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Automatic Fuse Plug

Description: Patent for "improvements in automatic fuse plugs" (lines 12-12). These are "adapted to be successively engaged by a swinging contact arm" (lines 16-17).
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Bowman, Levi M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Card Holder

Description: Patent for improvements made to card holders, mostly for handbags and other cases much like luggage tags today. The patent describes and illustrates improved design and construction so they can be manufactured at an economic price.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Grabendike, Clyde C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator Attachment

Description: Patent for a cultivator attachment. "The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple harrowing attachment for the cultivator shovels, so that the soil can be pulverized immediately succeeding the lifting thereof by the cultivator shovel."
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Hafer, Albert L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dirigible Automobile-Lamp

Description: Patent for a new automobile lamp that turns in conjunction with the steering wheel and an apparatus that attaches to automobiles to cradle the head lamp and stop it from vibrating.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Freeborn, Sidney Mills
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Door.

Description: Patent for a door "that can be secured in either open or closed position either from the exterior or interior of the building on which the door is mounted" (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Niemann, Otto
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Drag-Harrow.

Description: Patent for an improved drag harrow for plowing soil. "The primary objective of the invention is to provide a soil pulverizer in which a rotary grinding action is produced by the drawing of the apparatus across the soil" (lines 10-13).
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Kramer, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut and Bolt Lock

Description: Patent for a new nut and bolt lock design that is reliable and can lock permanently if needed, including illustrations.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Ames, Ernest R.
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

Rotary Engine.

Description: Patent for a new rotary engine containing a steam chest to hold fluid which flows into an exhaust chamber to reduce back pressure.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Rhoades, Charles A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Wheel.

Description: Patent for a vehicle wheel "which embodies a flexible tread and radially arranged springs for absorbing shocks and cushioning the yielding action of the parts of said tread" (lines 9-13).
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Anderson, Lycurgus
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn

Description: Patent for a churn that can produce butter in very short period of time with minimal effort.
Date: May 19, 1913
Creator: Hoefer, Charles Jr.; Belt, Marcus L. Jr. & Belt, William R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Animal-Trap

Description: Patent for an animal trap primarily intended for capturing rodents. Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Pierce, William Z.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clinometer

Description: Patent for a clinometer. This invention is designed to measure the grades and angles of inclination of structures and objects of various descriptions. Illustration included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Keith, John David & Faulkner, Walter Edgar
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Rubber Dam and Tooth Backing Punch

Description: Patent for a combined rubber dam and tooth-backing punch. "This invention relates to new and useful improvement in dental instruments and more particularly it has references to a punch for forming holes accurately in the backing which is used on teeth in construction of bridges, plates, and cognate work" (line 12-17). Illustration included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Bell, Harry M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dielectric Separator

Description: Patent for an apparatus that "separates substances of different dielectric capacities" (lines 12-13). Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay Press

Description: Patent for a hay press. This invention includes a reciprocating plunger with plunger heads and designed to work in separate compressing chambers. Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Biela, Valentine
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Imitation Diamond

Description: Patent for imitation diamond. This is an invention that relates to the creation of imitation gems from glass. Illustration included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: McDearmon, James C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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