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Headlight.

Description: Patent for Locomotive-headlights, "and has for its principal object to so construct the lamp and its casing as to permit of the lighting or adjusting the lamp-blaze from the back of the headlight box…” (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date: December 2, 1902
Creator: Stanton, James Robertson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Compound Engine

Description: Patent for a compound railroad engine. This design is capable of operating under conditions resulting from an accident, the ability to start under full load via live steam to both the high and low pressure cylinders, and its working parts may be operated with one or both compounds. Illustration included.
Date: June 18, 1907
Creator: Symons, Wilson E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bearing.

Description: Patent for improvements in bearings, in which a liquid-step bearing “contains a closed receptacle for oil or other liquid and co-acting with a movable piston or shaft, and adapted to resist end thrust by means of the liquid.” (Lines 11-14) Illustration is included.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Godsey, Henry M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Coffins

Description: Patent for a coffin attachment which supports the head and shoulders of the body and allows them to be adjusted vertically. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Deering, Uriah H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Casting Dental Plates.

Description: Patent for casting dental plates which builds upon a previous patent by the same inventor, Patent No. 633,222, accepted on September 19, 1899. This patent professes to eliminate previous issues with casting metal such as pinholes and air bubbles that create imperfections in the dental plates.
Date: May 27, 1902
Creator: Streetman, Willard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cook-Stove.

Description: Patent for a cook-stove, which has two ovens that can be used together or separately.
Date: December 5, 1911
Creator: Turbeville, John B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Description: Patent for a churn that can be easily operated and does not let flies or dust collect around its top. It is operated by turning a handle which is connected via a rope and a series of pulleys to the churn.
Date: December 19, 1893
Creator: Nanny, Amos William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "is to provide means for setting and supporting the pin and link of the ordinary car-coupler, so that cars will be automatically coupled when brought together; and it consists in a frame or holder for the coupling-pin and a frame or holder for the coupling-link" (lines 11-17).
Date: September 23, 1890
Creator: Godsey, William J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn Motor.

Description: Patent for a new and improved churn motor. This design "consists in certain improvements in the construction of [churn motors], having for their object to produce a machine which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency" (lines 10-15).
Date: September 25, 1883
Creator: O'Bannon, William H. & Snider, John J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination Wrench.

Description: Patent for a new and improved combination wrench. This design "is to provide a wrench whose moveable jaw is adjustable without a screw, and with whose handle are combined several useful tools or instruments" (lines 8-11).
Date: March 1, 1881
Creator: Butler, Edward Martin & Campbell, William Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Description: Patent for a churn. The patent is for a "means for adjustably securing a series of vertically-arranged breakers in a churn-body of any size, operating with a revolving dasher" (lines 8-11).
Date: June 16, 1896
Creator: Haley, William L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Flour and Meal Bin and Sifter.

Description: Patent for a combined flour and meal bin sifter meant for the kitchen. The amount of flour or meal put into the machine does not matter, and the sifter may be removed when desired. The sifted material is directed into a container, and the end of the chute can be closed when not in use.
Date: September 1, 1896
Creator: Alexander, Charles P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bricklayer's Guide-Line Holder.

Description: Patent for improvements in Bricklayers' Guide-Line Holders with spring controlled jaws for anchoring the holder to the brick, securing it in a stationary position on the wall.
Date: March 31, 1914
Creator: Knott, Miller & Bible, Adam Calver
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bearing.

Description: Patent for invention of a bearing which has adjustable bearing for shafting. Also this invention wide range of position changes in shaft.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Jack and Wrench.

Description: Patent for a combined jack and wrench. This patent focuses on a combined wagon jack and wrench, which acts as a wheel removing device.
Date: November 18, 1913
Creator: Gregory, Robert H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Gin or Linting-Machine

Description: Patent for machine to "provide means for removing lint cotton from the gin saw teeth" (lines 11-12) and "provide efficient means for taking care of the cotton after it leaves the saw teeth." (lines 14-19)
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Hodo, Wesley A. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Photograph of a Light-Colored House]

Description: Photograph of a light-colored house with darker trim located at 407 N. Main Street in Cleburne, Texas. "Wimberly House on N. Main St. Cleburne, Texas" is written on the back and the accompanying materials state this house was built by J. N. Wimberly.
Date: 189X
Creator: Bennett
Partner: Private Collection of the Curtis Estate

Wrap.

Description: Patent for a wrap for babies, which encloses the body except for the face that is closed with hooks at the arms, legs and head, which can be opened to free any of those members.
Date: August 2, 1910
Creator: Mercey, Nettie T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Basket.

Description: Patent for a wire basket, which is sturdier than previous ones for use in groceries.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Goodwin, Thomas J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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