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Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for "improvements in car couplings and it has for its general object to provide a coupling embodying such a constructions that two cars may be connected together or disconnected without the objectionable necessity of a trainman going between them." (Lines 11-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 6, 1894
Creator: Tunnell, John D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for a car coupling that consists of a draw head with two separable jaws, a hand wheel mounted on the car, pitmen connected to the wheel and the jaws, springs pressing the jaws together, and a shaft that has a crank arm.
Date: November 7, 1893
Creator: Cassidy, William A. & McGee, Thomas F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Seal.

Description: Patent for a car seal, made of a long, thin, and narrow metallic strip. When it is looped through two parts of the car body, the ends can be pinned together with sealing irons. This car seal cannot be tampered with without visible evidence showing.
Date: December 5, 1911
Creator: Lawler, Claude B.; Bryan, William A. & Keller, John.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churning-Machine.

Description: Patent for improvements in churning machines so that they "may be used in connection with containers of different sizes" (lines 14-15).
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Crume, John J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clevis.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and improved clevis that can be easily manufactured and employed to a draft-beam. It can be used without a lapring in order to connect to a singletree. The singletree can have its "staple or eye...disposed in a plane with the said singletree" (lines 16-17).
Date: January 30, 1894
Creator: Word, Aaron Matthias
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clothes-Rack

Description: Patent for Clothes Rack. This helps dry clothes indoors when the weather is bad outside.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Wells, Lillie Bell
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dirigible Headlight Construction for Automobiles.

Description: Patent for improvements in dirigible headlight constructions for automobiles. Two major useful improments are mentioned: a) a headlight that is constructed so that when a car turns, the headlight on the turning side of the car will alone be turned in the same direction and b) a headlight that is constructed so that the driver can manually turn either headlight, allowing the headlights to act as search lights if necessary.
Date: November 7, 1922
Creator: Ross, Maxwell
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ditching-Machine

Description: Patent for "a machine for digging ditches or trenches of any desired depth or width, for purposes of irrigation or drainage or pipe-laying, or for building earth fences on lands, or throwing up fortifications, or for making other excavations of like general nature" (lines 7-13).
Date: December 18, 1888
Creator: Edwards, Charles Clark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Diving Gear for Motor Vehicles

Description: Patent for new type of driving gear for motor-vehicles that allows power to be carried independent of the direct drive to improve the life of the engine and fuel efficiency.
Date: unknown
Creator: Byars, Edgar
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Door-Hanger

Description: Patent for a door hanger for sliding doors to prevent them from swinging outward.
Date: January 28, 1913
Creator: Matheson, John William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Engine.

Description: Patent for a new engine designed to maximize power output by using a single crank's bearing surface and increase the crank power without lengthening the piston travel.
Date: October 18, 1921
Creator: Ingram, Joseph D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Floor-Mop Wringer

Description: Patent for a mop wringing frame that is portable and independent of the mop and the water receptacle. The device causes the mop to be subjected to a twisting action when the handle of the mop is rotated.
Date: March 1, 1921
Creator: Paul, Jennie Henry & Paul, William Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gas Stove.

Description: Patent for a gas stove that is "simple, inexpensive, durable and reliable" (lines 9-10). Gas will be distributed more evenly throughout the stove and better sealing prevents gas odors from escaping.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Wood, Thomas E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Guard.

Description: Patent for a guard for marine vessels against torpedoes.
Date: September 21, 1920
Creator: Muncy, David J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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