Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Searchhttps://digital2.library.unt.edu/search/?t=fulltext&fq=str_location_county%3AMidland+County%2C+TX2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for searching UNT Digital Library SearchApparatus for Repairing Automobile Radiators2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259086/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259086/"><img alt="Apparatus for Repairing Automobile Radiators" title="Apparatus for Repairing Automobile Radiators" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259086/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an apparatus meant to assist in the repair of automobile radiators by holding the radiator in place and keeping all parts necessary for repair easily accessible.</p>Corn-Header.2017-06-23T11:08:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859913/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859913/"><img alt="Corn-Header." title="Corn-Header." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859913/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a device for the removal of the heads of corn. The device contains a blade and attaches to a person's hand.</p>Cotton-Chopper2017-06-23T11:08:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858558/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858558/"><img alt="Cotton-Chopper" title="Cotton-Chopper" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858558/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for cotton chopper attachment for wheeled cultivators that allowed the user to "cut or chop out portions of the cotton row so that the growth of the remaining cotton is facilitated."</p>Spark-Plug2017-06-23T11:08:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859876/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859876/"><img alt="Spark-Plug" title="Spark-Plug" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859876/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improved spark plug assembly used in explosive engines allowing for easier cleaning of the electrodes while the motor is running, among other enhancements over contemporary spark plug design.</p>Feeding and Packing Mechanism for Baling Presses2017-06-23T11:08:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858796/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858796/"><img alt="Feeding and Packing Mechanism for Baling Presses" title="Feeding and Packing Mechanism for Baling Presses" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858796/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for condenser that positively feeds cotton into the press box.</p>Tool for Building and Repairing Wire Fences2017-06-23T11:08:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858232/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858232/"><img alt="Tool for Building and Repairing Wire Fences" title="Tool for Building and Repairing Wire Fences" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858232/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a wire fence building and repair tool that includes "features of a wire stretcher, staple puller, hammer, and a crowbar" (lines 15-16) and can "secure together the two extremities of a broken fence wire so that the same may be tied or intertwisted." (lines 18-20)</p>Photographic View Finder2017-06-23T11:08:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859958/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859958/"><img alt="Photographic View Finder" title="Photographic View Finder" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859958/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improved photographic view finders for cameras.</p>Road-Machine.2017-06-23T11:08:18-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859610/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859610/"><img alt="Road-Machine." title="Road-Machine." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859610/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for "a machine for resurfacing roads or preparing new roads" (lines 9-10). Machine includes an adjustable scraper to aid in leveling of the roadway and compresses the edges of the roads using drags or shoes. The machine is adaptable to aid in road construction "depending upon the nature and condition of the road's surface" (lines 16-17).</p>Double Acting Cylinder Pump2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512149/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512149/"><img alt="Double Acting Cylinder Pump" title="Double Acting Cylinder Pump" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512149/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for double acting cylinder pumps capable of continuous operation and a continuous stream of water, including illustration.</p>Double-Acting Cylinder-Pump.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509242/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509242/"><img alt="Double-Acting Cylinder-Pump." title="Double-Acting Cylinder-Pump." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509242/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in double-acting cylinder-pumps by making “the cages and check-valves detachable from the piston-cylinder without removing or disturbing either the casing or piston-cylinder and can be replaced in the same manner.” (Lines 18-22) Illustration in included.</p>Automatic Cut-Off for Cisterns2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508895/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508895/"><img alt="Automatic Cut-Off for Cisterns" title="Automatic Cut-Off for Cisterns" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508895/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a automatic cutoff for cisterns which prevents the first muddy water coming down a rain spout from going into the cistern by sending it into a separate waste pipe.</p>Corn and Cotton Planter2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513335/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513335/"><img alt="Corn and Cotton Planter" title="Corn and Cotton Planter" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513335/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a corn and cotton planter that can plant two rows at a time.</p>Cotton-Chopper.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514983/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514983/"><img alt="Cotton-Chopper." title="Cotton-Chopper." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514983/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a cotton chopper, which attaches to a cultivator that throws the dirt out of the way to allow the plants to be chopped more easily.</p>Animal-Trap.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514709/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514709/"><img alt="Animal-Trap." title="Animal-Trap." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514709/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new and improved animal trap.</p>Well Tube2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511173/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511173/"><img alt="Well Tube" title="Well Tube" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511173/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a well tube. "This invention relates to well pumps and particularly to a suction attachment for use in conjunction with the strainers of pumps of that character wherein a piston is operatively arranged within an outflow pipe" (line 8-12). Illustration included.</p>Spark-Plug2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509670/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509670/"><img alt="Spark-Plug" title="Spark-Plug" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509670/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a spark plug used in explosive engines. Illustrations included.</p>Switch-Throwing Mechanism.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512097/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512097/"><img alt="Switch-Throwing Mechanism." title="Switch-Throwing Mechanism." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512097/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent related to switch throwing mechanisms, specifically for vehicles. This switch throwing mechanism allows the operator of the vehicle to properly conduct the switch without stopping the vehicle.</p>Pencil Holder2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508564/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508564/"><img alt="Pencil Holder" title="Pencil Holder" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508564/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a pocket pencil holder. Illustration included.</p>Pencil-Holder.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509587/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509587/"><img alt="Pencil-Holder." title="Pencil-Holder." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509587/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new pencil-holder that is "a light, efficient and convenient pencil-holder capable of reliably securing the pencil to which it is attached within the pocket, thereby holding the same in readiness for use." (Lines 14-17) Illustration included.</p>Pencil-Holder.2014-10-16T06:42:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509859/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509859/"><img alt="Pencil-Holder." title="Pencil-Holder." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509859/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a device to secure a pencil within the breast-pocket, including description and illustrations.</p>Button for Billiard Counters.2011-08-04T17:55:08-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172530/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172530/"><img alt="Button for Billiard Counters." title="Button for Billiard Counters." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172530/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new and improved button for billiard counters. This design "ha[s] the transverse opening and passage extending therefrom to the periphery thereof and communicating with said opening and the longitudinal hole in close proximity to the transverse opening, and the pin adapted to engage said hole, whereby the button is removably secured to a wire" (lines 83-90).</p>Music-Case.2011-08-04T17:55:08-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174124/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174124/"><img alt="Music-Case." title="Music-Case." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174124/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a "music case or holder for carrying, protecting, and using sheet-music, and is so constructed that by its use the music is not rolled nor creased, is held in place, and it is not necessary to take the music from the case when it is to be used." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.</p>Washing-Machine2011-08-04T17:55:08-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172511/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172511/"><img alt="Washing-Machine" title="Washing-Machine" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172511/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for "a washing-machine which will rapidly wash clothes of coarse or fine texture without injury thereto. This object I accomplish by my improved washing-machine, which consists, essentially, of a cylindrical body, a flexible and adjustable wash-board in the lower half thereof, and a corrugated drum rotating in the body above the wash-board" (lines 9-16).</p>