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Passenger Recorder

Description: Patent for "automatically auditing the number of passengers and the distance traveled by said passengers while en route on a train or other public conveyance." (lines 9-13)
Date: September 26, 1911
Creator: Rudolf Brown, of Cuero, Texas.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grader-Blade.

Description: Patent for a new form of grader blade for road graders and ditchers for road and ditch work, with illustration.
Date: December 4, 1917
Creator: Wendell, Benjamin J.
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Wrench

Description: Patent for a tool to enable its user to turn certain objects, such as nuts and bolts, efficiently.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Bonelli, Liborio C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a clamp that is used in fence construction. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 24, 1897
Creator: Howard, Zenas F.
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Valve-Operating Mechanism

Description: Patent for Valve Operating Mechanism that includes "new and useful improvements" (lines 5-6), and "has for its primary object to provide a simple and efficient means for operating a valve at a distance" (lines 10-12).
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Baurens, Jean Marie, Jr.
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Valve.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Valves" (lines 5-6) used in pneumatic inner tubes to stop leakage, including illustrations.
Date: December 14, 1920
Creator: Cheek, Alex L.
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Well-Liner Clamp.

Description: Patent for a well-liner clamp for oil, gas, and other similar wells that prevents the well from caving in. The well-liner clamp is made of resilient material to hold in place, contracts while being placed into the well, and can be released after being placed into the well to expand to fit the walls of the well.
Date: May 31, 1921
Creator: Bigelow, Robert J.
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Water-Elevator.

Description: Patent for a water elevator. The invention produces a means for "high power water elevating" which provides " a steady and voluminous flow of water" (lines 20-22). Illustration included.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Barnett, Grady L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheel.

Description: Patent for an improved wheel tire. The improvements to a conventional tire include multiple hinged springs which limit the movement of the wheel in two directions when contact is made with the ground. The wheel includes shoes placed concentrically around the wheel that provides shock absorption, better traction, and overall stability.
Date: April 12, 1919
Creator: Schmidt, Oscar J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Window Attachment.

Description: Patent for a sash attachment that steadies the movement of the window sash within a window frame and prevent rattling.
Date: May 4, 1920
Creator: Dysart, Marby P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill.

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements in windmills with a novel construction. This specific construction will help create much more efficiency than the existing windmills.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Ham, James T.
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Lavatory.

Description: Patent "relates to improvement in wash basins, tubs, sinks, trays, and the like and especially with reference to the provision of improved means for flushing the waste pipe or duct thereof and for preventing overflow in the case the supply of faucet or faucets should be left running..."
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Kavanagh, Joseph A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Blocking Machine

Description: Patent for an inexpensive attachment to a cotton cultivator/checking machine to improve the intake capacity of the cultivator itself. The blocking machine would be used to replace the manual labor task of chopping cotton before insertion into the cultivator for processing.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: Ford, Barnie S.
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Insect Destroyer.

Description: Patent for an wheeled vehicle mounted insect destroyer that brushes insects from plants and destroys them utilizing flames, includes illustrations.
Date: June 13, 1922
Creator: Franks, John L.
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Trap

Description: Patent for a bird-catching trap that has an entrance that is always open but prevents exit; also includes a device that keeps the bait visible but never attainable
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Mayse, Henry F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ventilating Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a ventilating apparatus for railway cars for the purpose of supplying air to railway car interiors without needing to open a window (which tends to also let in smoke and dust), including illustrations.
Date: March 6, 1906
Creator: Parrish, Ezekiel L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Thimble.

Description: Patent for an improved design of thimble which includes a needle-threader and a thread-cutter that can be used without removal of the thimble from the finger through the design of metal cone shapes as part of the thimble's design.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Huntington, Spencer Hinsdale
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Motor

Description: Patent for motor in the category of internal combustion engines. This motor increases power and efficiency through the use of heat which was previously wasted in other models.
Date: June 27, 1916
Creator: Harwood, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut-Lock.

Description: Patent for a nut lock that has a washer divided on predetermined lines bent in a V-shaped fold line that provides attaching support. Identical sector-like portions of the nut lock have a curved edge that permit embedding in material through which a bolt is passed.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Harding, William L.
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Steam-Turbine for Locomotives.

Description: Patent for a compact mechanism related to steam turbines, which has positive geared connections with the driving access of the locomotive, resulting in reduced friction. This increases efficiency of the driving action while reduced the expenditure of elastic fluid in order to run smoothly.
Date: December 5, 1911
Creator: Dumas, Joel Benjaman
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