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Scraper

Description: Patent for a scrapper. This invention is used as a skeleton scrappers with soft and sandy soils. Illustration included.
Date: May 1, 1906
Creator: Smith, Archie Monroe & Dean, William Calvin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Inventory of county records, Runnels County Courthouse, Ballinger, Texas

Description: Inventory of records of Runnels County housed in the Runnels County Courthouse in Ballinger, Texas. Begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices. Describes the records of the County Clerk: as Secretary for Commissioners Court, County Clerk: as Recorder, County Clerk: as Reporter for County Clerk, District Clerk, Tax Assessor-Collector, Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, County Judge, County Treasurer, County Auditor, and County Attorney. Also prov… more
Date: 1980
Creator: Riney, James E. & Marmion, Daniel K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Harness Loop

Description: Patent for a harness loop, also known as a bittet loops. This invention makes it possible to permit machine stitching of the harness loop to a strap. Illustration included.
Date: September 26, 1905
Creator: Rogers, Frederic G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quilting Attachment for Sewing Machines.

Description: Patent for a new and improved quilting attachment for sewing machines. This design "is to provide a device . . . adapted to be adjustable in any manner desired over the leaf, table, or arm of a sewing-machine" (lines 14-17). It consists in "a standard supporting a track-bar, a bar swiveled to said hanger and having end journals, and curved end yokes or arms movably connected to said end journals of the latter bar and supporting-rollers, said curved end yokes or arms having the said bar connecte… more
Date: October 25, 1892
Creator: Galloway, John C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

First National Bank of Ballinger

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name in lithographic print by Clarke & Courts Lith. Galveston. Letterhead includes the names W. S. Davis, President; D. M. Baker, Cashier; A. Matthews, Vice President.
Date: 1891
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Pump.

Description: Patent for a pump for pumping water from streams for use in irrigation, which is mounted on a float in the stream.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Jeanes, Benjamin H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nutcracker

Description: Patent for nut crackers designed for use in cracking pecan nuts. It is a simple device that can be readily attached to a table or other support and is quickly adjustable for different sized nuts.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Blair, William E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for improvements in plows construction, mainly for disc plows. Includes a frame to which one or many discs may be attached at various angles including instructions and an illustration.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Psencik, Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Picking Machine

Description: Patent for a cotton picking machine. An improvement on the cotton picking machine that uses a pair of picking drums with attached picking fingers.
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Pruser, Gustav A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Agricultural Machine

Description: Patent for an agricultural machine that consists of a rotary cutter and a fixed horizontal cutter. Illustrations are included.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Evans, Lucias S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saddle-Press

Description: Patent for a saddle press that can be adapted fit to any common cantle to more quickly paste a cover onto it. The saddle may also be moved while the press is in use.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Wendorf, Henry L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Maize-Header.

Description: Patent for simple and efficient maize header which is easy to operate by positioning it in a way that it needs minimum effort to operate.
Date: May 17, 1921
Creator: Jordan, Andrew P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Convertible Bed

Description: Patent for a bed that can be converted from a sideboard or a table. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1908
Creator: Bowdon, Viola G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Chimney-Protector.

Description: Patent for a chimney protector that is "easy and cheap to manufacture which when applied to the chimney top of an oil cooking stove will prevent the drippings or over flow from utensils placed on top of the stove from running down the side" (lines 14-18), including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Shiller, John J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automobile Wheel

Description: Patent for an improved automotive wheel “with a demountable rim for interchanging the rim in order to quickly replace a defective tire,” (lines 16-17) It also provides a mechanism for locking the rim to keep the wheel in place.
Date: February 16, 1915
Creator: Watson, Chester A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cleaner For Firearm-Barrels.

Description: Patent for a cleaner for firearm barrels that is small enough to be carried in a pocket. "May be used for cleaning firearms of the repeating type."
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: P'Pool, Matthew Wall
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn-Harvester.

Description: Patent for an adjustable corn harvester which both removes ears of various sizes from the stalks and cuts the ears into smaller pieces to make them easier to process; includes illustrations.
Date: September 23, 1919
Creator: Grosshans, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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