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Improvement in Leather-Cutting Gages

Description: Patent for improvement in leather cutting-gages in order to negate the need for the set-screw at the end of the gage handle that is needed to hold the rule. The document contains instructions and illustrations of the device.
Date: April 17, 1877
Creator: Lindsay, George F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Grain-Measuring Machine.

Description: Patent for automatic grain-measuring machine, with illustrations. The purpose of this automatic grain-measuring machine is to be an improvement to already existing machines.
Date: April 10, 1888
Creator: Grissom, Abram Jackson.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Cigar-Tip Cutter and Match-Safe.

Description: Patent for a combined cigar tip cutter and match-safe that consists of a shaft, an operating lever, a match box under the lever, a link that attaches the match box to the lever, a coiled spring that is attached to the lever, a curved lever that is lined up to the other lever, a spring connecting the two levers, and a picker.
Date: April 4, 1893
Creator: Briggs, William J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Conduit Electric Railway.

Description: Patent for a surface trolley for electric railways that operates "upon the surface of the pavement or ground between the tracks of the road, for connecting the car with the motor power, in place of the trolley and over head wires now suspended upon the unsightly poles in the center or at the sides of the street, which are found to be very objectionable on account of their obstructing the passageway in the streets and upon the side walks, and the wires preventing the free movement of fire compan… more
Date: April 11, 1893
Creator: Voe, William R. de
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Description: Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the standards, the longitudinal bars connecting the same, the driving-shaft journaled on the upper bars, the counter-shaft journaled on the lower bars and provided with a crank-disk at one end, gearing between the driving-shaft and the counter-shaft, the balance-wheel on the counter-shaft, the rock-shaft journaled on the upper bars and provided with the oppositely-extending crank-arms between the said bars, the c… more
Date: April 29, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Henry C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design "relates to that class of wire stretchers or tighteners which are adapted to be applied upon the strands of wire forming a fence, and are used to tighten or stretch the same by winding the strand about one end of the device and engaging the other end of the latter with the strand" ( lines 11-17).
Date: April 21, 1885
Creator: Irvine, John B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Syringe.

Description: Patent for a new and improved syringe. This design consists in "[a] syringe provided with a reservoir at the end of the piston-rod outside of the syringe-barrel, said reservoir communicating through the piston-rod with a fibrous piston-head and adapted to contain a suitable liquid, whereby said piston-head is kept continually moistened" (lines 62-68).
Date: April 9, 1889
Creator: Glasscock, James H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Foot for Sand Levers.

Description: Patent for a new and improved foot for sand levers. This design consists in "the combination of the semi-cylindrical bearing having an aperture formed in its center, a cylindrical body working in the said bearing and having a square intermediate portion adapted to fit in the same aperture, upward-extending wings made integral with the body and forming a socket, and a lever fitting in the said socket" (lines 29-37).
Date: April 16, 1889
Creator: Vezie, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash Fastener.

Description: Patent for a new and improved sash fastener. This design "has for its object to provide a simple and efficient and at the same time cheap and durable sash-locking device which will serve to automatically lock the sash at any desired height. The device is ornamental in appearance, of few parts, and will not be likely to get out of order" (lines 16-22).
Date: April 26, 1892
Creator: Lynch, William Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Docket, Record, or Similar Book

Description: Patent for a docket, record or similar book that places all necessary material together for recording events, adjusting the space for each title head so that it is sufficient, easing the strain on accountants who need to continue entries, and also make sure the book is easy and efficient to make.
Date: April 19, 1892
Creator: Fry, Edwin Crittenden
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Compound Railway-Rail

Description: Patent for a compound railway-rail. This invention is a solid open jointed rail whereby two longitudinal section may be brought together without creating open joints. Illustration included.
Date: April 23, 1907
Creator: Stephens, George B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ant-Trap

Description: Patent for "a simple device of this kind which will excel the former traps in depositing the ants within the annular pan and in efficiency for convenient discharge of the trapped insects" (lines 18-22).
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Inman, Joseph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination Device

Description: Patent for a combination device. "This invention relates to devices for operating upon metal in various shapes" (line 8-9). Illustration included.
Date: April 16, 1907
Creator: Royse, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Chopper and Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a chopper and cultivator with a rod with moveable blades attached that allows for the blades to be changed between different types for planting or cultivating.
Date: April 30, 1907
Creator: Odom, Elbert T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Conductor's Train-Book

Description: Patent for a conductor's train-book. This invention if for a conductor to log train movements. Illustration included.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Crane, James C. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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