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World-Chronometer

Description: Patent for a globe set on top of a pedestal, where the globes rotates by clock work to instruct the user of the time for any given place on the globe. Sides of the pedestal also allow for advertising.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Agnew, Walter F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvements in Automatic Advertising Devices

Description: Patent for an automatic advertising device that can show various signs or display cards and provides "an endless belt of transparent material which is differently colored" (lines 12-15) so that the sign may be "artistically changed" (lines 17-18). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 5, 1912
Creator: Murphey, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Price-Tag.

Description: Patent for an improved price tag that includes not only the price information, but also "at a glance a stock record and a cost record and provides space for making notations and writing other information" (lines 13-16) for the use of a store clerk's reference.
Date: April 20, 1920
Creator: Bedinger, Singleton B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Model Display Stand.

Description: Patent for new improvements in model display stands for articles of clothing in which the display is made interchangeable and has a fabric background.
Date: October 29, 1918
Creator: Tyler, Claude B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Projecting-Machine.

Description: Patent for improvements to a projector that relate to advertising. The inventor references adjustments to a previous patent, No. 1069521 from August 5, 1913. Adjustments include making the device more accurate and reliable, and to adapt it to be able to display opaque surfaces, postcards, and other printed items during any time of day. Additionally, the revoluble slide magazine has a mechanism that allows it to operate continuously without assistance from the operator.
Date: October 7, 1919
Creator: Bernard, Oscar C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Sign.

Description: Patent for an electric sign, which lights up each letter individually and turns them all off at the same time after being on a short while.
Date: May 24, 1910
Creator: Miller, Leonard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sign.

Description: Patent for an illuminated sign that uses prism to reflect the light thus reducing the amount of lights needed to illuminate the sign.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Hoag, Harry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pencil Attachment.

Description: Patent for a pencil attachment that holds a picture that is designed to have a picture mounted in an opening of the pencil. When the opening is held close to the viewer's eye, the image is magnified. The main purpose of the device is to be used for advertising or souvenirs.
Date: June 10, 1919
Creator: Tippit, Thomas Oland
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Cigar-Lighter.

Description: Patent for a cigar lighter in which the cigar is lit on a glowing surface, improves on the ease of operating a cigar lighter, and provides space for an advertisement.
Date: May 4, 1897
Creator: Handshy, Henry M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Display Advertising-Machine.

Description: Patent for an advertising display that carries a number of large advertisement sheets that are revolved and held stationary to periodically display each advertisement in repeating succession.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Barnett, John B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Display or Advertising Device.

Description: Patent for a dimple, durable display or advertising device "which may be easily and conveniently used for displaying or exposing an advertising sign in a manner to attract attention to the same" (lines 14-17), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Fox, William N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Design for a Display-Banner.

Description: Design patent for an advertising display banner with "an absolutely-smooth uniformly-level surface ornamented by series of horizontal and vertical lines thereon, forming rectangular spaces, whereof the larges space is at the center with a series of smaller rectangular spaces at each side thereof, and series of other rectangular spaces above and below said central rectangular space" (para. 4).
Date: July 30, 1895
Creator: Higby, Luther L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Advertising- Sign

Description: Patent for new advertising signs that "involves the elements of motion, color, illumination, and mystery" (lines 16-17), including illustrations.
Date: unknown
Creator: Craig, Richard Morgan
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Inkstand and Pen-Rack.

Description: Patent for a inkstand with a magnetized pen-rack. If the pen or pencil isn't metal, a metal sleeve is provided to put around the utensil so it can sit on the rack. There is a space for ink-wells, pen-boxes, and a space for advertisements. It is meant for customers to use in lobbies.
Date: July 14, 1896
Creator: Moyer, Herman
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Animated Sign

Description: Patent for a display apparatus to be implemented as animated advertising signs which successively display different images by controlling the timing of changes in the colors of light used to flood the front and to backlight the display surfaces. The images are created in such a way that certain elements created in certain colors become absorbed or are made invisible when illuminated by certain colors of light. An apparatus controls the cyclical changes of the colored lights used by the sign.
Date: September 5, 1922
Creator: Craig, Richard M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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