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Construction of Privy-Vaults.

Patent for an improvement of privy-vaults using a soil-pipe with sleeve adapted to be connected with the trap-door of the vault-floor into an air-chamber where a ventilating-pipe is placed directly above a furnace; the noxious gases along with the products of combustion in the furnace would be drawn from the air-chamber and carried off to the outer air. Illustration is included.

Date: February 3, 1891

Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bird-Cage.

Patent for improvements in bird cages by "having a woven-wire casing the meshes of which cannot be penetrated by ordinary insects, such as flies,&c., will be lured into the cage to be devoured by the bird" (lines 16-21).

Date: February 3, 1880

Creator: Flato, Fridrich W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator-Hopple.

Patent for the simplification, strengthening, and adjustment of levers to make using a cultivator hopple easier to use.

Date: February 3, 1914

Creator: McCanless, Joseph E.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Train-Gate.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in automatic train gates" (lines 5-7) including illustrations.

Date: February 3, 1920

Creator: Ivanhoe, George. C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Aeroplane.

Patent for a new and useful airplane that provides the ability of the aircraft to take off from the ground at an abrupt angle. The aircraft has a supplemental propeller and jointed body to direct the machine upward in an abrupt ascent, making it especially useful in wooded areas or where obstructions prevent normal take-off.

Date: February 3, 1920

Creator: Cartwright, Andrew

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Anti-Agitating Device.

Patent for anti-agitating device, including two figures describing said device, with illustrations. Author describes improvements for liquid dispensers on previous anti-agitating devices by altering the cylinder duties during its performance.

Date: February 3, 1920

Creator: Catron, John J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lawn-Mower.

Patent for an improved lawn mower by having a cutter-bar and finger-bar work together to cut grass that close to trees, fences and or other obstructions, including illustration.

Date: February 3, 1891

Creator: Runyon, Edwin Elijah

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wagon Unloading Device

Patent for "Improvements in Wagon-Unloading Devices" including illustrations.

Date: February 3, 1920

Creator: Ford, John Owen

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well-Drilling Rig.

Patent, including illustrations, for "an improved well drilling rig or apparatus" which provides "a simple, efficient, and practical machine of this kind including revoluble means having a device operatively connected to a walking beam (from which a drilling tool is suspended), so that upon every complete revolution of the revoluble means, the drilling tool or bit will be given two direct drops, each alternating with the lifting movement of the drill bit" (page 1, lines 11-21).

Date: February 3, 1920

Creator: Bradford, Robert M.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill.

Patent for windmills by making them self-regulating and "it consists in the construction and arrangement of devices whereby the force of the wind is made to move the wind-wheel and crank-shift backward and turn the vane, and also in the devices for turning the vane at will" (lines 14-18).

Date: February 3, 1880

Creator: Tevis, James H.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Truing Locomotive Driving-Wheels

Patent for improvements in machines for truing the driving wheels of locomotives. Other possible uses include truing freight car wheels or similar car wheels.

Date: February 3, 1914

Creator: Tyler, Joseph C.; Behrends, John A. & Lake, Parks

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Cooler.

Patent for an improved water-cooler by wrapping the outer surface of a water container with two layers of fabric; an imperforate projection–tube from a supplemental water reservoir arranged above the water container would moist the inner layer fabric and maintain its moisture; where the outer layer fabric prevents the water forcing through, thus keeping the water cool, illustration is included.

Date: February 3, 1891

Creator: Beacham, Alexander Thacher

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Traction-Engine.

Patent for an improved agricultural traction engine with unique driving wheels.

Date: February 3, 1914

Creator: Ingram, Joseph D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Milling-Machine.

Patent for a milling machine that executes thorough removal of dirt and other substances.

Date: February 3, 1914

Creator: Lakey, William Ray.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Time-Indicator.

Patent for time indicators wherein the time noting figures are carried upon rotary disks that are constructed and arranged as to expose the proper time in hours, minutes, and seconds to a face plate.

Date: February 3, 1914

Creator: Bentley, William G.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spindle-Nut Attachment.

Patent for improvement in spindle-nut by providing “an extension to the spindle-nut, not being a washer in any sense of the word, but to all intents and purposes an integral part of said nut adapted to extend toward the outer end of the axle-box and to hold the same to its seat upon the spindle as efficiently as when the parts were new.” (Lines 35-41) Illustration is included.

Date: February 3, 1903

Creator: Carlton, Edward

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tobacco-Pipe.

Patent for a new tobacco pipe capable of trapping nicotine in a removable bowl to facilitate the cleaning process. The pipe also includes a trap for saliva that prevents any saliva from returning to the smoker's mouth regardless of pipe angle. The pipe is manufactured with minimal parts reducing need for repair.

Date: February 3, 1920

Creator: Gerhard, William Henry.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stock Car.

Patent for a new and improved stock car for railroads. This design "has for its object to guard the cattle from such injury as is likely to occur to a car full of cattle by the sudden starting or stopping of the car; to furnish means for guiding the cattle into the proper compartment of the car, and to furnish means for working the device by a train-hand on top of the car" (lines 10-16).

Date: February 3, 1885

Creator: Pierce, Jonathan E.

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Stylographic Fountain-Pen.

Patent for stylographic fountain pens to improve them by allowing the "ink to flow freely from the point of the pen" (line 35) and allowing easy, pressurized ink refills.

Date: February 3, 1880

Creator: Fisher, Charles N. & Downes, Charles L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Priming Cup for Internal Combustion Motors

Patent for "Improvements in Priming-Cups for Internal-Combustion Motors" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.

Date: February 3, 1920

Creator: Martinek, Stanley A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Thread-Cutter.

Patent for "a simple and efficient thread or twine cutter which may be conveniently worn in the manner of a finger ring when in use, or may be applied or attached to the usual type of thimble for use." (lines 13-17) This invention can "be inexpensively stamped from sheet metal." (lines 21-22)

Date: February 3, 1920

Creator: Cade, King C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saw Filer and Gummer

Patent for adding an attachment to aid in "sharpening and gumming the teeth of circular saws particularly such saws as are used in cotton gins" (lines 13-15). The attachment works with a device for which the inventor previously received a patent. (Patent No. 1,180,270)

Date: February 3, 1920

Creator: McMicken, Thomas W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Recording Apparatus

Patent for "Improvements in Recording Apparatus" including illustrations.

Date: February 3, 1920

Creator: Catron, John J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seed-Planter.

Patent for a seed planter in which the “plows is used in connection with the purpose of opening a furrow to receive the seed and for quickly covering the seed after it has been deposited.” (Lines 15-18) In addition, an auxiliary plow is attached “to work directly in front of the seed tube, as to provide the scattering of the seed and to cause it to be deposited directly into the furrow.” (Lines 29-32) Illustration is included.

Date: February 3, 1903

Creator: Ferriott, Charles L.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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