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Signal-Lantern.

Description: Patent for a gas-burner signal lantern, instead of an oil-burner signal lantern, that indicates whether or not the track is all clear of trains; includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Ruebel, C. A. Ernst
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shoe-Paste Applier.

Description: Patent for shoe-paste applier by using “cotton or cloth, wound into a roll to make the paste-applying element.” (Lines 65-66) “A holding member having terminal arms held associated by being twisted together and a curved intermediated coiled portion to house the paste-applying element, and a handle for receiving the twisted portions of the arms.” (Lines 15-19) Illustration is included.
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Smith, William Roland
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seed-Hopper

Description: Patent for a seed hopper "constructed to efficiently receive and discharge the cotton seed" (lines 12-13). Illustrations included.
Date: June 30, 1908
Creator: Severson, Oscar W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Thread-Box.

Description: Patent for Thread-Box designed for a neat appearance, storage, and access to sewing materials.
Date: October 5, 1920
Creator: Crumbaugh, Hallie V. D.
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Improvement in Bridle Attachments.

Description: Patent for "a bridle of novel construction for training and taming horses; and it consists in the combination of brace and guide-reins, neck and crupper straps, sureingle, and collar." (Lines 12-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 10, 1877
Creator: Cummings, Seton S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mortise and Tenon

Description: Patent for a mortise and tenon to be used for securing parts of furniture. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Harris, Lawrence P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Massage-Machine

Description: Patent for a massage machine which uses air pressure to perform massages. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Davenport, Walter D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Massage-Machine.

Description: Patent for a massage machine, which can dispense a liquid antiseptic for softening the skin.
Date: October 15, 1907
Creator: Davenport, Walter D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Head-Rest For Barbers' Chairs

Description: Patent for a headrest to be used for chairs used by barbers and doctors. Illustrations included.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Wallace, Robert S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Horseshoe.

Description: Patent for a new and improved horseshoe. This design "consists in a horseshoe constructed with a base made in two parts, hinged together at their forward ends, and having a cap, also made in two parts, attached to the base, the parts of the cap being provided at their upper forward corners with eyes and a fastening staple, and the hinged parts of the base being locked in place by a screw-rod passing through the hinged end of the base, whereby the shoe can be readily applied and detached, and wi… more
Date: November 21, 1882
Creator: Fenley, George Washington, Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ground-Mulshing and Insect-Displacing Drag.

Description: Patent for a device to mulch the ground and kill insects, especially for cotton plants. The device is meant to drag behind a cultivator.
Date: November 2, 1920
Creator: Rosenberg, Oliver H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Harness-Pad Hook.

Description: Patent for a harness-pad hook meant to attach the pad to the harness for gig-saddles. The hook "will be capable of adjustment to suit the size of the gig-saddle with which it is used, to the end that the hooks may be manufactured after all the same pattern" (lines 14-18). The hook won't damage the gig-saddle and the hook has finger-grasps.
Date: September 10, 1895
Creator: Sone, Charles W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Planter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination of the hopper having the opening in its base, the seed-slide provided with the slot, the strip having the longitudinal adjusting-slot and set-screw, the pivoted vibrating lever, the limiting-bracket, the coiled spring, the pivoted reciprocating bar moving in the bracket and having the beveled rear end, the conveyer-wheel, and the arms standing from the side of the conveyer-wheel and actuating the bar" (lines 21-31).
Date: October 16, 1888
Creator: Knox, Washington Irvine
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Planter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the oscillating hopper having the opening in its lower side, the slides on the bottom of the hopper, having the slots, the set-screws engaging said slots and securing the slides in place, the seed-slide guided between the opposing edges of the slides, and the operating-lever pivoted on one of the screws and engaging the seed-slide" (lines 62-70).
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: Ballard, Johnathan J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Alarm for Railroad Crossings

Description: Patent for alarm for automatic railroad crossings to alert those nearby of an oncoming train.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Price, Henry A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad Spike.

Description: Patent for a new and improved railroad spike. This design consists in "[a] spike for securing a railroad-rail, having a lower portion, having a shoulder, and a right-angular arm for resting against the base-flange of a rail, and the arm or extension" (lines 60-64).
Date: November 10, 1885
Creator: Hicks, James D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad-Switch.

Description: Patent for a pressure triggered railroad switch that attaches more easily to the tracks and automatically closes when the pressure of the railroad cars is taken off of it.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Madeley, George E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil Burner

Description: Patent for an oil burner. Illustration included.
Date: October 6, 1906
Creator: Butler, Albert Carroll
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motive Power.

Description: Patent for a new and improved Motive Power. This design consists "[i]n a motor, the frame, in combination with a windlass or drum, a rope adapted to be wound thereon, a pulley-block provided with a series of pulleys, a weight also provided with pulleys, the rope being passed through the respective pulleys, devices for winding the windlass, and mechanism for transmitting the movement of the windlass while the rope is being unwound" (lines 35-43).
Date: December 15, 1885
Creator: Brown, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motor.

Description: Patent for "motors designed more particularly running sewing machines and churns and other light machinery" (lines 9-10), including instruction and illustrations.
Date: December 15, 1885
Creator: Harrell, A. Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow-Frame.

Description: Patent for a plow frame, which is adjustable to different widths.
Date: May 31, 1910
Creator: McDonnold, Pleasant T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pedal Attachment for Velocipedes.

Description: Patent for a new and useful safety attachment “for the pedals of bicycles, tricycles, and other wheeled vehicles operated by the feet through the medium of pedals.” (Lines 9-11) This attachment will form a long bearing for the foot of the rider, thus avoiding dead-centers in the revolutions of the cranks, and to provide means for preventing any slipping of the pedals.” (Lines 12-16) Illustration is included.
Date: September 1, 1891
Creator: Wheeler, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Gas-Lighter

Description: Patent for a gas lighter that is designed to be durable and reliable, with an improved method of controlling the supply of gas to the burner.
Date: March 25, 1902
Creator: Ruebel, C. A. Ernst
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Drawer of Furniture, Store Fixture, &c.

Description: Patent for a new and improved chest of drawers. This design "consists, first, in a drawer applied upon side cleats or ledges, grooved longitudinally with the movement of the drawer, and having balls placed in such grooves in such a manner that they are kept separated and are free to roll or move longitudinally, and that they serve as bearings for the drawer, while they keep it from frictional contact with the cleats . . . second, in a novel mode of construction of cleats" (para. 1).
Date: June 7, 1881
Creator: Johnson, William H. & Whomes, Joseph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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