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Culinary Utensil

Description: Patent for a culinary utensil designed as a unique fork which can retrieve articles from a boiling pot without having to expose the hands to the steam.
Date: August 2, 1921
Creator: Brown, Elmer D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Auxiliary Door-Lock

Description: Patent for an auxiliary door lock, that may be used with any type of door, and that is portable, with illustrations.
Date: March 2, 1920
Creator: Shirley, William Arthur
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Curing Tire Casings.

Description: Patent for a more efficient system for curing tire casings. The new patented apparatus was capable of providing both smooth and ribbed tire textures by way of aluminum tips and molds. Additionally, the apparatus provided retreading and faster curing of pneumatic tires.
Date: December 2, 1919
Creator: Bongio, Philip P. & Stephenson, Elonzo
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Molding Device

Description: Patent for the improvement of multi-pieced molds through the introduction of a gate and tube that allows for rapid coring of a mold.
Date: December 2, 1919
Creator: Hawkins, Alda F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Vaporizing-Plug

Description: Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Vaporizing-Plugs" (lines 5-6). "This invention... has for its principle object the production of a device which is adapted to be carried upon a manifold of an internal combustion engine... so that upon each stroke of the piston, or pistons, air will be drawn into the intake manifold where it will be mixed with gas passing therethrough, thus forming a charge which will have more power when exploded and which will prevent the formation … more
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Floyd, William B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Swing

Description: Patent for a new lawn swing design meant to be "a simple and inexpensive swing which will be strong and durable" (lines 10-12) and that will engage all muscles in its operation, including illustrations.
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Bretz, Don C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Brace for Furniture.

Description: Patent for an improved furniture brace that uses wire "for connecting parts of beds, tables and chairs for the purpose of strengthening [...] in which the tightening means lies substantially in the plane of the tightening wires so that there is no twisting action on the tightening means" (lines 11-20), including illustrations.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Wittliff, Theodore H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Animal-Prod

Description: Patent for an electric animal prod as a "simple and efficient instrument which may be used for prodding animals without injuring the flesh or hide of the animal" (lines 12-14), including illustrations.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Floyd, William Boyd
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Safety Attachment for Locomotive-Cabs.

Description: Patent for a locomotive engine safety device involving a detachable protective carrier that releases from the engineer's cab allowing escape from the locomotive engine cab in case of danger, including illustrations.
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Uttz, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Feeding Mechanism For Printing Press

Description: Patent for "an improved mechanism whereby the paper or other material is automatically fed to the press in web or continuous form and automatically cut off in the desired lengths as it passes from the feeding mechanism" (lines 23-26).
Date: June 2, 1914
Creator: Prescott, Sitwell
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve for explosive-engines.

Description: Patent for an improved valve for use in explosive engines which lists the movements of various parts in order to allow air and fuel to mix and explode.
Date: February 2, 1914
Creator: Ray, Albert J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tunnel-Driving Machine.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Tunnel- Driving Machines" (lines 5-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 2, 1913
Creator: Speer, George F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve for Explosive-Engines.

Description: Patent for engine valves (rotary type) that are noiseless, connected to the the engine cylinders so that they are self grinding and self adjusting, and that cover and uncover the spark plug in a way that prevents fouling it.
Date: September 2, 1913
Creator: Ray, Albert J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saw Tester

Description: Patent for a device that tests and trains saws for cotton gins. Detects cups and kinks in the saw and prevent the saw from being burned.
Date: January 2, 1912
Creator: Cass, Thomas M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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