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Candy-Wrapping Machine.

Description: Patent for a candy and small object wrapping machine that automatically cuts, feeds, and positions paper, making use of a folding arm. Intended to significantly decrease time taken to wrap small objects by hand.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Greer, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Working Machine.

Description: Patent for improvements in Wire-Working Machines that forms hangers for "coats, trousers, and other clothing" (lines 11-12). Provides a more inexpensive, faster, and more accurate machine that uses less power, includes illustrations.
Date: December 16, 1919
Creator: Shelton, John F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Splitting-Ax

Description: Patent for a splitting ax to be used for splitting wood, especially rails, constructed in a manner to prevent the ax wedge from sticking in the rail. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Sandidge, Thomas R., Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gas-Purifier

Description: Patent for a device that separates impurities and contaminants from gas used in generators. A series of filters, and baffles are used to extract impurities to the gas supplied to a generator.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Modlin, Frank E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Crutch.

Description: Patent for crutches with adjustable pneumatic cushioned arm rests, adjustable length, absorbent hand grip, and a detachable vertical leg rest.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Gregson, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boat-Propeller

Description: Patent for a boat propeller that runs more efficiently by turning in such a way that the load of water on the propeller is taken off when its blades are going up.
Date: July 16, 1912
Creator: Reames, Charles H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Semaphore.

Description: Patent for a semaphore with an enclosure for the operating gearing in signaling devices for railway trains. It incloses the operating gearing so that ice does not interfere with its operation and water does not touch the gearing.
Date: January 16, 1912
Creator: Van Zandt, Luther H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Axle and Wheel

Description: Patent for a new and improved wheel and axle for cars. This design calls for "providing each of the axle with a fixed ratchet-wheel and providing the car-wheels with spring-pawls adapted to engage with the ratchets" (lines 21-24). This overcomes the strain that the wheels place on the axles when making turns, which reduces the chance of the car leaving its tracks.
Date: May 16, 1882
Creator: Pendleton, William S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lubricator.

Description: Patent for an efficient lubricator apparatus that is made up of a reservoir for lubricating oil, a discharge pipe, another pipe that feeds water or condensed steam into the reservoir to displace the oil, a sediment container that has a valved discharge outlet on the bottom, a filter that cleans oil from the discharge pipe, a pipe that lets fluid into the sediment receptacle, and a steam pipe above the oil reservoir.
Date: July 16, 1895
Creator: Herold, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Double-Acting Force-Pumps.

Description: Patent for a double-acting force pump that has "single cylinder and hollow piston-rod operate in connection with the upper and lower cylinder-valves, and with a valved piston adapted to have a reciprocal motion independent of and upon the hollow piston-rod, to discharge the water from both sides of the piston with a double action and in a continuous stream through said hollow piston-rod" (para. 2).
Date: September 16, 1879
Creator: Newman, Charles Elijah
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stirrup.

Description: Patent for a new and improved stirrup. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the upper tubular cross-tie, of the stirrup in open-communication through the sides of the latter and serving for attachment of the stirrup strap, of the fender and the cord, arranged to unite the upper portion of the fender to the stirrup" (lines 76-81).
Date: June 16, 1885
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Whip.

Description: Patent for a new and improved whip. This design "consists in a combination, with a metallic or other rigid handle, of a whip body or core composed of cotton or other vegetable fibrous material, in one or more strands, having wire wrapped about or incorporated with them, and in the combination therewith of a vulcanized rubber covering, the fibrous material giving the necessary flexibility to the body or core of the whip and the wire applied thereto, said material protecting the latter from injur… more
Date: June 16, 1885
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fence.

Description: Patent for improvement to the cost and strength of fences.
Date: February 16, 1886
Creator: Tillman, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Head-Rest.

Description: Patent for "an improved head rest which can be easily attached to a car seat without injuring or marring the wood work or upholstering thereof, and which will be compact in structure, light in weight and cheap and durable in general construction, and readily adjustable in height, and angle of inclination" (lines 14-21).
Date: May 16, 1893
Creator: Wesson, Miley B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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