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Fire-Extinguisher for Cotton-Gins.

Description: Patent for an improved, simple, and durable fire extinguisher that can be used quickly conveniently, and effectively to extinguish a fire in a cotton gin. The extinguisher is built into the gin. The gin has a hole in its top, a lint chute on one side, a valve that closes the hole, a valve that closes the lint chute, a connection between the valves, and a rope that connects the valves to a guide.
Date: May 30, 1893
Creator: Northcraft, Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-Extinguisher.

Description: Patent for a fire extinguisher that "reliev[es] water or stream, or both, into pipes from which it discharges at different points in a building" (lines 14-17). The invention operates automatically, and is especially designed for gin houses.
Date: March 27, 1894
Creator: Prosser, Daniel F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-House Supporter.

Description: Patent for a fire-hose supporter that can be stretched out, washed, and dried easily. The invention also has a hose-carrying frame that elevates the hose and allows for the hose to be quickly and easily used.
Date: August 20, 1895
Creator: Bramble, James Elworth
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a fire-extinguishing apparatus designed for use in gin-mills, saw-mills, factories, and other buildings. The operator can quickly turn on a stream of water and extinguish the flames. The apparatus is a valved supply-pipe connected to a boiler, branch pipes extend from the supply-pipe, and discharge nozzles are connected and are flexible.
Date: March 24, 1896
Creator: Driver, Elias K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-Engine.

Description: Patent for improvements to fire engines, designed for rural use and places where water may be scarce by the inclusion of storage tank and a pump.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Minnis, Henry M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus for Wells.

Description: Patent for a fire extinguishing apparatus for oil wells, which diverts the oil coming out of the well into a pipe where the the lack of air puts out any burning oil and which can be put in position from a safe distance from the fire.
Date: January 19, 1909
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire Extinguisher

Description: Patent for fire extinguisher improvements so as to use carbon dioxide to extinguish the flame.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Parker, Howard R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-Engine.

Description: Patent for "an apparatus for extinguishing the fire in oil wells and the principal object of the invention is the provide means for creating a suction at the mouth of the well for extinguishing the fire."
Date: August 31, 1920
Creator: Smith, Paul E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire Extinguisher.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fire extinguisher. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the expansible rod, the sweep arm or lever pivotally connected thereto, the horizontal rod, the doors, the cord connected to said doors and to the rod and adapted to be disengaged from said rod by the sweep-arm, the steam-pipe provided with a cut-off valve, and the weight supported normally in an elevated position by the sweep-arm and adapted to be released thereby to open the valve" (lines 72-81).
Date: January 15, 1889
Creator: Lutcher, Henry J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-Extinguishing Device.

Description: Patent for fire extinguishing devices to "supplying steam to the fluid so that oxygen sufficient to support combustion will not reach the flame" (lines 14-16).
Date: July 6, 1920
Creator: Byrd, Williman Harvey
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nozzle-Tip.

Description: Patent for a nozzle tip for fire hoses, which allows water to be sprayed in all directions and requires less effort to use.
Date: November 24, 1908
Creator: Bideker, William E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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