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Antirefilling Bottle.

Description: Patent for a bottle that can be easily sealed but cannot be resealed after opened. There is a groove in the neck of the bottle, and the cork is placed below the groove. The cork is hollowed out and a plug is placed in the cork. The cork is hollowed out and a plug with a groove around it is placed in the cork.An elastic compressible locking-ring fits in the gap the groove in the bottle and the groove in the plug create.
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Nevill, William B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cattle-Guard.

Description: Patent for a railway cattle-guard that is simple, inexpensive, and efficient. It prevents the cattle "from traversing a railway-track in order to pass form one field or inclosure to another" (line 12-14). It has spurred rollers, and has a unique way of mounting rollers or rotary ties, in that they do not block the track.
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Nevill, William Birt
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report

Description: Water plan for Region C describing the areas water resources and suppliers, usage statistics and forecasts, threats and water needs, methodology for making the plan, water conservation methods and plans, and recommendations on water management for different water suppliers and counties.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Making Tablets

Description: Patent for a machine for making tablets. This patent describes improvements in tablet-making machines or molds, which will be simple in construction and which will make tablets of different sizes, there being provided plates which are perforated and of different sizes whereby the thickness which it is desired to mold the tablets may be regulated.
Date: February 25, 1896
Creator: Loving, Joseph H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Construction of Jails.

Description: Patent for improvement in construction of jails; in which a system of flues in between layers of a double floor provide ventilation through grates in the walls and upper layer of the floor, without compromising security.
Date: October 19, 1875
Creator: Seeber, John A. & Croxton, James C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mail pouch

Description: Patent for new and improved mail pouch, with particular emphasis on the top locking mechanism.
Date: June 9, 1900
Creator: Tabler, Jasper Newton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Punch.

Description: Patent for a punch for "removing broken rivets from buggy-bow sockets" (lines 16, 17) that can be operated by one person.
Date: April 16, 1907
Creator: Stedham, William H. & Miller, John N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow-beam, of a plow-standard pivotally secured to the rear end of said beam, a brace pivotally secured to the standard, and a sliding clamp for securing the front end of the brace to the beam" (lines 90-94).
Date: April 13, 1886
Creator: Ketchum, Joel Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pumping Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a pumping apparatus that has "certain improvements in that class of pumps known as ejectors for raising liquids out of wells by means of compressed air or stream" (lines 9-12). The pump quickly and easily raises large amounts of water and is an improvement on a patent previously granted to the inventor (No. 474,819).
Date: March 27, 1894
Creator: Nevill, William Birt
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Music Holder and Turner.

Description: Patent for a devise that turns the leaves of books or music books, which "may be supported upon the music-rack of a piano, organ, or similar instrument." (lines 13-14)
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Black, John F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Drill.

Description: Patent for a new and improved drill. This design consists in "the combination, with the main shaft carrying two bevel gear-wheels, of a shaft carrying a bevel gear-wheel adapted to be connected alternately with the two bevel gear-wheels on said main shaft, a pinion secured on the said shaft, and a disk provided with a bevel gear-wheel meshing in the said pinion, said disk being connected with the drilling-tool, so that the latter can move freely up and down, but is turned by the said disk" (lin… more
Date: June 26, 1888
Creator: Godwin, John Calhoon.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Flue-Cleaner.

Description: Patent for a portable flue cleaner for boilers. Through a nozzle on the cleaner, the flue cleaner uses the steam from the boiler to remove dirt, dust and soot. The dirt is forced out of the boiler when the steam escapes.
Date: August 17, 1915
Creator: Leonard, Carl
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway-Signal

Description: Patent for a railway signal that is activated when the wheels of a train pass over a switch. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Harvey, Albert Wadkins
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad Signal

Description: Patent for a railroad signal. This invention is an improvement for signalling by the trains interaction on the rails. Illustration included.
Date: April 30, 1907
Creator: Harvey, Albert Wadkins
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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