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Car-Coupling.
Date: March 24, 1891
Creator: Thompson, James A. M.
Description: Patent for improvements in car-couplings by providing "a coupler which will without any adjustment couple two cars whose draw-heads are of different heights.” (lines 17-19) Illustration is included.
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Thill-Coupling.
Date: March 17, 1891
Creator: Bryan, William L.
Description: Patent for improvements in thill-couplings by using a combination of forward extension arms, having each near its forward end, circular shoulders, adapted to engage the ends of the shaft-iron; the spring-catch for holding the lever arm in locking position and, for retracting arm when the catch is released. Illustration is included.
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Construction of Privy-Vaults.
Date: February 3, 1891
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
Description: Patent for an improvement of privy-vaults using a soil-pipe with sleeve adapted to be connected with the trap-door of the vault-floor into an air-chamber where a ventilating-pipe is placed directly above a furnace; the noxious gases along with the products of combustion in the furnace would be drawn from the air-chamber and carried off to the outer air. Illustration is included.
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Single-Seed Planter.
Date: February 3, 1891
Creator: Hurd, Judson B.
Description: Patent for a single-seed planter using “grasping-jaws pass through the seed box …to gather a seed and carry it to the discharge tube or place of deposit" (lines 9-12), illustration is included.
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Detachable Handle and Spring-Catch.
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: Epstein, George B.
Description: Patent for improvements in detachable handles and spring-catches for valises, satchels, traveling-bags, and the like in which a handle “may be readily detached from the valise, and devices for automatically engaging and locking the handle to the valise when the handle is replaced.” (Lines 16-19) Illustration is included.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172768/
Design for Overalls.
Date: August 11, 1896
Creator: Lightner, Charles Eugene
Description: Patent for a design for a pair of overalls that has a lengthened apron over the pant legs. This apron is fastened from its center down to its crotch.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174779/
Propeller for Boats.
Date: May 5, 1891
Creator: Gillespie, Lewis
Description: Patent for improvements in propellers for boats by “having a pair of hinged propeller-blades adapted to swing toward and away from each other, combined with fixed prongs; which are engaged with the propeller blades and hold them from displacement.” (Lines 60-65) Illustration is included.
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Process of Preparing and Tempering Slurry for Portland Cement.
Date: September 29, 1891
Creator: Kalteyer, George H.
Description: Patent for improvements in the process of preparing and tempering slurry for Portland cement by expedite the process of production and to produce a uniform quality of cement. Detailed instructions included. No illustration.
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Hydraulic Motor.
Date: October 27, 1891
Creator: Hurd, Judson B. & McLane, Hiram H.
Description: Patent for improvements in “water-motor in which the float-boards, paddles, or buckets move through the water in such a manner as to get as nearly as possible all the force it is capable of yielding, avoiding the great waste of power that results from the use of water-wheels.” (Lines 16-22) Illustration is included.
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Design for a Handkerchief, &c.
Date: July 7, 1896
Creator: Bowen, George R.
Description: Patent for "a new and original design for handkerchiefs, fans, napkins, cards, and similar articles" (lines 8-10).
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