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Wrench and Cutter.

Description: Patent for a simple, durable, and economic wrench and cutter that is easily used to turn nuts, pipes, or to cut pipes. The wrench does not need to be removed while cutting.
Date: April 18, 1893
Creator: Fletcher, Theodore
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BLIND-STOP

Description: Patent for an improvement in Blind-Stops. "My invention relates to improvements in blind-stops, and has for its object to provide a simple, strong, and cheap device of this kind." (lines 15-18) and illustration.
Date: August 18, 1903
Creator: Koenig, Charles Louis
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Number-Displaying Device.

Description: Patent for illuminated signs which illuminate number displaying devices for vehicles. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 18, 1914
Creator: Jenner, George A.
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Improvements to Demountable Wheels

Description: Patent for a new design for the demountable wheel with a new simple and strong construction that is made of a lighter pressed steel that may be manufactured at a relatively lower cost.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Simmons, Oliver G.
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Wire-Screen Frame.

Description: Patent for a more economical, foldable wire screen frame for doors with removable wire mesh, and included illustration.
Date: December 18, 1917
Creator: Carroll, Houston Monroe
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Lens Mounting.

Description: Patent for an improvement to spectacles to prevent lens breakage. The change to the design of the spectacles are mounts on the nose piece that attaches to the lenses, as well as mounts that attach to the temples of the spectacles and the lenses.
Date: May 18, 1918
Creator: Rees, Charles S.
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Wire-Cloth Fan for the Destruction of Insects.

Description: Patent for an improved fly-swatting fan that employs wire mesh to create less of a shadow so that the user has more of a chance to hit the insect. This improved fan also allows for easier flow of air that creates less of an air flow that might blow the insect away from the fan and allow for the insect to avoid injury or death. Included are instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 18, 1880
Creator: Taylor, Morse K.
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Vehicle-Wheel

Description: Patent for a Vehicle-Wheel. This patent is an improvement over the other patents that this inventor submitted before. It will improve and strengthen the wheel by replacing rivets and bots, and instead use clips and springs.
Date: May 18, 1920
Creator: Allen, William N.
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Vehicle-Wheel

Description: Patent for improvements in tires, specifically a system that assists with weight distribution and adjustments to road surface conditions.
Date: May 18, 1920
Creator: Allan, William N.
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Nut-Lock.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and efficient improved nut-lock that "securely lock[s] a nut against accidental rotation, and adapted to be readily applied to single nuts having either right or left hand threads" (lines 12-15). The invention also is easily screwed and unscrewed without being damaged.
Date: June 18, 1895
Creator: Comminge, Frank
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Gun Case.

Description: Patent for a new and improved gun case. This design "is to provide a case for guns which shall be capable of receiving and enclosing the whole gun, or of being separated into two parts, one part adapted to receive the barrel or barrels, and the other the breech, when the barrels are separated from the breech. . . . so far . . . the parts of the case have always been inseparably connected, or even if they could be taken apart they could not be joined together to make one complete case" (lines 9-… more
Date: December 18, 1883
Creator: Bronson, Edgar B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hair-Drying Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an improved method of drying hair after washing that separates and parts the hair in numerous places to quickly and thoroughly dry the hair. The apparatus, that sits on the shoulders, also has an "improved fastener for holding the frame on the head" (lines 40-41), and the frame is collapsible.
Date: June 18, 1918
Creator: Moffitt, Mansfield M.
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Sanitary Attachment For Milk Pails

Description: Patent for a dome lid that attaches to the top of a milk pail with two "tubes" in which to place the hands while milking a cow. The lid serves to protect the fresh milk from germs, dirt, and other contaminants.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Williams, John Thomas
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Floor-Clamp.

Description: Patent for a simple and inexpensive floor-clamp that aids in laying floors so that the floor is laid uniformly and has a good joint. This prevents the floors from warping or curving.
Date: October 18, 1892
Creator: Zauner, Alexander
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Fireproof Floor.

Description: Patent for an improved fireproof floor, which provides a light, rigid fire- and sound-proof flooring that is simple in construction. In addition, the ceiling construction allow the walls of a building to be strengthened against sagging or bulging, and also provides a continuous concrete-ceiling surface, allowing plaster coating or other material to be securely held without the need of another surface to support it.
Date: November 18, 1902
Creator: Shields, Patrick T.
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Plow.

Description: Patent for improvements applicable to a gang of plows. Ability to adjust depth, security of plow arms, and can plow three rows at once.
Date: March 18, 1879
Creator: Gifford, George Lewis
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Pump.

Description: Patent for a steam vacuum pump for liquids, which when liquid comes out of one receptacle, it will automatically come out the second receptacle.
Date: May 18, 1909
Creator: Dobie, William S.
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Piano-Key Mounting.

Description: Patent for a piano key mounting with a key pin that makes the "touch" required to depress the keys easily adjustable.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Mayor, Enoch Allen
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Incinerator.

Description: Patent for "an improved form of incinerator for burning garbage and other refuse, both solid and liquid, as well as the gases liberated therefrom, without the emission of smoke or noxious odors, or gases, and especially suitable for disposing of the refuse of military encampments, farms, hotels, houses, communities, etc., not provided with sewers" (lines 9-17), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 18, 1913
Creator: Charles, Oscar J.
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Rotary Engine

Description: Patent for a rotary engine that uses steam as a motive agent. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1913
Creator: Allan, William N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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