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Stock Feeder

Description: Patent for stock feeder, for automatically feeding grain (or mill food) to stock (particularly hogs) with feeding troughs on opposite sides of oscillating storage hopper.
Date: November 22, 1921
Creator: Dierks, John

Lemon and Lime Squeezer

Description: Patent for an improved lemon and lime squeezer that can divide the lemon and lime into two halves and squeeze the halves in succession, or one half be left un-squeezed.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Bolton, Jack R.; Williams, John D. & Struve, Felix L.

Leaf-Turner.

Description: Patent for a new and improved leaf turner which allows the piano player to turn the pages of their sheet music without taking their hands off the keyboard. This leaf turner is "noiseless and efficient in operation and...will respond instantly to the actuating impulse" (lines 21-23). It is not expensive to make, and securely holds music and releases it without effort.
Date: January 11, 1921
Creator: Holcom, Jarret C.

Wrench.

Description: Patent for improving wrenches to reach "parts of machinery [that are] ordinarily difficult [to] access" (lines 12-13), specifically "used in removing or replacing the nut or nuts on a fourth connecting rod of a Ford motor [ . . . ] such rod being in a position difficult to reach by an ordinary wrench" (lines 17-21).
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Slagle, George R.; Garner, Arthur N. & Rushin, Willliam R.

Measuring-Dispenser.

Description: Patent for a fluid measuring dispenser with a dispensing receptacle, measuring scale, and cooperating gauge. The gauge displays the exact quantity of fluid dispensed as well as the amount remaining in the receptacle.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Mauldin, Collumbus S.

Spring Wheel.

Description: Patent for a spring wheel with a pneumatic tire that neither punctures nor becomes flat. The spring wheel construction has springs between the inner and outer rims.
Date: August 10, 1920
Creator: Horne, Henry M.

Peanut-Planter.

Description: Patent for a device that evenly and uniformly deposits peanut seeds during the planting operation whereby the required quantity of seed may be deposited in the soil. The device contains a supplemental container, separate from the main container, where the supplemental container can uniformly divide seeds for planting.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Norman, William A. & Norman, Mack D.

Pliers

Description: Patent for pliers. The invention relates to improvements of the pliers, primarily adapted for use by linemen in securing an electric conducting wire upon an insulator, splicing the wire or stretching the same. The construction is to produce a pair of pliers which are simple in construction, cheap to manufacture and which will perform the functions of several ordinary tools.
Date: October 5, 1915
Creator: Bryce, William D.

Automatic Quick-Acting Vise.

Description: Patent for a quick-acting, easily operated vise "in which the jaws are automatically held closed upon the work until released." Its simple construction enables it to be inexpensively and efficiently manufactured.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: McCullough, Daniel B.

Vehicle-Tire

Description: Patent for a bolt-free spring connection between a vehicle tires inner and outer rims, allowing for an air cushion between rims and improving overall performance of vehicle tires.
Date: September 18, 1917
Creator: Horne, Henry M. & Buford, John C.

[Trading Card: Bois d'Arc Tree]

Description: Trading card issued as part of the Geocache Challenge program for Cooper Lake State Park (South Sulphur Unit), depicting an image of several bois d'arc (bow-wood) trees in a meadow filled with wildflowers. The back of the card includes information about the trees.
Date: 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.

Cooper Lake State Park - South Sulphur Unit

Description: A map of the South Sulphur Unit of Cooper Lake State Park. The map details the border of the lake as it meets the park along with the horseback riding trails and camping areas located along the banks. It also lists the four fish found in the lake, as well as their catch number and size limit. There are indicators for bathroom locations, parking areas, cabin locations, etc.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Location: None

Cooper Lake State Park - South Sulphur Unit

Description: Map of the Cooper Lake State Park outlining hiking trails and highlighting activities, facilities, and other features such as bathrooms, lodgings, water/electric, etc. It also contains general information for the park and for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Date: February 2010
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
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