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Carpenter's Square.

Description: Patent for a carpenter's square that uses an improved attachment "for laying off bevels at various angles" (lines 15-16).
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Buckland, Charles O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Belt Tightener for Pumps.

Description: Patent for belt tighteners for well pumps which decreases the amount of force necessary to tighten a pump. Patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 6, 1917
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for the revolving hoe type of cotton chopper which allows steering to laterally adjust the hoe shaft, including instructions and illustrations. Addition features include breakable shanks to prevent the hoe from being damaged when hitting an obstruction, and for these parts to be durable and inexpensive to construct.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Noblett, Adoniram J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Wagon-Bodies.

Description: Patent for a device that augments a wagon body with additional customizable bars for storing and transporting animals or supplies, including illustrations.
Date: July 13, 1913
Creator: Richbourg, Ben G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Boll Thresher.

Description: Patent for a cotton-boll thresher which opens the bolls and separates the cotton. This thresher tries to improve on others by making them "strong, durable, efficient, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 21-23); patent includes illustrations and specifications.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Bryan, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Air-Pump.

Description: Patent for an air pump improvement that simpler and cheaper to produce. It also provides a description of "the combination and arragement of parts" (lines 14-15), including illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Runge, Friedrich Albert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Belt Attachment for Trousers.

Description: Patent for a new invention of belt loops for trousers that are located inside the waistband with "the loop in the middle of the back being located lower than the others, and a belt confined entirely within the trousers and secured to the trousers at the front only and at a point lower than the adjacent loops." (lines 71-77).
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: Woodruff, William Douglas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn-Operating Device.

Description: Patent for a churn operating device to make the process more simple and efficient for the use of producing butter in the shortest possible time.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Palm, Oliver
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator Foot.

Description: Patent for a cultivator foot that allows shovels or sweep blades to be quickly attached to it or detached from it.
Date: June 1, 1915
Creator: Vance, Caughey C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Circuit-Closing Device for Doors.

Description: Patent for a device mounted within a door jamb that closes or breaks a circuit when the door is opened or closed, respectively. The electrical connection can be used to turn on lights when the door is opened and off when closed.
Date: November 4, 1913
Creator: Fitch, William Hubert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bagging Strecher.

Description: Patent for a bagging stretcher that provides a device to be "associated with the baling press for drawing taut the bagging which is used to cover a bale".
Date: July 7, 1914
Creator: Davis, William R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Casing for Player-Pianos.

Description: Patent for "new and useful improvements" (lines 9-10) to the casing for player pianos. Improvements include simplifying numerous operations of the piano to be accomplished by one mechanism. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Terry, Charles R. & Money, Benjamin F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Gin.

Description: Patent for a cotton gin with novel saws that are constructed in sections and placed in a way to reach more cotton entering the device, including illustrations.
Date: January 19, 1915
Creator: Stephens, Louis K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Animal Hopple

Description: Patent for certain new improvements in animal hopples. This device prevents animals from rearing up in the front when it is worn. The device consists of several plates and a collar with a connecting chain.
Date: June 2, 1914
Creator: Hentschel, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Adding-Machine

Description: Patent for improvements to adding machines, which is key-operated and includes a vertically disposed shaft and a means to actuate the sliding plate.
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Gatewood, William F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Brake-Controlling Mechanism for Railway-Cars

Description: Patent for an "air brake controlling mechanism for use in connection with railway cars" (lines 10-12), one feature applies whereby if a wheel becomes derailed the brakes will be applied automatically. Includes illustrations.
Date: February 22, 1916
Creator: Halliburton, George M. & McBurney, Samuel L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bread-Knife.

Description: Patent for bread knives that consists of a plurality of knives spaced apart to cut the slices of uniform width.
Date: March 21, 1916
Creator: Roberts, Isaac F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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