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Nutcracker

Description: Patent for nut crackers designed for use in cracking pecan nuts. It is a simple device that can be readily attached to a table or other support and is quickly adjustable for different sized nuts.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Blair, William E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Locking Device

Description: Patent for a "locking device for coin controlled receptacles" (lines 11-13)
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: Boone, Wallie R. & Watson, Chester A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Convertible Bed

Description: Patent for a bed that can be converted from a sideboard or a table. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1908
Creator: Bowdon, Viola G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spike Puller

Description: Patent for a spike puller. This invention uses a clawed head set on a roller where by a fulcrum can move inward to apply power to pull the spike. Illustration included.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Bradshaw, Richard A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sliding Weather-Strip for Doors.

Description: Patent for a device "which, in addition to excluding wind and rain from beneath the bottom of the door, shall also serve to bind or hold the door open to any position to which it may be brought," (lines 29-32) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 15, 1891
Creator: Brown, Josiah T. & Garret, William T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Compound Valve

Description: Patent for an invention with improvements of devices that employed for controlling the flow of liquid under high pressure which simplify and improve the construction.
Date: October 28, 1918
Creator: Cherry, Joseph C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Harrow

Description: Patent for harrow that is helpful when replanting on hard ground.
Date: December 19, 1916
Creator: Dickinson, Kyle R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Agricultural Machine

Description: Patent for an agricultural machine that consists of a rotary cutter and a fixed horizontal cutter. Illustrations are included.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Evans, Lucias S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insect Destroyer.

Description: Patent for an wheeled vehicle mounted insect destroyer that brushes insects from plants and destroys them utilizing flames, includes illustrations.
Date: June 13, 1922
Creator: Franks, John L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quilting Attachment for Sewing Machines.

Description: Patent for a new and improved quilting attachment for sewing machines. This design "is to provide a device . . . adapted to be adjustable in any manner desired over the leaf, table, or arm of a sewing-machine" (lines 14-17). It consists in "a standard supporting a track-bar, a bar swiveled to said hanger and having end journals, and curved end yokes or arms movably connected to said end journals of the latter bar and supporting-rollers, said curved end yokes or arms having the said bar connecte… more
Date: October 25, 1892
Creator: Galloway, John C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay-Press.

Description: Patent for an inexpensive, durable, easily-operated, and powerful hay press that packs hay and similar materials. It consists of a baling chamber, a power platform, a stub shaft, a grooveless power wheel, a tire on the upper side of the wheel, a roller, and a draft-pole.
Date: March 21, 1893
Creator: Gressett, Lawrence Franklin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn-Harvester.

Description: Patent for an adjustable corn harvester which both removes ears of various sizes from the stalks and cuts the ears into smaller pieces to make them easier to process; includes illustrations.
Date: September 23, 1919
Creator: Grosshans, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saw-Gage.

Description: Patent for saw gages that can be produced at a small cost which can be applied to a standard saw blade. The saw-gage can also grip the saw-blade tightly while also allowing the saw-blade to bend without breaking, and can be adjusted before securing permanently.
Date: March 18, 1919
Creator: Hinkle, Matison E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump.

Description: Patent for a pump for pumping water from streams for use in irrigation, which is mounted on a float in the stream.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Jeanes, Benjamin H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Maize-Header.

Description: Patent for simple and efficient maize header which is easy to operate by positioning it in a way that it needs minimum effort to operate.
Date: May 17, 1921
Creator: Jordan, Andrew P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cleaner For Firearm-Barrels.

Description: Patent for a cleaner for firearm barrels that is small enough to be carried in a pocket. "May be used for cleaning firearms of the repeating type."
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: P'Pool, Matthew Wall
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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