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Wire-Winding Device

Patent for a wire winding device for repairing wooden bars.

Date: April 23, 1912

Creator: Wilkinson, Charles C.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve Lifter

Patent for an appliance which is for jacking up the valve spring of an internal combustion engine when it is needed to remove the valve for any purpose.

Date: October 27, 1914

Creator: Glasscock, Oscar T. & Phillips, William F.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wave Motor

Patent for an improvement to wave motors, intended to use "the force of waves as motive power for operating machinery" (lines 9-10).

Date: July 11, 1911

Creator: Ford, William W.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Book-Support and Writing-Table.

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.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Locomotive Ash-Pan.

Patent for "locomotive ash-pans which are cleared of ashes and cinders without necessitating the stopping of the engine or requiring the fireman or other person going beneath the engine to relieve the ash-pan of its contents, thereby saving expense in labor and obviating loss of time in long runs." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: March 9, 1897

Creator: Cummings, Summer Field

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well-Drilling Machine.

Patent for a simple and efficient well-drilling machine that is meant for drilling Artesian and other wells. This invention is a "mechanism for reciprocating and turning the tool during the drilling operation, and to provide for the lowering of the drill as the latter advances to the work and for the withdrawal of the same from the well when required for any desired purpose" (lines 8-15). It is also designed to remove water, mud, slush, etc. from the well while drilling.

Date: February 4, 1896

Creator: Catlin, Eli

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Sharpening and Gumming Saws.

Patent for a machine that sharpens and gums saws for cotton-gins. It does so quickly and does not fatigue the operator. It automatically feeds "the saws so as to bring the teeth successively into position to be operated upon, and which will cut the teeth uniformly, thereby preserving the circular outline of the saws and preserving the teeth of a uniform length and appearance" (lines 15-20).

Date: July 14, 1896

Creator: Hulme, William A. & Hulme, Thomas B.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knee-Pad.

Patent for a knee-pad used while picking cotton, berries, or gardening. It protects the knee from dampness, stones, roots, etc. The pad goes on the knee, and two wooden braces are on the sides. A strap goes around the user's shoe, and the bolts were the pad is attached to the braces also has string where the operator ties the brace to himself.

Date: February 18, 1896

Creator: Davis, James Walter & Brown, Elijah Clark

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knee-Pad.

Patent for a knee-pad that is meant to protect cotton-pickers as they crawl in uncomfortable areas. The knee-pads are made up of a concave oval made from leather, metal, or another strong material, with cloth attached to the base and edges of the oval. Straps go around the cloth and around the leg to hold it in place.

Date: July 7, 1896

Creator: Fergusson, William P.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing-Machine.

Patent for "washing-machines which combine in one structure means for heating the suds-water and maintaining the same at the required temperature, a suds-box having chambered or hollow bottom and sides to secure a circulation of the suds-water independently of the agitation resulting from turning the drum or clothes-receptacle upon its axis, and a drum removably journaled in the suds-box and comprising longitudinal slats or bars having bent edge portions for scooping up the suds-water and direc… more

Date: August 24, 1897

Creator: Roach, Henry B.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Truss.

Patent for a truss used to give relief to cases of ruptured hernias. Adjustable to be used by patients of varying sizes, and adaptable to treat both inguinal and umbilical ruptures. Includes illustrations.

Date: April 3, 1900

Creator: Johnson, Irven E.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mining Sulfur.

Patent for a method of mining sulfur and other things that have similar melting points that is less expensive and more efficient than previous methods. A machine sprays hot fluid at fissures where the mineral exists, melts it, and carries it away in the stream.

Date: April 27, 1897

Creator: Higgins, Pattillo & Carroll, George W.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a rotary-blade stalk cutting machine. Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: February 23, 1897

Creator: Evridge, George W.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a stalk cutter, which is easily adjustable and has a small number of parts.

Date: March 8, 1910

Creator: Davis, Walter W. & Jeffrey, Joseph H.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trace-fastener

Patent for a trace-fastener "which will admit of the trace being readily applied to the singletree and quickly and easily detached therefrom and which will prevent displacement of the trace when in position" (lines 13-17) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 3, 1901

Creator: Johnson, John C.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mantel.

Patent for fireplace guards that connect to mantels, which can be folded out of sight, or rolled out to prevent sparks or closing off the fireplace when not in use.

Date: June 26, 1900

Creator: Cox, Thomas J.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow-Beam.

Patent for "effective means whereby the component parts of a plow-beam can be relatively adjusted according to the nature of the work in hand or to meet certain conditions, thereby facilitating the work and increasing or decreasing the draft." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: May 25, 1897

Creator: Miller, Henry A.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow Attachment for Planters.

Patent for an invention "to equip any style of planter with a plow attachment for breaking and opening the soil in advance of the furrow-opener and seeding mechanism." (Lines 8-11). Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 7, 1897

Creator: Conoley. Malcom C.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Portable Water-Heater.

Patent for a small, portable water heater.

Date: June 28, 1910

Creator: Churchill, Oscar P. & Risk, Maurice E.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump-Strainer.

Patent for a pump-strainer that cleans and separates water or other liquid that is drawn from wells or reservoirs.

Date: May 28, 1895

Creator: Durant, George W.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Printing Attachment for Letter-Boxes.

Patent for a printing attachment for letter-boxes where people can postmark the mail they want to be sent. It fist on any street letter-box. The attachment is a case with stamps for every day of the month and the location of the town, city, or post-office the letter is being collected to, and there is a pocket below where one slips the package or envelope to mark it. An inking-pad is also in the pocket for the stamps, which can be used by pulling a lever.

Date: November 10, 1896

Creator: Hargrove, Bryon Lafayette

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow-Attachment.

Patent for a turning plow attachment which prepares the soil to receive seed, whereby reducing labor.

Date: March 6, 1920

Creator: Miller, James Archie

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Method of Repairing Aluminum Castings.

Patent for a new method of repairing fractured aluminum casts that involves welding the metal against a composite pate, includes illustrations.

Date: July 8, 1919

Creator: Irwin, Samuel D.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stump-Puller.

Patent for a stump-puller that "can be quickly assembled and taken apart, to devise a device which will admit of the rope being quickly paid off from the capstan after the stump has been uprooted, and, finally, to provide a machine which can be easily handled and which will perform the required work in a rapid and satisfactory manner and which can be transported from one stump to the other by being dragged upon the ground" (lines 10-19).

Date: April 7, 1896

Creator: Widmer, Louis J.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department