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Apparatus for Cooling Journal-Boxes on Railway-Trains

Description: Patent for an apparatus for cooling journal boxes on trains by sending water to the journal boxes from a water system installed in each car.
Date: April 19, 1910
Creator: Andrews, Walter P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Brake.

Description: Patent for a new and improved brake for railroad cars. This design "consists in the combination, with the brake, of an angle-lever on the end part of the car, a draw-head on the car, a lever pivoted on the same, a rod connecting the said lever with the angle-lever, a toothed locking-bar on the standard, and a pin on the lever on the standard" (lines 10-16).
Date: July 21, 1885
Creator: Daudelin, Joseph M.T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bill or Paper File.

Description: Patent for a new and improved bill or paper file. This design "relates to hook-files, the object being to so improve their construction as to prevent the bills or papers on the file from working off. The invention consists, essentially, in a file provided with a tongue pivoted near the point of the hook" (lines 7-13).
Date: August 9, 1887
Creator: Gilbert, Frank B.
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Spike Holder

Description: Patent for an improvement in railroad spike holders to affordably reduce abrasion of the rail and to hold spikes into position, including illustrations.
Date: October 15, 1914
Creator: Kelly, William D.
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Apparatus for Transmitting Power.

Description: Patent for a new invention which uses a combination of radiation and levers in order more efficiently transmit power. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 8, 1870
Creator: Williams, Blasius
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Mower.

Description: Patent for a new mower designed for use with a single horse and provide a device where the sickle bar may be adjusted at various heights.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: John Bryon Nelson
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Wood Sawing Machine

Description: Patent for a wood sawing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: Brown, George H.
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Improvement in Soldering-Irons.

Description: Patent for "an apparatus to be used with the common soldering-iron, whereby the same can be heated and kept heated continually while the iron is used." (Lines 6-9) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 19, 1871
Creator: Williams, Joseph
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Improvement in Rifle-Barrels.

Description: Patent for a "new and useful improvement in firearms" (lines 4-5), including instructions and illustrations. The invention provides "a gun-barrel with a number of cutters or plows for grooving the ball, said cutters or plows to correspond with with the number of guides or ribs which the gun is formed" (lines 20-25).
Date: December 11, 1877
Creator: Littlejohn, William
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Improvement in Spark-Arresters.

Description: Patent for improved construction of spark-arresters, "so that they will be more efficient, and yet simple in construction and not liable to get out of repair; and the invention consists of a metallic circular cone, with winding or arched flanges or wings, which extend toward the side of the shall, and they are covered by a plate, to the upper side of which a perforated cylinder is attached, so that all the sparks are arrested and thoroughly extinguished, while the smoke can pass out through the… more
Date: July 15, 1879
Creator: Lochner, Casper F.
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Treadle-Spring.

Description: Patent for an improved treadle spring to be used in treadles that are used in sewing machines, scroll-saws, and similar machines. It is simple, inexpensive, efficient, and requires less effort to operate the treadle. The spring does not move while in use.
Date: March 6, 1894
Creator: Frank, Gustav, Jr.
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Improvement in Grinding-Mills.

Description: Patent for the improvement of grinding-mills, including a description and illustration.
Date: July 23, 1872
Creator: Loy, George W. & Baker, Francis C.
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Improvement in Corn-Planters.

Description: Patent for "corn-planters in which the corn is planted in hills or rows; and the particular features of [the] invention consist in the combination, with a pivoted rising and descending charger or cup, of a sleeve-seat for said charger, a charger-carrying stem, and the seed-hopper, whereby the charger is held and carried in position upon a seat to fill, to rise from said seat, and to dump upon its pivot, and to be again brought into and maintained in a vertical position upon said seat while desc… more
Date: May 5, 1874
Creator: Williams, Blasius & Cohn, Morris
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Steam-Boiler.

Description: Patent for the improvement for steam boilers by having a detachable fire-box for a portable boiler with little maintenance and efficient as a steam generator, including illustration.
Date: March 5, 1861
Creator: Porter, John
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Mower.

Description: Patent for a mower that cuts crops that grow in rows and can be cut by a reciprocatory sickle in which the mower frame is attached to a cultivator frame instead of a shovel. One of the gears "is carried by a cultivator wheel for reciprocating the sickle bar by the travel of the cultivator" (lines 20-23), including illustrations.
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Pate, William H. & Moss, Turner F.
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Hand-Car.

Description: Patent for improvements in hand-cars by “providing gearing operated by cranks, on the shaft of which are arranged triangular balance devices, the cranks being adjustable by means of set-screws of other analogous means, so that they may be made to operate the wheels in either direction desired.” (Lines 24-29) Illustration is included.
Date: October 6, 1891
Creator: Lo Casto, Tony
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Switch Lock for Motor Vehicles.

Description: Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in Switch-Locks for motor vehicles", including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1917
Creator: Frank, Gustav
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saw-Guide

Description: Patent for a new and useful saw guide, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 19, 1899
Creator: Leaf, John Alfred
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Protector for Trunks or Shipping-Cases.

Description: Patent for trunk protectors "which can be readily attached and detached from the receptacle, and when attached will protect each corner." (lines 20-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 23, 1892
Creator: Jennings, Joseph Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad-Track Brace.

Description: Patent for a railroad track brace, which holds the railroad ties in place and supports the track in case of one of the ties breaking.
Date: January 19, 1909
Creator: Kelly, William D.
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Refrigerator

Description: Patent for a refrigerator. Illustrations included.
Date: January 28, 1908
Creator: Frank, Gustav
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Furniture-Handle.

Description: Patent for a plate that improves the security of drop-handle furniture handles with posses superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability and general efficiency.
Date: December 26, 1905
Creator: Frank, Gustav
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Piston

Description: Patent for a piston for use in pumps.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Frank, Gustav
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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