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Nut-Lock

Description: Patent for a nut lock to keep nuts and bolts fastened. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1908
Creator: Zoll, George
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Lamp-Burner.

Description: Patent for a lamp burner that supplies air to the lamp flame to ensure proper combustion and maximum light while keeping flame in proper position, illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: McCrone, John W.
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Motor.

Description: Patent for a new and improved motor. This design "relates to a mechanical power adapted to operate a churn, saw, and for other light work, and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be cheap and simple in its construction effective in its operation, and one that will be strong and durable" (lines 9-15).
Date: February 24, 1885
Creator: Forister, John Hardin
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Tie-Plate Machine.

Description: Patent for "a machine for properly positioning and securing metal plates to the cross-ties in the construction of railways, and which will obviate the coupling, buckling, or warping of the said plates when applying them to the wooden ties." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1896
Creator: Greenshield, William H.
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Hay Press

Description: Patent for improvements of hay press to simplify construction and add locking device.
Date: November 20, 1900
Creator: Sherrer, August
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Stirrup Leather

Description: Patent for a leather stirrup designed as an improvement and "is the production of such devices with a minimum expenditure of material and labor." (12-14)
Date: May 19, 1903
Creator: Wroe, James P. & Lange, Henry F.
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Tent-Frame.

Description: Patent for a tent frame, which can be easily put together in the dark.
Date: November 1, 1910
Creator: Huebner, George
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Hand Manure-Scraper.

Description: Patent for a handheld scraper with a handle added at a 45-degree angle and rivets to secure the shank.
Date: June 12, 1917
Creator: Heller, Louis & Neese, Elo
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Hilling Plow.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hilling-plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the beam, the stock, and the pivoted heel-bar, of the adjustable brace connecting said stock and heel-bar together, and the adjustable brace connecting the said brace with the rear of the beam" (lines 63-68).
Date: January 13, 1885
Creator: Schuster, Rudolph
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Honey Extractor.

Description: Patent for a new and improved honey extractor. This design "consists in, first, the combination, in a honey-extractor, of the pail, a suitable support for the revolving frame, a revolving frame which is made widest at its top, a perforated cross-piece which extends across the pail, and a spool or drum which is attached to the top of the vertical shaft . . . [and] second, the support which extends across the top of the pail or can, and which is provided with a series of holes so that it can be a… more
Date: February 9, 1886
Creator: Melcher, John C.
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Hay-Press

Description: Patent for improvements in the construction and design of hay presses.
Date: November 22, 1887
Creator: Flato, Friderich W.
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Sprinker.

Description: Patent for a new and improved pesticide sprinkler for cotton plants. This design "provid[es] . . . a relief-valve, so that should the nozzle become stopped up at any time this valve will open and let the fluid escape through the piston without doing any harm to the pump or stopping the vehicle" (lines 14-19).
Date: October 19, 1880
Creator: Pinter, Francis T.
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Smoking Device.

Description: Patent for a improving the art of smoking meat by providing a smoking device adapted to be positioned in the smoke house which provides a means for controlling the amount of smoke that comes from the fire and covers the fire allowing for safe operation.
Date: December 4, 1917
Creator: Halata, Joseph J.
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Fire-Escape.

Description: Patent for improvements in fire-escapes by enabling the fire-escapes, “when not in use, to be compactly folded and arranged within a house or other building and capable of being quickly placed in position for use and of enabling persons and goods to be rapidly lowered to the ground with perfect safety.” (Lines 14-19) Illustration is included.
Date: April 8, 1902
Creator: Boettcher, Hermann
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Electrical Railway Signaling System

Description: Patent for an electrical railway signaling system. Illustration included.
Date: August 22, 1905
Creator: Lyon, Leonidas N., Jr.
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Endless Band or Cord.

Description: Patent for a new and improved endless band or cord, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 5, 1898
Creator: Murphy, Jeremiah H.
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Feed Governor for Cotton Gins.

Description: Patent for a new and improved feed-governor for cotton gins. This design "feed[s] to the saws a layer of cotton that is thinner in the center, and the suction of the inner saws will draw in from the thicker edges formed by [this] governor such a portion of cotton as shall make the whole supply to the gin-saws even and regular, thereby preventing all the choking [of existing gins]" (lines 90-96).
Date: December 4, 1883
Creator: Schaefer, Henry P.
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Improvement in Cotton-Picking Machines.

Description: Patent for an improvement in cotton-picking machines including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 18, 1879
Creator: Trenks, Frederick F.
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Self Packing Cotton Press.

Description: Patent for a new and improved self-packing cotton press. This design "consists in a cotton-press constructed with a pivoted double baling-box, a pair of rolls and their driving mechanism for packing the cotton into the baling-box automatically, and a screw-driven follow-block for compressing the cotton into bales" (lines 22-27).
Date: September 25, 1883
Creator: Rummel, Louis C. & Fielder, Emil J.
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Road Graveling and Grading Machine.

Description: Patent for "an improved machine which will distribute gravel upon the road and level the same at one time," (lines 9-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 5, 1892
Creator: Huebner, George
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Fan

Description: Patent for a fan. Illustration included.
Date: July 24, 1906
Creator: Pochyla, Adolph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Sprinklers.

Description: Patent for "the combination, in a cotton-sprinkler, having a fluid-vessel, of flexible ejecting hose, having flaring nozzle sprinklers, with hooks or fastening devices for holding the nozzles in elevated positions upon the vessels, whereby the driver has perfect control both over the flow and direction of the fluid, and is thereby enabled to inject the fluid upon the two rows of plants, without regard to their height or the uncertain movement of the horse between the rows, and to stop the flow … more
Date: May 18, 1875
Creator: Ramsey, Croghan A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Harrow.

Description: Patent for a harrow that is easily adjustable to different situations.
Date: December 14, 1909
Creator: Baumgarten, Johan Christian
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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