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Automatic Water Cut-Off

Description: Patent for improvements to automatic water cut-offs adapted to be useful "in the event of the falling of temperature to freezing or any other predetermined degree of automatically cutting off the flow of the water." (Lines 18-22).
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Goodridge Wilson B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Band-Saw

Description: Patent for improving band-saws for lumber "which can be inexpensively produced, which will not readily crack or otherwise deteriorate in use" (lines 15-18) by "reinforc[ing] the gullets of the teeth that the tendency for cracks to form at this point will be reduced to a minimum" (lines 33-35).
Date: September 28, 1920
Creator: McCormick, Merton H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Beef Tenderer.

Description: Patent for a new and improved meat tenderizer. This design consists in "the combination, with the triangular end plates having the bearing-notches, the detachable connecting-bar provided with the threaded ends and shoulders, the thumb-nuts, the smooth rollers, and the coiled springs, of the crank-handle and the [other] roller provided with the teeth having square flat faces and flat sides at right angles to said faces and arranged in aligned longitudinal series and spirally arranged circumferen… more
Date: July 17, 1888
Creator: Welch, Lee L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Button.

Description: Patent for a new and improved button. This design consists "[i]n a detachable button, the combination, with the hollow threaded shank of the button-head, having end serrations, and the base-disk, having a central screw, of the loose clamp-disk, applied on the screw, and having a spring-pawl or projection to engage the serrations of the shank" (lines 70-76).
Date: March 11, 1884
Creator: Matthews, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Door

Description: Patent for a car-door. The design is to prevent rattling and reduce wear on rail car doors. Illustration included.
Date: September 6, 1910
Creator: Lott, Andrew Gains & Handley, John A., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Chimney-Cowl

Description: Patent for low cost chimney cowl improvements to insure proper draft and prevent fires.
Date: March 12, 1918
Creator: Burch, Robert S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in churns, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 18, 1899
Creator: Christie, James B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Coffee Parcher

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements in coffee parchers. Easily used on a range which is also simple and durable. Illustrations included.
Date: May 12, 1914
Creator: McCall, Daniel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fishhook.

Description: Patent for a fishhook that allows for a swiveling motion that does not interfere with the connection to the fishing line.
Date: December 20, 1921
Creator: King, James Manning
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Flue-Cleaner.

Description: Patent for a cleaner for a chimney, that is composed of multiple parts and is adjustable.
Date: June 28, 1892
Creator: Pharr, Walter. & Carter, W. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Folding Wagon-Top

Description: Patent for an improved portable vehicle top such as is used upon farm wagons and the like. The wagon-top is constructed so that it may be easily removably connected with a wagon, so that it may be folded when attached to the wagon, and so that it may provide improved means for releasably connecting the supporting leg of the top proper with the standards which carry the top.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Safford, Edward B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hook

Description: Patent for a self releasing log hook to rapidly move logs from one location to another. It provides simplicity in structure, effectiveness in operation and inexpensiveness in manufacture.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Knox, Hiram
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cultivators.

Description: Patent for the improvement of cultivators using adjustable blades and is adaptable to use different types of blades for a variety of other uses, including illustration.
Date: January 15, 1861
Creator: Alexander, J. T. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lifting-Frame.

Description: Patent for a lifting frame for hoisting engines, which allows a car to be put under the engine easily.
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Knox, Hiram
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Link Gear

Description: Patent for a link gear that provides a valve gearing for locomotives resembling a link motion. This link gear has a reduced number of parts compared to other link gears.
Date: unknown
Creator: Flournoy, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lumber-Dolly.

Description: Patent for a lumber dolly, which has an anti-tilting device that can be used while loading or unloading the dolly.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Lott, Andrew Gains
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mail-Bag Catcher

Description: Patent for improvements of mail bag catchers. This patent proposes improvements on the construction and arrangements of mail bag catchers including the alteration of the jaw and the addition of springs. Includes illustrations.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Davis, Tomie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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