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Telltale Switch

Description: Patent for switch that indicates when a vacuum fails. Used for systems in "which it is desired to keep a ... uniform vacuum such as in fruit dryers, creosoting plants, surgace and jet condensing for steam plants and the like" (lines 21-25).
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Howland, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Window-Shade.

Description: Patent for a new and improved window shade that has a roller which allows the shade to be adjusted by moving the roller and then locking into place.
Date: October 12, 1915
Creator: Pepple, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench

Description: Patent for a wrench designed for right and left-handed users, makes for simpler use of tool by having fewer components than other more standards wrenches.
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Wulff, William F. & Wulff, M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrapper.

Description: Patent for the creation of a file made of cardboard, canvas, and cords made for sending articles such as drawings, fabrics, and such through the mail.
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Page, Harvey L. & Burnett, Robert L., Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Weight-Motor.

Description: Patent for a fan, which includes improvements in the arrangement of gears and the addition of a casing with a weighted motor.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: McQueen, Charley
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water-Motor.

Description: Patent for a water motor "concentrating the force of the water against the wheel near the outer periphery...to maximize the purpose of the water as a driving agent for the motor and to also insure a uniform operation of the motor" (lines 14-20), including illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1915
Creator: Stukes, John M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Veterinary Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a veterinary apparatus to help ease the administration of medicine to horses and other animals. It is a bridle attachment.
Date: August 24, 1915
Creator: Biasiolli, Joseph J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Watch Protector

Description: Patent for a watch casing that allows the watch face exposed. The protector can be clasped together and hung on a chain if desired.
Date: May 11, 1915
Creator: Kaak, Georgine
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Description: Patent for a hydrocarbon burner. This hydrocarbon burner would embody a unique assemblage of component parts, whereby the liquid fuel is properly strained and vaporized, then air is admixed the the gaseous fuel or vapor. The mixture of air and vapor is discharged in a unique manner to support the flames. The construction is comparatively simple, compact and inexpensive in construction as well as being efficient and practical in operation.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Von Hohenstein, Charles H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Speed-Indicator.

Description: Patent for a speed indicator to allow individuals not in an automobile to determine its speed, including illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1915
Creator: Allan, William N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hose-Washer.

Description: Patent for improvement in efficiency of hose washers. Patent helps to prevent accidental detachment of a hose via the use of a "resilient wire" designed to strengthen the connection. Citation: Calvert, Walter Riley. Hose-Washer., patent, April 27, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Calvert, Walter Riley
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plate for Secondary Batteries.

Description: Patent filed by Joseph O. Luthy, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, residing in the city of San Antonio, concerning new and useful improvements in placates for secondary batteries. Figures page 1. Description of patent begins page 2.
Date: June 15, 1915
Creator: Luthy, Joseph O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut-Cracking Machine.

Description: Patent for an improved nut-cracking machine receiving-hopper and feeding-chute especially for pecans, but effective for any type of nut, "whereby the nuts are caused to assume a certain position to feed one by one in succession to the cracking mechanism and to then enter the cracking mechanisms in the appropriate positions. (p. 1, lines 26 -30). The improved machine also automatically adjusts for different sized nuts, including illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Gebhardt, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motor-Cycle Frame

Description: Patent for an improvement in motorcycle frames that enables the motor to hang in the frame so as not be injured from the jolting or jarring on a road.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: White, Edward Young
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut-Lock.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Nut-Locks" (lines 5-6). "This invention relates to improvements in nut locks. The principal object of the invention is to provide a novel and efficient device for locking a nut on the end of an axle shaft or the like" (lines 12-17).
Date: December 7, 1915
Creator: Best, Eben
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Universal Lever

Description: Patent for a new universal lever “for the purpose of the transmission of power from any suitable source to a rod or bar, for reciprocating the rod or bar in a perfectly straight line at all times” (lines 15-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Blackaller, Miguel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Parcel-Carrier for Bicycles.

Description: Patent for improvements in parcel carriers for bicycles in which the parcel carriers can attach/detach easily and is adaptable to different types of bicycle handlebars; includes illustration.
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Apple, William M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Photographic Copying Apparatus

Description: Patent for a simple and effective photographic-copying apparatus capable of making copies of small objects of different sizes. The machine is for general commercial use "that may be successfully operated by persons not particularly skilled in the photographic art" (lines 23-25) including illustrations.
Date: February 2, 1915
Creator: Gregory, Oscar T. & Carkhuff, Norman W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash-Holder.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders" (lines 5-6). "My invention relates to sash holders... and the object of my invention is to so change the construction of said patented sash holder as to simplify, cheapen and otherwise improve the same" (lines 13-19).
Date: December 7, 1915
Creator: Hart, Joel T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shipping Unit

Description: Patent for "a shipping unit or carrier for the transportation of merchandise as freight, express, or baggage" (lines 8-10).
Date: January 26, 1915
Creator: Terry, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Double Stroke Pumping Jack

Description: Patent for a double-stroke pumping jack with two pistons in the same cylinder "to discharge a steady stream of water therefrom" (line 12-13). This invention allows the pipe cylinder and pistons to be easily removed for repairs or cleaning.
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Winterborne, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spring-Wheel.

Description: Patent for an improved spring wheel "which may replace the inelastic wheels commonly used in connection with automobiles, and which are usually made of wood" (lines 10-13) including illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1915
Creator: Gebhardt, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hamper.

Description: Patent for a hamper that transports post, laundry, baked goods, etc. The hamper is compactly collapsible for easy storage.
Date: June 1, 1915
Creator: Hill, Edwyn
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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