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Levee.

Description: Patent for reinforced levees with "means whereby the water will be positively prevented from seeping therethrough and weakening the levee" (lines 14-16).
Date: September 30, 1913
Creator: Beazley, John Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle Top.

Description: Patent for a new and improved vehicle-top. This design "is to simplify, improve, and cheapen the construction of vehicle-tops . . . and enable the sliding curtain to be more readily and securely fastened to the standards and bows of the carriage-top" (lines 12-18). To this end, it consists in "[t]he combination of the supporting-bows provided with longitudinal grooves, and the curtain-carrying frame comprising flat flexible strips arranged in the said grooves and provided at intervals with inwa… more
Date: September 30, 1890
Creator: McCurdy, Thomas B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle Top.

Description: Patent for a new and improved vehicle-top. This design "consists in the combination, of a vehicle-top, with upright rods having their upper ends bent to conform to the shape of the roof, the upper ends of the rods being secured to strips held on the under side of the roof of the top, and on which rods curtains are held to slide up and down" (lines 12-18).
Date: September 30, 1884
Creator: McCurdy, Thomas B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knee-Pad

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Knee-Pads" (lines 5-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 30, 1913
Creator: Schmitt, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Shackles.

Description: Patent for a shackle for the hands and feet that is designed to prevent the use of objects in order to escape.
Date: September 30, 1870
Creator: Belcher, Melvin Anderson & Perrenot, George Francis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tread for Pneumatic Tires.

Description: Patent for an improvement in treads for pneumatic tires "to prevent excessive wear or puncture of the parts of the tire constituting the tread portion" (lines 12-14).
Date: September 30, 1919
Creator: Twombly, Royal W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Veneer-Bending Machine

Description: Patent for improving veneer bending through a slower process which allows the entirety of the veneer to be heated.
Date: September 30, 1902
Creator: Aber, Edgar
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Combined Land-Roller and Harrow.

Description: Patent for an improved version of a combined land-roller and harrow that allows for easier cleaning of its parts and adjustment of its rollers.
Date: September 30, 1879
Creator: Smith, William R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk-Chopper

Description: Patent for a stalk chopper that chops weeds, vines, and stalks into smaller pieces or kills them in order for the ground beneath to be readily cultivated.
Date: September 30, 1902
Creator: Adamson, William Levi
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Splicer.

Description: Patent for a wire splicer, or a device that connects distinct wires by looping them together. Illustrations included.
Date: September 30, 1912
Creator: Martin, Enoch
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lamp-Adjusting Mechanism

Description: Patent for improvements for lamp-adjusting mechanism for one of the lamps of an automobile for operation from driver's seat. The driver is enabled from seat to partially rotate one of the forward lamps, causing the light to follow curve of road.
Date: September 30, 1913
Creator: Maxfield, Nelson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for improving the construction of plows. "The invention relates particularly to that class of plows in which a landslide is permanently attached to the depending portion of the beam." (lines 13-16)
Date: September 30, 1902
Creator: Hankins, Elias
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump.

Description: Patent for an improved pump valve designed for a pump for pumping oil from oil wells "which will not be affected by the fluid or gas pressure in the bore" (lines 17-18).
Date: September 30, 1919
Creator: Graf, Sydney H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motor.

Description: Patent for a new and improved motor. This design "has for its object to provide a motor of the class . . . that shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, cheapness, durability, and general efficiency; and to these ends [the] invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts" (lines 17-23).
Date: September 30, 1884
Creator: Chilton, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Description: Patent for a new and improved baling-press including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 30, 1873
Creator: Jackson, Thomas R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rod for End Gates.

Description: Patent for a new and improved rod for wagon gates. This design is "first, to provide a rod that can be readily attached or detached to the end-gate of any wagon or vehicle; second, to provide a rod that will effectually and rigidly hold the end-gate in position and afford practical facility whereby the end-gates of vehicles can be quickly opened or closed and detached from the wagon-bed or placed in their normal position therein" (lines 15-23).
Date: September 30, 1890
Creator: Coyle, Dan
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pear-Burner

Description: Patent for improvements in pear-burners of the type good for use with hydrocarbon fuels and adapted to be exploited directly by hand, for example for burning small objects located in positions not accessible.
Date: September 30, 1913
Creator: Messerli, John J. & Mayfield, Jesse L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pipe Puller

Description: Patent for a pipe puller design to be used in wells.
Date: September 30, 1919
Creator: Heckman, J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Display-Board

Description: Patent for electronic baseball display board. Including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 30, 1913
Creator: Detrick, Harry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "relates to cultivators; and it has for its object to construct a device of this class . . . in which the blades or shovels shall be attached to the standards in such a manner that in the event of obstacles such as rocks or stumps being encountered during the operation of [the] machine the blades shall become detached, thereby avoiding injury to the machine" (lines 9-18).
Date: September 30, 1890
Creator: Messer, Jeremiah Clark; Garner, Allen & Williams, John Winn
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Selective Call for Telegraph or Telephone Lines

Description: Patent for a device that allows the user to ring a specific telephone or telegraph line without ringing the bells at other lines.
Date: September 30, 1902
Creator: Palmer, William, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saddle

Description: Patent for a western style equestrian saddle.
Date: September 30, 1902
Creator: Hastings, John Reed & Hastings, Clarence Brooks
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Self-Cleaning Pump-Valve

Description: Patent for a pump valve used in pumping oil wells which cleans itself with sand. The valve is simple and cheaply manufactured.
Date: September 30, 1919
Creator: Graf, Sydney H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gas-Cylinder for Elevating Heavy Ordnance

Description: Patent for "improved means for effecting the desired movements of the gun, to elevate the latter for discharge, and retract it for loading and concealment" (lines 19-24).
Date: September 30, 1890
Creator: Payne, John J. E. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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