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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
19,457
UNT College of Arts and Sciences
56
UNT College of Engineering
19
Private Collection of J. K. Johnson
4
Grayson College Foundation
1
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1
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1
University of Dallas
1
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1
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1
Collection
Texas Patents
18,569
Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
887
UNT Scholarly Works
76
Rescuing Texas History, 2019
5
The Civil War and its Aftermath: Diverse Perspectives
1
Rescuing Texas History, 2017
1
Texas Cultures Online
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1
TRAIL Microcard Collection
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1
States
Decade
Month
Insect-Destroying Machine
Patent for an agricultural machine to remove insects (especially boll-weevils) from cotton plants.
Date:
September 9, 1902
Creator:
Dyer, Charles V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piston
Patent for a piston for use in pumps.
Date:
February 25, 1913
Creator:
Frank, Gustav
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Joint Means For Rails Or The Like
Patent for joint designed to bolt together rails so as to prevent accidental displacement of the nuts and bolts. Illustration included.
Date:
October 16, 1906
Creator:
Kline, William Bennet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Incandescent Lamp
Patent for incandescent lamp. Illustration included.
Date:
December 28, 1909
Creator:
Crutchfield, Charles H. & Deshong, Andrew W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow improvement specifying the method in which the handle attaches to the beam of the plow. Parts of the plow are adjustable.
Date:
February 6, 1906
Creator:
Baker, Jefferson H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in plows.
Date:
August 8, 1899
Creator:
Muehr, Frank & Frerich, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow. Illustration included.
Date:
July 12, 1904
Creator:
Wilhitte, Lemuel Manuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow. Illustration included.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Nunnally, Bruce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for plow. Illustration included.
Date:
April 2, 1907
Creator:
Hendon, Walter P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in Plows" (Lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date:
November 26, 1901
Creator:
Sprain, Joseph Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroying Machine
Patent for an insect destroying machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Kelley, Michael C. & Terrell, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow where a stock or standard is pivoted to and adjustably connected with the beam which features improvements in construction, arrangement, and combination of parts.
Date:
October 21, 1902
Creator:
Reeves, Beverly Gray
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect - Destroying Machine.
Patent for a machine developed for the removal of insects from cotton plants by means of rotary brushes on each side and crushing rolls below the brushes to kill the insects dislodged.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Dyer, Charles V. & Willette, Willie S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jeweler's Tool.
Patent for improvements in jeweler’s tools by “comprising a tubular handle, a reciprocatory punch-stem extending through the handle and beyond both ends thereof, a retracting spring seated within the handle and engaging with the stem, a punch-needle having a socket member detachably engaging one end of the punch-stem, and a cap detachably fitting one end of the handle over the end of the stem opposite the punch-needle.” (Page 2, lines 5-[13]) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 29, 1902
Creator:
Nilson, Albert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plant-Blocker
Patent for a plant blocker. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Weisenborn, George P. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jeweler's Pliers.
Patent for jeweler's pliers for settings rings, which prevent slipping.
Date:
September 14, 1909
Creator:
Feagle, Balfour
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroying Machine
Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Insect-Destroying Machines,"(lines 6-7) including description and illustrations.
Date:
September 9, 1904
Creator:
Doak, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Joint-Fastener.
Patent for a joint fastener for screens.
Date:
May 9, 1911
Creator:
Wright, David Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jewel-Setting.
Patent for a new and useful jewel setting, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 31, 1899
Creator:
Wandry, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Joint-Chair.
Patent for a joint chair for holding railroad rails in place.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Ewen, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer And Fumigator
Patent for an insect destroyer and fumigator. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 4, 1904
Creator:
Heffner, John H. & Kidd, Eugene Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow, which attaches to cultivators that both turns the earth destroying weeds and puts some soil around the tops of the young plants to keep them low growing.
Date:
May 11, 1909
Creator:
Avery, Charles Lafayette
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marking-Tally.
Patent for a marking or tallying device which is activated by putting pressure on one end. It is designed for marking lumber.
Date:
August 5, 1913
Creator:
Lillard, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Incinerator.
Patent for "an improved form of incinerator for burning garbage and other refuse, both solid and liquid, as well as the gases liberated therefrom, without the emission of smoke or noxious odors, or gases, and especially suitable for disposing of the refuse of military encampments, farms, hotels, houses, communities, etc., not provided with sewers" (lines 9-17), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1913
Creator:
Charles, Oscar J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History