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Bottle-Holder.

Patent for an ink bottle holder that allows for sturdy tilting and prevents ink from spilling.

Date: April 27, 1920

Creator: Smith, Edwin Ruthven

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Condiment-Holder.

Patent for condiment holder that can be filled with different condiments that can be dispensed separately or both at the same time. This design is also more durable, efficient, and low cost.

Date: April 26, 1921

Creator: Peters, Shafeh

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Bending and Embossing Sheet Metal

Patent for "new and improved machine which is simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and especially designed for simultaneously curving and embossing sheet-metal plates for use as cornices, metal shingles, &c" (lines 8-13).

Date: February 25, 1890

Creator: Baldwin, Benjamin J., Jr.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Brick-Kiln Construction

Patent for Brick Kiln Construction. The particular innovation enables bricks and tiles to be manufactured, burned, and dried in one building. This helps in saving fuel, using the fuel economically, and reducing the time needed for the burning of bricks.

Date: August 2, 1921

Creator: Pokorny, James T.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrist-Guide and Foot-Guard for Pianos.

Patent for “…a piano attachment consisting of an adjustable wrist-pin and foot-guard adapted to serve as a means for securing the proper position of the wrist and forearm in practice and also adapted to protect the front panel of the instrument and serve, with children, as a foot-rest. Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims” (lines 8-19).

Date: May 18, 1897

Creator: Norcross, Levi Watson

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire-stretcher. This design "has reference more particularly to that class of devices which are adapted to be applied to and removed from the wires at will" (lines 9-11). It consists in "the rigid bar, hooks . . . pivoted to the bar, and a laterally projecting arm" (lines 69-71).

Date: January 6, 1891

Creator: Reed, Francis O.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Inside Trimming Machine for Trimming Wooden Handles for Tools and the Like.

Patent for a machine to trim wooden handles for tools. The "invention relates to trimming machines and more particularly to machines for trimming the inside portions of wooden tools or handles, such as handles for spades, shovels, and like articles." (Lines 10-14)

Date: February 16, 1915

Creator: Kimerer, Joseph C.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement to Oil-Burners

Patent for the improvement of oil-burners in which it is “extremely cheap and simple, which may be readily installed, and which is adapted to burn oil practically without smoke” (lines 12-14). Instructions and illustrations included.

Date: February 16, 1915

Creator: Hope, William H.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knee-Protector.

Patent for a knee protector that enables the wearer to fasten the device to the knee and includes a frame and knee receiving pocket.

Date: June 13, 1916

Creator: Russel, Callie B.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Type-Writing Machine.

Patent for a simple, reliable, and easily operated attachment for a type-writing machine that continuously feeds paper to the type. "Several sheets, as they are printed may be severed in equal lengths, without disturbing the engagement of the continuous web with the paper-cylinder and feeding-devices" (lines 13-17).

Date: July 25, 1893

Creator: Smith, John D.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Liquid-Indicator for Tanks.

Patent for a liquid indicator to determine if the supply of oil has been depleted in the crank case of an automobile's internal combustion engine. Further purposes of this patent include the closing of an electrical circuit when the oil in the crank case becomes low in order to sound an audible noise that alerts the driver that more oil is needed. The patent intends to make the invention durable, easy to use, and inexpensive to manufacture.

Date: July 29, 1919

Creator: Pippin, William R.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill.

Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the radial arms of the wheel-frame and the vertical pivot-posts thereon, the sails or fans pivoted to said posts, the pivoted detents, and the pivoted governing-levers to which said detents are connected, said levers carrying adjustable weights" (lines 16-23).

Date: June 5, 1883

Creator: Witherspoon, Frank

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill.

Patent for improvements to windmills.

Date: April 29, 1884

Creator: Witherspoon, Frank

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Heater

Patent for a water heater which operates by connecting to the smoke stack of a furnace. Illustrations included.

Date: December 29, 1908

Creator: Miles, Joseph Furnas

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Fence Support.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wire fence supports, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: November 7, 1899

Creator: Mayo, Robert P.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine For Perforating Checks And Printing Thereon

Patent for a machine for perforating checks and printing on said check. The printing application of the press represents dollar amounts rendering it impossible to change the type. Illustrations included.

Date: December 29, 1903

Creator: Robertson, George Francis

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tug-Clip.

Patent for a new form of tug clip which will not damage the collar to which it is attached.

Date: April 14, 1914

Creator: Duncan, Walter B.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Locking Joints for Railway-Rail Joints.

Patent for a locking device for railway-rail joints. It improves how the meeting rail ends are fastened, and prevents accidental disconnection. It is "a locking fish-plate having keyhole bolt-slots, the narrow portion of the slots having inclined sides, the inclination diminishing gradually toward the end, and double-headed bolts, one of the heads being tapered, whereby the bolt is subjected to a double wedging action" (lines 56-61). A face-plate is perforated and receives the tapered heads an… more

Date: July 21, 1896

Creator: Anderson, Lee

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing-Machine.

Patent for "washing-machines which combine in one structure means for heating the suds-water and maintaining the same at the required temperature, a suds-box having chambered or hollow bottom and sides to secure a circulation of the suds-water independently of the agitation resulting from turning the drum or clothes-receptacle upon its axis, and a drum removably journaled in the suds-box and comprising longitudinal slats or bars having bent edge portions for scooping up the suds-water and direc… more

Date: August 24, 1897

Creator: Roach, Henry B.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department