UNT Libraries Government Documents Department - 20 Matching Results
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- Auto Body
- Patent for an invention made for the improvements of the auto body and provide a way to convert a motor vehicle body to a comfortable bed with a foldable cushion for the back seat.
- Chain-Tightening Tool
- Patent for a tool for tightening automobile wheel chains that is "simple in construction and may be manufactured at a comparatively low cost" (lines 14-16).
- Necktie-Holder
- Patent for improvements to necktie-holders, particularly to prevent the neck-tie from sliding down toward the lower portion of the collar.
- Orchard-Heat or Smudge-Pot
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in orchard-heaters and smudge-pots to provide an improved drat flue and damper carried by a cap especially adapted for use in connection with heaters or crude oil smudge pots commonly used in various orchards during frosty weather. The invention aims to provide a draft flue and damper to withstand the most severe and erratic winds, the damper capable of being opened to suit any temperature, without impairing its efficiency in protecting the draft.
- Dredge.
- Patent for an excavating machine specifically designed for canal digging, that "is an improvement upon a patent granted to Charles S. Butterfield, March 13, 197 and numbered 1,219,371" (lines 10-13). This invention provides a means for firm and stable support of the excavating machine and allows the position of the machine to be easily changed as the work progresses.
- Window-Sash Lock
- Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Sash Locks" (lines 5-7). "The object in view is to produce a simple and efficient device..., [which] consists essentially in the provision of means for permitting either sash to be locked or one sash to be partially or fully opened..." (lines 17-22).
- Improvements to Auxiliary Clutch-Pedal Lever
- Patent for improvements in Auxiliary Clutch-pedal Levers for tractor foot pedal levers, providing much greater operability when attached, but does not interfere with the driver's use of the pedal in a traditional manner.
- Submarine-Destroyer.
- Patent for submarine destroyer that is a projectile of the harpoon type adapted to be dropped from an aeroplane with the purpose to destroy a submarine or other vessel.
- Process of Increasing the Quality and Volume of Oil in Wells and Removing the Oil Therefrom.
- Patent for a method for drawing a higher quality and grade of oil from a well through the combination with gas trapped in the well.
- Heater.
- Patent for a heater, "designed for use in orchards for raising the temperature of the atmosphere at times when frosts or freezing temperature is threatened" (lines 11-14). Illustration included.
- Attachment for Plows
- Patent for a plow attachment that is easy to use, does not "require the use of a supplemental beam or handle" (lines 11-12), and can be used with different makes of plows
- Game-Retaining Garment
- Patent for a garment with detachable areas that allows for the carrying and quick loading of ammunition when hunting game, and is more sanitary and durable than other options.
- Safety Top for Cans
- Patent for a milk can lid which may be locked in place by a spring, and which contains a hollow chamber inside to carry "butter, or other commodities" (lines 62-63).
- Excavator.
- Patent for Excavator
- Train-Stopping Apparatus
- Patent for the improvement of train stopping apparatuses, includes illustration.
- Nut-Lock.
- Patent for a nut lock that has a washer divided on predetermined lines bent in a V-shaped fold line that provides attaching support. Identical sector-like portions of the nut lock have a curved edge that permit embedding in material through which a bolt is passed.
- Thermostatic Fire-Extinguishing Device
- Patent for a thermostatic fire-extinguishing device that improves the efficiency and operation of thermostatic fire-extinguishers.
- Hat-Box.
- Patent for a hat box that is capable of being used on shelves with capability to pile additional objects, with a removable cover and hinged front wall.
- Dish Washing Machine
- Patent for "new and useful machine improvements for washing dishes and other articles" (lines 9-11).
- Attachment for Seed Planters
- Patent for "improvements in attachments for seed-planters" (lines 5-6) where seeds will not be unevenly planted including illustrations.