Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Searchhttps://digital2.library.unt.edu/search/?t=fulltext&fq=str_year%3A19192020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for searching UNT Digital Library SearchSampling Device2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259401/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259401/"><img alt="Sampling Device" title="Sampling Device" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259401/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a machine that will remove samples from a well during drilling operations.</p>Railroad-Switch2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259421/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259421/"><img alt="Railroad-Switch" title="Railroad-Switch" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259421/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a railroad switch that is easier to use and more effective than the "common stub switch" (lines 10-11), thereby reducing damage.</p>Break-Out Pin.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259427/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259427/"><img alt="Break-Out Pin." title="Break-Out Pin." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259427/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a modified break-out pin on an oil derrick which makes it easier to release a wrench for unscrewing pipes when done, but still holds the wrench in place while in use.</p>Cotton-Picker.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259451/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259451/"><img alt="Cotton-Picker." title="Cotton-Picker." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259451/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a high-yield cotton picker that removes cotton from the bolls without damaging the plants.</p>Automatic Control for Gas Water-Heaters.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259479/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259479/"><img alt="Automatic Control for Gas Water-Heaters." title="Automatic Control for Gas Water-Heaters." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259479/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements to "a gas control for instantaneous gas water heaters" (lines 9-10), including illustrations and instructions.</p>Plow.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259489/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259489/"><img alt="Plow." title="Plow." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259489/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a plow that can be easily and inexpensively adjusted to plow shallower or deeper.</p>Automobile Bed-Rack.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259491/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259491/"><img alt="Automobile Bed-Rack." title="Automobile Bed-Rack." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259491/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a bed rack (bed roll) located at the rear of a car so that once the car cushions have been placed to form a mattress, the bed roll can be unwound to stretch and cover the cushions providing bedding and covering.</p>Sample Taking Device.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259525/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259525/"><img alt="Sample Taking Device." title="Sample Taking Device." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259525/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a device that takes samples of the strata or formation through which a well is being drilled without mixing the soil with water within the reservoir.</p>Power-Transmitting Mechanism.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259531/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259531/"><img alt="Power-Transmitting Mechanism." title="Power-Transmitting Mechanism." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259531/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improved power-transmitting mechanism for, "bicycles, motorcycles and similar vehicles whereby rotation is transmitted to the driven wheel without the use of chains, belts, gears or analogous elements commonly employed for this purpose" (lines 14-18). The invention will maximize driving power while minimizing energy expenditure (lines 19-24), employ a propelling mechanism, and reduce manufacturing and repair costs.</p>Even-Balance Pump-Jack2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259541/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259541/"><img alt="Even-Balance Pump-Jack" title="Even-Balance Pump-Jack" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259541/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for "increasing the power of the pump jacks" (lines 10-11) for improved uniformity during the upstroke and the downstroke.</p>Peanut-Harvester.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259579/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259579/"><img alt="Peanut-Harvester." title="Peanut-Harvester." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259579/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in peanut harvester machines with illustrations. The improvement is specific to "improved organiz[ation]" (line 10) and to "simplify and improve the construction" (line 18) of the harvester.</p>Safety-Crank2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259587/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259587/"><img alt="Safety-Crank" title="Safety-Crank" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259587/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new Safety-Crank for starting auto vehicle engines, which is capable of effectively imparting the necessary forward movement to an engine for starting, but having means conjoined with it, whereby it will be automatically released from positive engagement with the starting shaft on any retrograde movement of the engine.</p>Diving-Armor.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259599/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259599/"><img alt="Diving-Armor." title="Diving-Armor." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259599/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Diving-Armor" (lines 5-6) relating to protection from high pressure, enabling arm and hand movements, an outside air supply, and an oxygen tank. Includes illustrations.</p>Shell.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258541/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258541/"><img alt="Shell." title="Shell." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258541/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements to explosive projectile shells. Provides a shell adapted to contain gas and high explosives with constructed multi-layered shells with the intent to inflict as much damage as possible.</p>Electricity-Dispelling Device for Paper-Printing Apparatus2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258565/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258565/"><img alt="Electricity-Dispelling Device for Paper-Printing Apparatus" title="Electricity-Dispelling Device for Paper-Printing Apparatus" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258565/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a device to prevent the electrification of paper. The machine also serves to prevent splitting or wrinkling during the printing process.</p>Cotton-Seed Linter2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258577/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258577/"><img alt="Cotton-Seed Linter" title="Cotton-Seed Linter" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258577/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new Cotton-Seed Linter (relates to a new and useful form of cotton seed linter) which operates efficiently in and about oil mills or other places where cotton seed is reduced to commercial products.</p>Churn.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258581/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258581/"><img alt="Churn." title="Churn." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258581/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in churns, "specifically a churn disclosed in Patent No. 1268766, L. M. Payne, R. A. Thompson and L. P. Morris, June 4, 1918."</p>Quick Tire-Patch for Pneumatic Tires.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258597/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258597/"><img alt="Quick Tire-Patch for Pneumatic Tires." title="Quick Tire-Patch for Pneumatic Tires." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258597/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a quick tire patch for pneumatic tires for the purpose of providing an adhesive repair patch that is easy and convenient to apply and that may be used immediately after application.</p>Core-Barrel.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258631/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258631/"><img alt="Core-Barrel." title="Core-Barrel." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258631/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a core barrel for use in rotary drilling of oil or water wells, that will allow for easy extraction of the upwardly extending column of material.</p>Temperature-Regulator2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258637/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258637/"><img alt="Temperature-Regulator" title="Temperature-Regulator" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258637/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a temperature-regulator that regulates the temperature of fluids (either in liquid, gas, or air) passing through. It is important when regulating the temperature of hydro-carbon fuels in either an internal combustion engine or a furnace.</p>Cultivation of Soil.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258651/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258651/"><img alt="Cultivation of Soil." title="Cultivation of Soil." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258651/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in soil cultivation, relating "to conserving and preserving moisture in the soil for growing vegetation" (lines 8-10), including illustrations and instructions.</p>Attachment for Cash-Registers.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258701/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258701/"><img alt="Attachment for Cash-Registers." title="Attachment for Cash-Registers." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258701/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an attachment for cash registers which makes it impossible to remove paper to wrap a customer's purchase before the cash register has been opened, for the purpose of reducing "losses due to forgetfulness or dishonesty of clerks making sales" (lines 9-11), including illustrations and instructions.</p>Device for Printing Blue-Prints2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258713/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258713/"><img alt="Device for Printing Blue-Prints" title="Device for Printing Blue-Prints" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258713/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new type of printing press for the printing of large blue-prints. It is to be a more effective method of printing large objects with a curved plate to provide a more continuous and effective result.</p>Cotton-Chopper2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258757/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258757/"><img alt="Cotton-Chopper" title="Cotton-Chopper" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258757/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements to the cotton-chopper. This invention outfits the cotton-chopper with a blade that can be moved, either mechanically or with electric power. Previously, the blade was fixed and stationary.</p>Cranking Device2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258783/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258783/"><img alt="Cranking Device" title="Cranking Device" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258783/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for cranking device to start internal combustion engines and designed specifically for automobiles.</p>Cross-Roller Bit.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258793/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258793/"><img alt="Cross-Roller Bit." title="Cross-Roller Bit." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258793/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in cross-roller bits. Invention relates to "improvements in rotary boring drills for use in drilling wells for water, oil or gas and has particular reference to drills of the so called cross roller type for use in hard formation."</p>Cultivator.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258815/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258815/"><img alt="Cultivator." title="Cultivator." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258815/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a cultivator attachment that adjusts the beams to various distances apart.</p>Elevating Truck.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258817/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258817/"><img alt="Elevating Truck." title="Elevating Truck." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258817/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for elevating truck equipped with a conveyor belt powered by an electric motor. The device is "easily moved about and placed in position by one or two men" (lines 29–30), but powerful enough to lift bales of cotton (or other objects) weighing up to 600 pounds, includes illustrations.</p>Pipe-Wrench.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258825/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258825/"><img alt="Pipe-Wrench." title="Pipe-Wrench." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258825/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for the improvement of pipe wrenches necessary for use in well drilling or other circumstances where a wrench of strong construction is needed. This patent provides for a pipe wrench that can be easily adjusted to fit pipes of differing sizes and is easily manipulated for use regardless of direction.</p>Automatic Continuous Hydraulic Oil Press2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258855/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258855/"><img alt="Automatic Continuous Hydraulic Oil Press" title="Automatic Continuous Hydraulic Oil Press" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258855/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an automatic continuous hydraulic oil press designed to more efficiently extract oil from a variety of crops and seeds.</p>Automobile-Windlass2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258863/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258863/"><img alt="Automobile-Windlass" title="Automobile-Windlass" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258863/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improvement to automobile windlasses. The improvement allows automobile to be removed from any road obstruction easily and quickly.</p>Rifle.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258883/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258883/"><img alt="Rifle." title="Rifle." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258883/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a rifle that uses electricity from a battery to ignite the explosive charge for the ammunition.</p>Apparatus for Separating Liquids in Emulsion.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258893/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258893/"><img alt="Apparatus for Separating Liquids in Emulsion." title="Apparatus for Separating Liquids in Emulsion." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258893/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improved apparatus for separating liquids in emulsion (relates to improved apparatus for separating one liquid from another) when found in emulsion and has especial reference to means for rapidly and effectually dehydrating petroleum oil emulsion.</p>Rotary Boring Drill.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258917/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258917/"><img alt="Rotary Boring Drill." title="Rotary Boring Drill." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258917/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for "rotary boring drills for use in drilling wells or mines in earth or rock" (lines 11-13) including instructions and illustrations.</p>Footing Wells2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258929/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258929/"><img alt="Footing Wells" title="Footing Wells" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258929/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for Footing Wells. This invention is a specification in production of deep wells to afford access to the pipe by which liquid is being drawn from the well.</p>Etching Apparatus.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258153/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258153/"><img alt="Etching Apparatus." title="Etching Apparatus." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258153/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an etching device that is for those interested in producing copper and zinc half-tones. This device can also use wave like motion to retain highlight tones and finish half-tones without requiring re-etching or staging.</p>Railway Right-of-Way-Mowing Device2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258207/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258207/"><img alt="Railway Right-of-Way-Mowing Device" title="Railway Right-of-Way-Mowing Device" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258207/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improved mowing device for the removal of weeds and grass, specifically from railways.</p>Heavier-than-air- Airship2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258217/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258217/"><img alt="Heavier-than-air- Airship" title="Heavier-than-air- Airship" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258217/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for aviation prototype.</p>Street-Cleaning Machine2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258223/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258223/"><img alt="Street-Cleaning Machine" title="Street-Cleaning Machine" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258223/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a street-cleaning machine that brushes the dirt into small piles and sucks the dirt piles into bags or receptacles for easy disposal.</p>Pencil Attachment.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258227/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258227/"><img alt="Pencil Attachment." title="Pencil Attachment." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258227/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a pencil attachment that holds a picture that is designed to have a picture mounted in an opening of the pencil. When the opening is held close to the viewer's eye, the image is magnified. The main purpose of the device is to be used for advertising or souvenirs.</p>Ratchet Die-Stock2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258239/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258239/"><img alt="Ratchet Die-Stock" title="Ratchet Die-Stock" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258239/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvement on the usage of die-stocks which are used to cut and thread metal objects such as pipes.</p>Drill.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258269/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258269/"><img alt="Drill." title="Drill." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258269/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a drill that provides an improvement to connecting the drill bit to the shank so they do not become detached or break.</p>Rotary Boring-Drill.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258271/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258271/"><img alt="Rotary Boring-Drill." title="Rotary Boring-Drill." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258271/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in rotary boring drills. The invention provides a fluted drill collar for a drill bit designed to "break up the rock and other material tending to wedge in around the upper part of the head" (lines 19-21). The drill collar forms "a connection between the main rotary drill shaft and the drill bit" (lines 13-15).</p>Beet-Harvester.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258273/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258273/"><img alt="Beet-Harvester." title="Beet-Harvester." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258273/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a beet-harvester that pulls the beets from the ground and severs the tops from the bodies of the beets.</p>AIR REGULATING ATTACHMENT2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258285/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258285/"><img alt="AIR REGULATING ATTACHMENT" title="AIR REGULATING ATTACHMENT" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258285/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an Air Regulating Attachment. This new invention for an air regulating attachment builds upon previous advancements to create an inexpensive air regulating attachment system, which will in turn be used to regulate engine carburetors (Oscar Kiessing).</p>Farming Implement2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258309/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258309/"><img alt="Farming Implement" title="Farming Implement" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258309/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a farming double plough. This increased a farmers ability to break up the soil and increase productivity.</p>Saw-Gage.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258321/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258321/"><img alt="Saw-Gage." title="Saw-Gage." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258321/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for saw gages that can be produced at a small cost which can be applied to a standard saw blade. The saw-gage can also grip the saw-blade tightly while also allowing the saw-blade to bend without breaking, and can be adjusted before securing permanently.</p>Attachment for Automobile Headlights2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258325/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258325/"><img alt="Attachment for Automobile Headlights" title="Attachment for Automobile Headlights" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258325/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an automobile headlight attachment capable of horizontal rotation.</p>Railway Gate.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258349/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258349/"><img alt="Railway Gate." title="Railway Gate." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258349/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for "improvement in gates and has particular reference to a railway gate employed as a cattle guard" (lines 12-14)</p>Needle for Hand-Embroidery and Similar Work.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258387/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258387/"><img alt="Needle for Hand-Embroidery and Similar Work." title="Needle for Hand-Embroidery and Similar Work." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258387/thumbnail/"/></a></p><p>Patent for simple and inexpensive hand needles, particularly those used for embroidering or ornamental needlework, to increase the rapidity and ease with which such work can be accomplished.</p>