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Improvement in Hay and Cotton-Presses.

Description: Patent for improvements in presses for hay, cotton and similar substances, by making the machine portable and the box that holds hay or cotton is adjustable vertically and horizontally. Illustration is included.
Date: October 5, 1869
Creator: Berkeley, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.

Description: Patent for "machines which are designed for distributing poison-dust over the leaves of plants for the destruction of insects, especially the worms which prey on the cotton-plant." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 29, 1874
Creator: Eldridge, Frank A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds.

Description: Patent for a "compound for killing the cotton-worm and other insects that infest, eat, and damage the leaves of the cotton-plant," which "consists in combining a poisonous, an adhesive, and a diffusive ingredient in one and the same compound." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 17, 1873
Creator: Royall, William B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Metallic Window-Blinds.

Description: Patent for "a blind which acts both as a barrier to the progress of flames attacking windows and as a convenient shutter for the common purposes, and is adapted to be adjusted and securely locked in an open or closed position." (Lines 21-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 10, 1875
Creator: Mackrell, William S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Nail-Extractors.

Description: Patent for an improved instrument for extracting nails which "will increase its effectiveness in equal ratio with the resistance offered by the object under operation" (lines 13-16) including instruction and illustrations.
Date: May 14, 1872
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Plows.

Description: Patent for the improvement of the plow using braces and mold-board for a sturdy and very durable plow, including illustration.
Date: November 15, 1859
Creator: Townsend, John T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement In Shoe-Lacings

Description: Patent for relation to device of gaiter-boot's; nature of invention consist in the arrangment of the shoe laces; whereby the shoe laces be properly laced. Proptions of the lace between the eyelet on the left side of the opening be drawn over and placed on hooks or bottons situated on the right side are in like manner placed on hooks or buttons on the left side.
Date: June 6, 1876
Creator: Lindemann, August W. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Truss-Bridges.

Description: Patent for an improved method of truss-bridge construction, "whether made with a single or double roadway and with or without a sidewalk upon one or both sides, so as to enable them to be made with less material and less expense than when made in the ordinary manner, and which shall at the same time have an equal or greater strength." (Lines 14-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1874
Creator: Miner, John L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvements In Machines for Distributing Compounds for Destroying Cotton-Worms

Description: Patent for improvements on machines to distribute poison for cotton worms in the field. It consists of vibrating,sifting boxes combined with a suspension bar which is secured to the front of a horse saddle so the rider can shake the boxes to distribute poison powder to two rows of crops at a time.
Date: March 16, 1875
Creator: Willie, William T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lawn-Trimmer

Description: Patent for improved lawn trimmer "whereby the margins of a lawn adjacent side walks or curbing may be trimmed." (lines 12-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 10, 1917
Creator: Rial, John & Hodde, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lock for Sliding Doors.

Description: Patent for a new and improved lock. This design consists "[i]n a lock, the combination of the latch, the spring pressing upon it, and the trip-lever, provided with upper and lower arms and the former serving as a seat for the spring and the latter having a projection for the key to act upon" (lines 97-102).
Date: November 10, 1885
Creator: Hayden, Miles & Dixon, William Cason
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Method and Composition for Reclaiming Gummer and Linter Files.

Description: Patent of the methods and compositions for reclaiming Gummer and Linter Files. The invention is used to reclaim the files used in sharpening linter saws that are used in cutting lint from cotton seed after the long fiber has been removed from the seed. This invention ensured cost effective reclaiming of the files instead of their reformation.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Lockett, Landon J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Method of Treating Cotton-Seed Hulls

Description: Patent for "to utilize a heretofore waste product, and by means of a dry process to reduce the same to fine particles, which, being capable of felting, constitute stock" (lines 14-18).
Date: September 23, 1890
Creator: Bohn, Emil
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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