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Car-Replacer.

Description: Patent for a car-replacer that has a stronger construction and is more efficient than other car-replacers. It has two skids, one on each side of the rail, the inside skid meant to deflect car-wheels to the rail, and the outside skid meant to slu "the truck in line with the track, and at the same time cause the wheels to be forced sideways on the rails" (lines 27-29).
Date: August 11, 1896
Creator: Ragan, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Axle-Skein.

Description: Patent for an axle-skein. Its purpose is "to improve the construction of axle-skeins, to increase their strength and durability, and to decrease the wear of the same at the bottom thereof" (lines 10-14).
Date: August 11, 1896
Creator: Finley, Robert L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Burglar-Alarm.

Description: Patent for Buglar-Alarm. Adding protection to building windows.
Date: November 11, 1913
Creator: Ogle, Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bridle-Bit

Description: Patent for improvements in bridle bits, particularly bridle bits known as curb bridle bits. One of the objects is to provide means whereby the curb loop or strap is prevented from engaging the lips of the horse when strain is applied to the driving reins.
Date: January 11, 1916
Creator: Bass, James O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Boll Picker

Description: Patent for an improvement to cotton ball harvesters.
Date: May 11, 1915
Creator: Hewitt, Daniel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bale-Tie.

Description: Patent for a new bale tie made from metal, with "integral interlocking terminal portions" (lines 25-26), including instructions and illustration. The bale tie is "strong in character, constructed at small cost, of a minimum number of parts, and capable of easy and expeditious manipulation" (lines 18-21).
Date: July 11, 1916
Creator: O'Riordan, John Eldridge
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Front Rigging for Riding-Saddles.

Description: Patent for a rigging that is especially adapted for a swell fork tree, including illustrations.
Date: August 11, 1914
Creator: Graves, George Washington
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clock Attachment

Description: Patent for an improved clock attachment to operate "a series of alarms or signals arranged in different rooms of a building or in other separated stations for simultaneously sounding the alarms or for operating the signals at predetermined times." (lines 11-17) including illustrations.
Date: January 11, 1915
Creator: Moore, John R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Circuit Maker and Breaker

Description: Patent for an improved automatic circuit maker and breaker. This breaker specifically is meant to be used in conjunction with lighting systems.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Mulford, Benjamin R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Wheel.

Description: Patent for a wheel that uses tubes, springs, and cushions to absorb shock and creating a smoother ride for the passenger.
Date: November 11, 1913
Creator: Milam, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Check-Book.

Description: Patent for a checkbook holder that includes a special binder for check stubs, with instructions and illustration. When a new set of checks and binder are inserted into the holder, the old binder of stubs can be easily removed and saved, for receipt purposes.
Date: July 11, 1916
Creator: Bennett, Paul H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic gas-lighter

Description: Patent for automatic gas lighter, designed for igniting the headlights of auto vehicle, the principle object was to attach a simple automatic lighter to any automobile which is cheaper and reliable.
Date: July 11, 1916
Creator: Ben F. Keith
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Shock-Absorber and Brace.

Description: Patent for an improved connection between the shock absorber and brace to "reduce the strain on the front springs of a motor vehicle and to control the rebound incident to the front wheels [...] so that the machine may at all times be under proper control of the steering mechanism" (lines 34-41), including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: More, David
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Button

Description: Patent for a button that holds articles of clothing securely with a combination of rings
Date: January 11, 1916
Creator: Karger, Rose
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Shade and Curtain-Pole Bracket.

Description: Patent for combined shade and curtain pole brackets to "be attached to the upper sash of the window" (lines 14), removable, and adjustable, with illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Levingston, Thomas C. & Van Epps, Nettie M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clock.

Description: Patent for an improved alarm clock with two different alarms that sound at desired time set and when the clock is unwound, including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Buttigieg, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Time-Check for Oil-Presses and Other Machines

Description: Patent for a device that records the time in which a machine is in operation and in which it is idle to check the efficiency of the workmen and the work plant as a whole.
Date: May 11, 1915
Creator: Bell, Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Blast Device for Shoe-Polishing Machines.

Description: Patent for blast device for shoe-polishing machine which is so constructed as to apply polish to a shoe and then dry the same and afterward polish the shoe, thus dispensing with the necessity of the employment of the ordinary brushes and other paraphernalia now in the use for the purpose.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: De Los Monteros, Gustavo Espinosa
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Row-Binder.

Description: Patent for a type of new row binders by "use of rotary cuffs and adjustable bottom disposed conveyer belts" (lines 14-15), with illustrations.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Gruben, Edward J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boll-Weevil Destroyer.

Description: Patent for a boll weevil or insect exterminating device on wheels for use outdoors, including illustrations.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Graves, James Newell
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boxing and Bearing.

Description: Patent for a boxing and bearing rings used on motor shafts in engines and mills. The invention replaces the babbitt and brass bearings, which can be placed and removed on opening side of boxing.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Tipton, Clay
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tank-Bottom Holder.

Description: Patent for a tank bottom holder that allows a tank bottom to be "securely and accurately maintained in proper cooperative relation to the edge turning tool and readily manipulated in the required manner" (lines 13-17). That tank bottom holder can be adjusted to fit a variety of tank bottom sizes, and the patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: August 11, 1914
Creator: Smith, Walter O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ice-Can Fastener for Ice Plants.

Description: Patent for an ice-can fastener that can be easily opened and closed, allowing water to freeze quickly in the can. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 11, 1914
Creator: Drake, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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