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Boring and Tenoning Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved combined hollow auger attachment and felly-boring machine. This design "relates to an improved felly-boring machine which is adapted with slight adjustment to co-operate with a hollow auger for forming the tenons on the spokes. [The] invention consists in the construction of the frame, the clamp for securing it to the spokes or felly-supports, and in the means for holding and adjusting the auger" (lines 14-21).
Date: April 24, 1883
Creator: Ryan, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to car-couplings of that class which effect an automatic coupling by means of a gravity hook; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction and operation of the same" (lines 9-13).
Date: April 24, 1883
Creator: Whiting, Lewis Peck
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Case for Rural-Mail Carriers.

Description: Patent for a device to enable rural mail carriers to efficiently carry and store postal items for sale. The storage unit (device) is water-resistant to protect the items inside from inclement weather while delivering mail.
Date: April 24, 1917
Creator: Campbell, Guy
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for a machine to thin and cultivate cotton plants without covering them with debris. Designed to be used with most cultivators and to be inexpensive to construct.
Date: April 24, 1917
Creator: Gunn, Jc. Christon
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Cotton-Press.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and powerful plunger for a cotton-press that is directly controlled by the operator. The plunger is hydraulically powered, the pressure being created by steam.The plunger's parts are arranged so the power is multiplied.
Date: April 24, 1894
Creator: Williams, Silas Jackson
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Crate.

Description: Patent for a crate which can be knocked down and folded, including illustrations. The crate is designed with novel features.
Date: April 24, 1906
Creator: La Bauve, Odelon Joseph.
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Delinter

Description: Patent is for a Delinter. It provides a means for mechanical separation of cotton seeds from fiber as a new way of cotton ginning.
Date: April 24, 1912
Creator: Mullen, Joseph D.
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Device for Slicing Fish.

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements to a device for slicing fish into smooth and even slices, including illustrations.
Date: April 24, 1917
Creator: Allen, James Leonard
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Dry Closet.

Description: Patent for a new design that improves "construction, utility, and efficiency of dry closets"(lines 10-11) that would also allow the use of an attachment specifically for dry closet seats. Includes design for mesh cloth to capture waste.
Date: April 24, 1917
Creator: Mershon, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gangway.

Description: Patent for a ramp for use by the Army in loading farm animals and wagons on train cars and other transports. This gangway is designed in sections to be adaptable for different needs and to be collapsible for storage and easy transportation.
Date: April 24, 1917
Creator: Titsworth, Richard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gin-Saw Cleaner.

Description: Patent for a cleaner for cotton-gin saws for "an improved construction of cleaner adapted to be used in connection with saw-cylinders on different kinds of gins" (lines 10-13) and "which may be easily fitted and held securely in position in a detachable manner" (lines 18-19).
Date: April 24, 1900
Creator: Bolen, Walter M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hammock or Swing.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hammock. This design consists in "the combination of a suspended canopy, consisting of a hoop provided with screw-eyes and having a textile covering and a mosquito-netting secured thereto and depending therefrom, with a basket consisting of a hoop, a suitably-constructed bottom, a cushion, and a guard . . . and supporting-ropes secured at their lower portions to the basket and to the guard, and having snap-hooks at their upper ends adapted to engage the screw-eyes … more
Date: April 24, 1888
Creator: Broderick, Martin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Horse Detacher.

Description: Patent for a new and improved horse detacher. This design "consists in two longitudinally-movable rods or bolts which are attached to the front axle and are adapted to engage the eyes of the thill-clips; the levers connected at their lower ends to the adjacent ends of the said rods or bolts; a ring embracing and adapted to slide on the upper arms of the said levers whereby they may be drawn together to disengage the outer ends of the rods or bolts from the thill-clips; the band or strap connect… more
Date: April 24, 1888
Creator: McMorries, James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Car Brakes and Starters

Description: Patent for improvements in rail road-car breaks, starters, and checkers. "The nature of the invention consists in certain constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts" (lines 19-21).
Date: April 24, 1877
Creator: Marean, William
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Nut-Lock.

Description: Patent for new qualities of nut-lock security, efficiency, and convenience, including illustrations.
Date: April 24, 1906
Creator: Payne, Lewis.
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Nut-Lock

Description: Patent for locking-washer "so that the nuts will not come off or be knocked from the bolts" (Lines 8-9) including illustrations.
Date: April 24, 1906
Creator: Palmer, Clyde E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pencil-Holder.

Description: Patent for a pencil-holder designed to quickly attach to pencils or pens of different sizes, including illustrations. This pencil-holder features a clip which clamps onto the edge of one's pocket to prevent the pencil from falling out or damaging the pocket.
Date: April 24, 1906
Creator: Eldredge, Alva Ray
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Permutation Lock.

Description: Patent for a new and improved combination lock. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the elongated case, its longitudinally slotted and notched partitions, the boltway over the partitions, reciprocating notched and perforated slides, and adjustable pins or studs engaging the perforations and projecting into the slots of the partitions, the rack-slide, drop-bolt, and graduated knob carrying the pinion" (lines 20-28).
Date: April 24, 1883
Creator: Sarlls, Rutus & Holland, Virgil C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Joint.

Description: Patent for a new design of rail joints in which headed bolts and wedge plate have keyhole slots, including with illustrations.
Date: April 24, 1900
Creator: Park, Henry J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Reamer.

Description: Patent for a reamer with a hexagonal shaped body and shell, central hub, a series of plates, springs, and metal dogs. Used for reaming well drilling tubes, which are used to drill artesian wells and deep water, and for cleaning out the reamer's own interior.
Date: April 24, 1911
Creator: Sly, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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