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Brick Fire Box Construction.

Description: Patent for an improved fire box liner construction for oil fueled locomotives that is made from bricks in an interlocking design that does not require cement and will not shake apart from vibration. Includes illustrations.
Date: September 12, 1911
Creator: Blackmond, William C. & Stoy, Guy Everett
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Easel and Phonograph Horn Tripod.

Description: Patent for a new and improved easel and phonograph horn tripod. This design "is to construct a device which may be used for holding phonograph-horns of different sizes at any desired height, and which also may be employed for holding a painting, or for the use of an artist. [The] invention consists in the combination of a pair of cross-bars, a hinged brace for supporting the bars at any required angle, and an adjustable device for regulating the spread of the bars and of the brace" (lines 22-31… more
Date: August 12, 1890
Creator: Minot, Kendall James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cooking-Stove.

Description: Patent for a cooking stove that uses heat from a charcoal furnace efficiently, which increases the length the stove is hot and decreases the risk of suffocation from the gas given off by the furnace.
Date: June 12, 1894
Creator: Hayes, Rebecca Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Elevator and Distributer.

Description: Patent for cotton elevators and distributors "whereby the cotton and air shall be separated in a simple and efficient manner and the air discharged from the suction-fan with the least possible degree of friction and back pressure." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 12, 1897
Creator: Griffin, Thomas J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dredge-Pump

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements to Dredge-Pumps. The pump is used to draw up sand and gravel from the bottom of a river.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Stenberg, Anders Gustaf
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fireproof Window Construction

Description: Patent for construction of a fireproof window from sheet metal. This invention is to "provide means for removing or replacing the lower sash in the window frame" (line 18-20). Illustration included.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Miller, William Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Bale-Band Stretchers

Description: Patent for improvement of bale-band stretcher design "for the purpose of taking out the slack of the band that cannot be taken out by hand." (lines 18-20). Included illustration shows bale-stretcher in both open and closed positions.
Date: December 12, 1876
Creator: Pearre, Charles M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Internal Combusion System

Description: Patent for new and useful Internal-Combustion Engine. Improves the provision of an engine which the cylinder is provided with a semi-spherical upper end, fr the rotatable reception of similar shaped power cylinder carrying shell. Specification of letter patent with illustration. Serial number 789.146
Date: May 12, 1914
Creator: Clough, George G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Letter Copying Press.

Description: Patent for a new and improved copier. This design consists in "the combination of the dampening-roller . . . with the smoothing-roller at one side of and in close proximity to it and situated between said dampening-roller and the roll of paper, and the roller journaled in the standard, and the smoothing-rollers placed at one side and beyond the rollers . . . and journaled in brackets . . . whereby the paper is evenly and smoothly moistened before the copy-paper is applied and both are kept smoo… more
Date: March 12, 1889
Creator: Thompson, Charles Albert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Locking Latch.

Description: Patent for a new and improved latch. This design consists "[i]n a latch, the combination, with the sliding-bolt, tumblers having their forward ends provided with hooks or right-angled projections adapted to engage studs upon the bolt, and the lever operated by the bolt and having its forward end adapted to engage with the tumbler of the supplementary lock having its operating mechanism connected to the lever" (lines 68-76).
Date: July 12, 1881
Creator: Rand, Anders
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Protector for Type-Writer Frames.

Description: Patent for typewriter frame protector. The protector attaches to the part of the typewriter frame which is subjected to frequent contact by the user. The protector prevents the frame from wear which can lead to rust.
Date: March 12, 1918
Creator: Glasscock, Gerald A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sailboat.

Description: Patent for an improved sailboat with updated "arrangement of cables controlling the movements of the sails whereby the force of the wind alone is utilized to simultaneously shift all the sails... by merely changing the course of the vessel by actuating the rudder in the usual manner." (lines 10-16), including illustrations.
Date: September 12, 1922
Creator: Moraitis, Charalabos
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spark Arrester.

Description: Patent for a new and improved spark arrester. This design "consists in the construction and arrangement of devices by means of which the sparks are extinguished and the cinders distributed on the road-bed, while the fine dust is delivered into the ash-box" (lines 19-23).
Date: September 12, 1882
Creator: Nichols, George B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stopper For Bottles

Description: Patent for a stopper for bottles. This invention is designed to allow the pouring of liquid from the bottle without allowing the introduction of liquid. Illustration included.
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Stanich, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trussed Axle for Wheeled Vehicles.

Description: Patent for improvements in trussed axle for wheeled vehicles: "The invention relates to that class or type of axles for wheeled vehicles wherein a metal truss rod or bar running longitudinally under the axle body has its end portions extended through the axle skeins and secured by screw nuts which abut the outer ends of the skeins." (lines 9-14).
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Brown, John Stoddart
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Wheel.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in the construction of wheels for vehicles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 12, 1898
Creator: Labatt, Joseph Augustus & Lewis, George Harris
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Weather and Fire Strip for Box Car Doors.

Description: Patent for a new and improved weather and fire strip for box car doors. This design "relates to an improved device for closing the space between the rear edge of the doors of box-cars and the side of the car, so as to prevent sparks or water from entering through the space and damaging the goods in the car" (lines 9-14).
Date: June 12, 1883
Creator: Nichols, George B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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