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Wrench.

Description: Patent for an improved wrench that has two movable jaws and can separate about the length of the handle. The wrench's "head or nut for operating the upper jaw is swiveled and forms a part of the handle" (lines 14-15). The wrench can be converted into a pipe-wrench.
Date: May 9, 1893
Creator: King, Will Henry Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wagon Brake.

Description: 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

Kitchen Cabinet.

Description: 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

Weather-Strip.

Description: Patent for an improved door weather strip and stop. The device atuates to be both a door stop and a weather strip.
Date: May 28, 1919
Creator: Campbell, Thomas M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knee-Pad

Description: Patent for knee-pads that are used for berry or cotton pickers.
Date: May 3, 1915
Creator: Holsey, Walter R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Linter-Float-Driving Mechanism.

Description: Patent for the improvement of the linter-float-driving mechanism of float drives for cotton linters. The invention produces a positive driving mechanism for a float and removes the use of a belt tightening idler.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Stephens, Louis K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Book-Support and Writing-Table.

Description: Patent for book support and writing table that adjusts to the item being used by the person. The tray is able to hold the item either a book or writing materials while adjusting to the user's needs. The book support and writing table can be folded to occupy little space.
Date: May 10, 1921
Creator: Taylor, Henry S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Separating Decorticated Cotton-Seed.

Description: Patent for a machine dedicated to "increase the capacity of machines for separating decorticated cotton-seed" (lines 9-10) and to "separate the meal from the husks of the decorticated cotton-seed, whereby perfectly clean meal is collected" (lines 12-15)
Date: May 11, 1897
Creator: Bell, Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trunk.

Description: Patent for a trunk that is usual except for its multiple trays, "a series of levers connecting the trays, and a second series of levers connecting the first-mentioned series of levers with the trunk-lid" (lines 56-59). The levers raise the trays and move them outward, and they can lock in place.
Date: May 12, 1896
Creator: Giraud, Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Leather-Working Machine.

Description: Patent for a leather working machine, which fully finishes leather straps.
Date: May 18, 1909
Creator: Russell, Frank K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lathe-Chuck

Description: Patent for a lathe chuck to be used with cotton gins. Illustrations included.
Date: May 5, 1908
Creator: Jipperson, John Marsen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Interest Calculator

Description: Patent for an adjustable calendar for calculating interest between two dates, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Moody, Jason B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Targets for Shooting-Galleries

Description: Patent for a shooting gallery target that releases balls when hit in the center.
Date: May 29, 1877
Creator: Hoshall, David W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Fences.

Description: Patent for improvement in fences using wire rails, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1879
Creator: Temby, Joseph W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Traffic Signal.

Description: Patent for an illuminated turn signal attached to the frame of a car. The signal is shaped like a hand and can be raised or lowered by a lever behind the steering wheel.
Date: May 9, 1922
Creator: Jones, Theodoric
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Cock for Water-Heaters.

Description: Patent for a water cock for a water heater that automatically drains the water heater when the main water supply is cut off.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Simpson, Ray C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vestibule Stock-Car

Description: Patent for a vestibule stock car designed to securely hold the doors of a vestibuled train in a manner that ensures safety. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Buckner, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mill for Grinding or Crushing Cotton-Seed or the Like.

Description: Patent for improvements to the grinding or crushing of materials in mills by eliminating the hammering action by the use of supported ball bearings. This decreases the amount of power needed to operate the mill and includes illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Nolen, Robert Rufus
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk-Chopper Attachment.

Description: Patent for rotating stalk-chopper attachment, including illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Nix, Spencer W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Staple-Set

Description: Patent for a staple set for building and fixing wire fences. Illustrations included.
Date: May 23, 1911
Creator: Highsmith, Aubrey O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hydraulic Fluid-Compressor

Description: Patent for a hydraulic fluid compressor for gas and air compressors.
Date: May 21, 1912
Creator: Hawkins, Alda F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Station Indicator

Description: Patent for a station indicator. Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Tanner, Theophile
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Description: Patent for an improved hyrdrocarbon burner that includes "an overhanging generating element of suitable construction in combination with a particular base having a burner jet surrounded by air admitting jets [...] to be installed in the various forms of stoves and grates" (lines 11-26), including illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Franklin, Oliver H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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