

Description: Patent for a means for protecting river banks. The invention is designed to prevent erosion of banks and maintain the water flows course. Illustration included.
Date: April 16, 1907
Creator: Nabers, John A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Milk-Stool.

Description: Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Stools" (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 29, 1892
Creator: Sevier, Moses Nimrod
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk-Cutter.

Description: Patent for an improved stalk cutter that can be connected with lister beams and thus, able to be connected to the lister to cut the stalks while plowing.
Date: January 29, 1918
Creator: Thompson, Roy De Witt
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mechanism for Rotating Earth-Drill Bits.

Description: Patent for a mechanism for rotating earth-drill bits that introduces an up and down motion.
Date: October 7, 1919
Creator: Nippert, Worley
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tank-Valve.

Description: Patent for a tank valve, which prevents leakage and can be used as a tank or trough valve.
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Hampton, William M. & Shive, Caleb C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trousers.

Description: Patent for new and improved trousers. This design "relates to an improvement in pants; and it consists in a pants-leg having a recess or notch cut in its lower rear edge, so as to prevent it from coming in contact with the ground" (lines 12-16).
Date: November 15, 1887
Creator: Sevier, Moses Nimrod
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motor.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and durable motor for driving pumps, sewing machines, and other small machinery. The motor is reliable and does not break easily, and the weight cord can be easily wound on its drum.
Date: January 9, 1894
Creator: Thrasher, Benton C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stirrup.

Description: Patent for a stirrup that "will normally lie alongside the horse, so as to at all time be ready to receive the foot." (Lines 21-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 6, 1897
Creator: Stephens, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hose-Coupling

Description: Patent for a hose coupling "designed to couple light or heavy hose sections together without undue wear at the coupling connection" (lines 11-14).
Date: March 14, 1916
Creator: Stephens, John Hall
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Harness Attachment.

Description: Patent for a simple, strong, and durable back-band and chain trace attachment that connects the two. This holds "the chain trace and back-band in their proper places and thus prevent[s] chafing of the horse, &c., by the trace chain when it slackens" (lines 12-15).
Date: June 27, 1893
Creator: Camp, John Cecil
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad-Gate.

Description: Patent for improvements in automatic railway and farm gates by using a combination and arrangement of two supporting-frames, two sliding gates, a diagonal rod to secure the gates; with three levers each having its own functions, and two friction rollers. Illustration is included.
Date: May 12, 1891
Creator: Wood, Horace Overall & Smith, Sanford Sanders
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad-Signal

Description: Patent for a railroad signal which will prevent train collisions at railway crossings, with illustrations.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Humphrys, Sidney E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pile-Supporter

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements in Pile-Supporters, specifically for use for protruding piles. "The device is designed to retain the ruptured portions within the anus, thereby relieving pain." Improvements allow extended wear and freedom of movement not allowed in previous supporters.
Date: December 4, 1917
Creator: Raines, John L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Metallic Tie and Rail-Chair

Description: Patent for a metallic tie and rail chair that eliminates the need for a wooden cross ties in railroad tracks.
Date: November 26, 1912
Creator: Capps, John Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automobile Jack

Description: Patent for Automobile Jack
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Taylor, Alva R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pipe and Like Stem.

Description: Patent for improved smoking equipment stems which prevents saliva from running down the stem. The end of the stem has a new design which extends upwards and then wraps forward and downward, leaving a slot where no saliva can enter.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Crossman, Alvin Amos
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quilting Apparatus

Description: Patent for improvements in the quilting apparatus, that helps in stabilizing the quilting process as the center of gravity of the device shifts during the process.
Date: August 24, 1915
Creator: Lawrence Monroe Caruth
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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