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Ant-Trap

Description: Patent for a trap for ants and other burrowing insects which works at the site of the ant-hill or burrow.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Cox, Samuel L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Calculating-Machine.

Description: Patent for an improvement to mechanical calculators by providing the "means for facilitating the addition of successive numbers of the same or different denominations, and also for subtracting and multiplying the same by substantially the means employed in adding" (lines 10-14). It includes a written explanation and illustrations.
Date: April 17, 1894
Creator: Stallard, Sherman R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Convertible Corn and Cotton Planter, Stalk-Cutter, and Roller.

Description: Patent for a convertible corn and cotton planter, stalk-cutter, and roller. It has a main frame, a supplemental frame that has its front end hinged to the front of the main frame, a roller with circular journaled in the supplemental frame, transverse segment-plates with removable blades attached to the supplemental frame, spaces between the segment-plates, an axle, driving-wheels, a sprocket wheel and chain, feed-boxes, means for feeding the grain, and wheels for laying the ground and the cover… more
Date: April 28, 1896
Creator: Mauldin, Columbus Scott
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Press.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and powerful plunger for a cotton-press that is directly controlled by the operator. The plunger is hydraulically powered, the pressure being created by steam.The plunger's parts are arranged so the power is multiplied.
Date: April 24, 1894
Creator: Williams, Silas Jackson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fishing-Bob

Description: Patent for a fishing bob that "will be simple of construction, efficient in operation, one which may be manufactured at a minimum cost, and one in which the bob may be readily adjusted upon the line and securely held against accidental movement."(Lines 10-15) Including illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 21, 1903
Creator: Scott, John S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Furnace.

Description: Patent for a "furnace adapted especially for use outdoors for heating a wash pot or kettle" (lines 10-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 2, 1918
Creator: Cornelius, Samuel S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hypodermic Syringe.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hypodermic syringe. This design consists in "the combination of a barrel, a sleeve secured to said barrel and having a diaphragm adapted to close the end of the barrel, a needle-carrier having a cylindrical projection working in the sleeve, an outlet-tube secured to the needle-carrier and extending through the diaphragm in the sleeve, and a coiled spring arranged around said tube within the cylindrical projection of the needle-carrier" (lines 71-80).
Date: April 26, 1887
Creator: Dunbar, Addison
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ironing-Board.

Description: Patent for collapsible and compact object intended "for expediting the ironing operation" (lines 11-12).
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Jacobs, William Ramsey
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ironing-Table

Description: Patent for ironing tables that can be knocked down and packed into a small compass for transportation or storage.
Date: April 29, 1913
Creator: Kennedy, William J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Riveting-Machine.

Description: Patent for an improved riveting-machine meant to rivet "metal binding and protecting strips, or fastening clasps" (lines 12-13) in the production of item carriers and used to "secure one or more mental binding strips of any desired shape in place" (lines 18-20) upon certain materials, including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Porter, Burr E. & Norris, Henry O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sewing-Machine Brake.

Description: Patent for a new and useful sewing machine brake to "prevent retrograde rotary movement of the shaft" (line 9 - 10).
Date: April 5, 1898
Creator: Weaver, John Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stay-Hinge.

Description: Patent for a new stay-hinge to prevent breakage of an opened tool chest or trunk lid.
Date: April 21, 1914
Creator: Gassaway, H. E. & Gassaway, Huey E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stump-Extractor.

Description: Patent for improvements in stump-extractor by utilize the hoisting or power machine to perform extraction on stump or for other weights. (Lines 12-14) This machine will be portable for “easily moved from point to point, and comprising means for the development of great power with a minimum exertion on the part of the animal or animals used to operate the machine and also within a comparatively small compass.” (Lines 20-25) Illustration is included.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Redman, Charley R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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