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Spark-Plug Attachment

Description: Patent for A Spark-Plug Attachment. This spark- plug attachment is designed to facilitate the sparking process without further damaging the porcelain component of the spark-plug.
Date: July 15, 1918
Creator: Sherill, Guy M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Pianos or Organs.

Description: Patent for an attachment for pianos or organs that allows for the convenient movement of the instruments that does not damage the instrument or the building.
Date: October 31, 1893
Creator: Carter, James William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Blacking Brush.

Description: Patent for a new and improved blacking brush. This design utilizes springs to move a blacking brush to and from a can of polish. This results in "evenness of wear of the bristles of the brush, economy of blacking, absence of spattering while extracting the blacking from the box, convenience in substituting the circular brush as a lid for the box in case of loss of the box-lid, and the saving of time in looking for a blacking-brush and a blacking-box separately" (lines 53-60).
Date: September 21, 1880
Creator: Wood, Edmund Lorenzo.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Blacking Brush and Blacking Box Holder.

Description: Patent for a new and improved combination blacking brush and blacking box holder. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a blacking brush, of a swinging frame held on the back of the brush, and of devices for holding a blacking-box loosely, so as to be adapted to be rotated in the said swinging frame" (lines 82-86).
Date: April 3, 1883
Creator: Wood, Edmund Lorenzo
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automobile.

Description: Patent for an automobile with a mechanism which may be extended to form a tent bed, or folded into a small compass. The folding bed of the automobile may be utilized to storm camp equipment when not used as a bed.
Date: January 4, 1921
Creator: Mackey, Franklin Orville
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Fire and Burglar Alarm.

Description: Patent for automatic fire and burglar alarm. A cord extends from the casing of the alarm mechanism to a window. The alarm is triggered either by weight of a window opening or the cord is burned by fire.
Date: March 5, 1918
Creator: Mann, Oscar O. & Whitley, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Draft-Equalizer

Description: Patent for a device that can be attached to the draft tongue of an animal-drawn agricultural machine to equalize resistance and allow it to be drawn evenly in a straight line.
Date: December 25, 1917
Creator: Butts, Jim P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fur-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for an improved fur stretcher capable of properly stretching the ends of the skin. Construction is simple which allows for easy application.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Aylor, James C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cooking Utensil

Description: Patent for a device to heat a cooking utensil's content. The object provides a device which will support a receptacle in or outside any type of heating medium. It also requires only a minimal heating surface to radiate heat to all sides of the receptacle as well as the very bottom.
Date: December 13, 1921
Creator: Kirk, Robert B. & Young, Joseph B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Door-Hook.

Description: Patent for a low-cost door hook designed for securing screen doors in a closed position which may be operated from either side of the door.
Date: August 30, 1921
Creator: Randazzo, Lillian
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Roller-Bearing Swivel Wrench Plate.

Description: Patent for improvements on Roller-Bearing Swivel Wrench Plates, including illustrations. The goal of this invention is to make the plates more efficient "for use with any suitable fishing tool, or bit for use in oil fields or water well drilling" (lines 12-14).
Date: January 10, 1922
Creator: Harralson, Charles L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Collar-Button.

Description: Patent for collar-buttons made of inexpensive, non-metallic material that when applied to bands of unusual commercial form, can adapt itself to the curvature of the band without obstructing the free adjustment of a tie in connection with the folded type of collar.
Date: June 21, 1921
Creator: Baldwin, Lawrence G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fishing Tool

Description: Patent for invention that improves fishing. Not only is the tool used for fishing, it can find and remove objects from the water.
Date: December 6, 1921
Creator: Brown, Charles Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Polished-Rod Clamp.

Description: Patent for improvements in Polished-Rod Clamps that "quickly and easily attached to a rod without the use of tools" (lines 56-57) and "be easily operated at a distance from a pump" (lines 59-60).
Date: November 8, 1921
Creator: Weister, Edward P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sand-Trap

Description: Patent for a sand-trap that will prevent the accumulation of sand by automatically removing the sand from the canals.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hood, James M,
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Window Sash Construction.

Description: Patent for a new type of window sash construction. Older sashes use putty to hold the window glass in to the frame. This sash uses metal and wood to hold the glass in making for a better seal and greater insulation.
Date: March 10, 1914
Creator: Harris, John I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wrench with a "novel means for adjustably controlling the position of the movable jaw with respect to the stationary jaw" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Parmer, Ernest W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle Seat Construction.

Description: Patent for a new two-seated vehicle seat construction that allows the back portion of the seats to be swung back and flush with the seat portion and then used for sleeping accommodations, including illustrations.
Date: October 26, 1915
Creator: Luse, Jonathan E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insect Trap.

Description: Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design "consists in forming the trough of a quadrangular form, and V-shaped in cross-section, with the plates of the opposite sections of the trough forming wedges adapted to be forced into the ground around the mouth of the ant-hill and securely anchor the trap in the ground" (lines 41-46).
Date: June 26, 1883
Creator: Bunnell, James F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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