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Car Coupler.

Description: Patent for car coupler heads. This object has coupler heads that, when set in position, automatically lock.
Date: September 11, 1923
Creator: Tucker, Roger V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Description: Patent for an adjustable wrench.
Date: October 31, 1911
Creator: Harris, Robert M. & Bottoms, William L.
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Type.

Description: Patent for a new and improved type. This design "relates to printing, and more especially to the type used therein; and the object of the same is to provide a substitute for the large wood type now extensively used on poster and other large work. To this end the invention consists in a type-face and a type-base each of metal" (lines 7-13).
Date: September 20, 1892
Creator: Coleman, Allison
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Violin Piano

Description: Patent for an apparatus to play a violin via piano keyboard input. Designed with the notion that it would be an effective method of playing the violin with those already familiar with the piano
Date: January 17, 1917
Creator: Strawn, Jesse C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Weighing Device.

Description: Patent for a weighing device. This device should be an improvement over other methods. The device weighs various articles and automatically sums the total weight of the various articles.
Date: July 20, 1915
Creator: Neeley, Samuel T.
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Windmill.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in windmills, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 6, 1898
Creator: Douglass, William S.
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Machine for Cutting Bagging.

Description: Patent for a cutting machine for cloth bags for cotton presses, which has cloth continuously being fed into it and cuts it at predetermined lengths which can be adjusted as needed.
Date: February 25, 1908
Creator: Clark, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Fence Tool.

Description: Patent for an improvement on wire-fence tools. "To provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive tool of great strength and durability designed for operating on fence-wires and adapted for mending the same and for taking up the slack of a fence-wire and capable in stretching the ends past each other before the same are twisted together, whereby the ends of the wire may be more effectively connected." (Lines 10-19) Illustration is included.
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Berry, James Osborn
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Wire Splicer and Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wire splicer and stretcher. This design "consist[s] of a suitable body . . . provided with a series of perforations and having its ends turned in opposite directions, one end being tapered to an edge and notched and the other end being pointed" (lines 24-28).
Date: February 22, 1887
Creator: Lea, John Houston
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Valve-Gear.

Description: Patent for a valve-gear that uses a single eccentric, "together with devices by which such eccentric may be shifted upon the shaft and locked in its various positions to effect either a reversal of the engine or a stoppage thereof with a full head of steam on, and to run the engine in one or the other direction, as may be desired" (lines 10-15).
Date: September 24, 1895
Creator: Hill, Millard F. & Easley, Clifton W.
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Index for Books.

Description: Patent for "... improvements in indexes for books which receive the freight tariffs or schedules of railroads and the agreements between one road and others a to division of freight charges where the traffic is handled by more than one" (lines 11-16 ) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 4, 1897
Creator: Kerr, Warren Dunlop
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Insulator

Description: Patent for an insulator to be used to attach electric conductors and wires to walls or posts. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Marshall, George B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ironing-Table.

Description: Patent for a new adjustable ironing-table that folds for storage, including illustrations.
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Click, John Jones
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Warp-Beam for Looms.

Description: Patent for a warp beam for a loom, which allows the thread to be attached directly from the spool to the warp beam without the need for a reel in between.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Harbour, Rebecca
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hydrostatic Indicator for Weighing Scales.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hydrostatic indicator for scales. This design consists in "a reservoir, an outer cylinder, a hollow inner cylinder, an attached stand-pipe, and registering-dial, said inner cylinder being surrounded by and sliding within said outer cylinder, said outer cylinder being provided with an attached inlet-pipe communicating with said reservoir, said pipe being provided with two valves, in combination with a bearing-bar, side rods, and under bar, forming a frame bearing up… more
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: Lewis, Henry A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mold for Earth and Stone Fences.

Description: Patent for a new and improved mold for earth and stone fences. This design "consist[s] of the inclined adjustable sides, having inclined standards, removable boards, and boards, tables, and locking-bolts . . . [and] the sides having lower boards or metallic pieces, upper removable boards or metallic pieces, and inclined standards of the tables, locking-bolts, handles, and stakes" (lines 21-30).
Date: July 26, 1881
Creator: Budd, Lewis R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for an addition "to provide a plow of this character that shall perform both operations at one and the same time, one that is exceedingly cheap and simple, one that will always move in a straight line and protect the plants being barred, and one that requires very little more power than an ordinary plow" (lines 15-18).
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Couch, John P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trombone.

Description: Patent, including illustration, for "a musical instrument slide and is more particularly designated as a bearing or stocking for a trombone or other similar instruments in which it is desirable to provide a smooth bearing for the slidable part of the instrument" (page 1, lines 9-13).
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Ackley, William D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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