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Baling-Press.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in baling presses, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1900
Creator: Byars, Edgar
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cattle-Guard

Description: Patent for a cattle guard to prevent cattle from treading upon railroad tracks. Illustrations included.
Date: October 25, 1910
Creator: Reed, Conwell P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Cooling Water.

Description: Patent for a water-cooling apparatus composed chiefly of a subterranean cistern and a water-supply source.
Date: May 20, 1901
Creator: William J. Dossey
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Whiffletree.

Description: Patent for a new and improved whiffletree. This design "compris[es] a front rod and a back rod or spring united together by welding, said whiffletree having its ends rounded to form shoulders and provided with hooks fitting upon the rounded ends and prevented from slipping inward by the shoulders, and disks placed upon said rounded ends and attained thereon by swaging the latter" (lines 6-13).
Date: May 28, 1889
Creator: Black, William Jackson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Whiffletree.

Description: Patent for a new and improved whiffletree. This design "compris[es] a front bar, a back rod or spring united to the front bar by welding, the ends of both said bar and rod being bent upon themselves and the parts welded together to construct an eye or opening, whereby both bar and rod are bent around the latter . . . a strengthening-piece placed between the front bar and the back rod or spring, and a casing secured to the back rod and adapted to hold the strengthening-piece in place" (lines 8-1… more
Date: May 28, 1889
Creator: Black, William Jackson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and scraper. This design consists in "the combination, with the axle and the wheels, provided with the sleeves, one of which is provided with the spur-wheel of the reach bar secured to the axle, the sleeve mounted on the said bar and provided with the pinion, the arms secured to the sleeve, the curved rods adjustably secured to the arm, and the blades secured to outer ends of the said rods" (lines 8-17).
Date: January 28, 1890
Creator: Jordan, Perry L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Artificial Stone.

Description: Patent for artificial stone made of a special combination of cement that hardens and stays hard under water. It also does not conduct heat.
Date: March 19, 1895
Creator: Power, John H. & Power, Rufus M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Antifreezing Outlet-Valve for Tanks.

Description: Patent for a new and improved "valve-operating mechanism which cannot be rendered inoperative by ice forming in the tank, and also whereby the valve itself cannot become frozen" (lines 26-30) including illustrations.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Whipp, John W.
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

Ant Trap.

Description: Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design "consists in a frame which is adapted to be placed over the ant-hill, so as to surround the entrance thereto, and provided with parallel surrounding flanges or sides which converge to each other and lead to an exit-spout . . . [and] is to provide an ant-trap which is adapted to catch the ants both on their attempt to leave the hill or to return to it, whereby the entire colony may be exterminated" (lines 9-21).
Date: January 4, 1887
Creator: Wise, David
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clod-Crusher

Description: This patent is for a clod crusher. The purpose of this patent is to make clod crushing more effective and efficient through the action of the cutting members and not by the weight of apparatus alone.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Weems, Thomas J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sheet-Placing Machine.

Description: Patent for improvements in sheet-placing machines for pushing and pulling devices to their correct orientation of oil tanks (lines 10-13) roof construction without the possibility of injury to mechanics.
Date: March 13, 1923
Creator: Brock, Verita Belle
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretching and Tying Device.

Description: Patent for a "device capable of enabling the wires of a fence after the latter has been erected or during the construction thereof to be readily tightening to the desired tension without necessitating the removal of staples or other devices for fastening the fence-wires to the posts." (Lines 12-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 2, 1897
Creator: Kirby, Thomas W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Stretcher

Description: Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustrations included.
Date: January 24, 1911
Creator: Smith, Otis M. L. & Smith, Estus K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wagon Axle.

Description: Patent for a new and improved axle. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with an axle having a seat at its outer end and a seat located in from said outer end, of the spindle having its shank provided with a threaded inner end, and nuts turned on said inner end on opposite sides of the inner seat, by which the spindle may be adjusted to and held in any desired position" (lines 79-85).
Date: May 1, 1888
Creator: Blevens, Nathan W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wagon-Top.

Description: Patent for improvements in wagon-bodies by providing "a simple and effective means for tightening the canvas covering over the bows of wagon or other vehicle-bodies” (lines 17-19), includes illustration.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: James, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lifting Device.

Description: Patent for a new and improved jack. This design "relates to devices for raising fence-corners in repairing the same, and for lifting weights generally; and the object of [the] invention is to produce a simple and powerful device whereby a single operator can greatly increase his [or her] capacity for lifting heavy objects" (lines 8-14).
Date: November 30, 1886
Creator: McNabb, James M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Stretching and Removing Fence Wires.

Description: Patent for a new and improved machine for stretching and removing fence wires. This design "is to provide a simple, effective, and inexpensive machine for stretching the wires of fences along the fence-posts, and straining the wires taut while they are being fastened to the posts, and also for removing the wires from the posts when required, as in removing or resetting a fence" (lines 8-14).
Date: January 8, 1884
Creator: Killough, John N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Locomotive Wheel.

Description: Patent for a new and improved train wheel. This design "relates to locomotive drive-wheels; and it has for its object to so construct the same so as to avoid all slipping of the wheel upon the rail, as is usually the case when the locomotive is first started. A further object of the invention is to provide a wheel which shall be simple in its construction and durable in use" (lines 9-16).
Date: May 6, 1884
Creator: Mann, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Tank.

Description: Patent for a railroad water tank, which automatically opens the discharge valve when the spout is opened.
Date: August 15, 1911
Creator: Miller, Charles H. & Bunnell, Walter A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Fence Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and useful wire-fence machine that can be conveniently carried around.
Date: March 22, 1898
Creator: Watson, James A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Keyless Padlock

Description: Patent for combination padlock.
Date: December 28, 1915
Creator: Moses, Richard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Tightener.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wire tightener. This design consists in "the combination of the disks or sections connected by the central bar, the oppositely-pointing lever-arms, the transverse pin fitting into corresponding openings in the disks or sections on one side of the central bar, the locking-pin adapted to fit into any two corresponding openings of the concentric series of openings made in the disks, and a rope or similar device connecting the wire to be stretched with the disks and th… more
Date: April 26, 1887
Creator: Boyd, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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