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Automatic Train Signal

Description: Patent for new automatic train signal. It was invented to improve train signaling systems for automatic trains.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Bulla, Melburn Bernie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Brake.

Description: Patent for a new and improved car-brake. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the transverse beam of the truck, of the levers pivoted to the under side of the same, the brake-shoes, the pitmen connecting the brake-shoes with the levers, the straps secured to the beam, the retaining-rods having their ends pivoted to the pitmen and the straps, and devices for operating the levers" (lines 94-101).
Date: March 19, 1889
Creator: Mayer, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Classifier and Separator.

Description: Patent for classifiers and separators used in mining to separate solids and liquids in the tank. It allows for easy removal and replacement of parts as they wear.
Date: March 19, 1918
Creator: Allen, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Derrick.

Description: Patent for improvements to derricks, specifically those used on the decks of ships and other vessels, to prevent the structure from becoming entangled with fall ropes or cables during operation.
Date: August 19, 1919
Creator: Scanlan, Thomas J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Filtering Material.

Description: Patent for "improved filtering stuff composition" (lines 8-9), containing vegetable ashes and an insoluble binding agent for the purpose of purifying liquids.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Müller, Enrique
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Flying-Machine

Description: Patent for a flying machine that is designed to have a lower center of gravity to facilitate more stable operation.
Date: August 19, 1913
Creator: Bell, Frank M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Indicator

Description: Patent for an indicator. This invention is designed for use with phonographs, musicboxes, and like intruments. Illustration included.
Date: December 19, 1905
Creator: Pfleger, Frank Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut Lock.

Description: Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the bolt, the nut having a dovetailed groove across its face, of uniform width throughout its length, and a recess at one side of said groove, and a key having tapered sides and sliding into the dovetailed groove from one side of the nut, said key having a pointed end to engage the bolt and also provided with a projecting part to be bent over into engagement with the recess in the nut" (lines 69-78).
Date: April 19, 1892
Creator: Robinson, William D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process of Making Alcohol

Description: Patent for improvements in processes for making alcohol. The process relates to making alcohol from sotol and other species of cacti. This involves subjecting the cacti with water and steam in a digester. The resulting fermented liquid can be distilled.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Thatcher, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad Tie

Description: Patent for metallic railroad ties. This invention is for a solid state tie. It uses extending bolts to lock the ties into place. Illustration included.
Date: November 19, 1907
Creator: Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George Edwin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shears and Tension-Screw.

Description: Patent for shears with a tension spring that don't require the use of a screwdriver to fix or adjust, last longer, keep the blades more even, and don't pinch one's hands while using them.
Date: February 19, 1907
Creator: Wilkins, Willis A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Signaling Device

Description: Patent for a signaling device to be used on railroads, trolley cars, or engines. Illustrations included.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Smith, William Philip
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tire

Description: Patent for an improvement to the tire. Designed to increase tire endurance.
Date: December 19, 1919
Creator: Brown, Archie E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Treatment of Ores.

Description: Patent for the treatment of ores which has a improvised process of chloridizing ores, concentrates, and other metallurgical products.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Hirt, Jules Hector
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wheel-Bearing.

Description: Patent for a wheel-bearing that reduces friction between the wheel and axle, prevents dust from going inside the bearing, and keeps the bearing wheels in place at the bore of the wheel. The wheel bearing consists of a few parts that can be easily assembled and would rarely need to be repaired. The patent includes illustrations.
Date: August 19, 1913
Creator: Manley, Earl W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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