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Car-Couplings

Description: Patent for equipment to improve car-coupling to allow "automatically couple the cars, which can be readily uncoupled with-out going between the cars" (line 14-16).
Date: February 19, 1901
Creator: Lyons, Robert N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Extermination of Boll-Weevil.

Description: Patent for Apparatus for Extermination of Boll Weevil. A vehicle which can carry a furnace to generate noxious fumes with insecticides and cool those fumes to produce a toxic atmosphere around effected plants.
Date: May 4, 1903
Creator: Taylor, James Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for an improved, simple, and effective car coupling that couples automatically and without anyone having to go between the cars. It consists of a drawhead with a slot on one side, upper and lower slides in the drawhead, a coupling pin that sits in the upper slide, a lever that is connected to the slide, a spring that holds the lower slide in place, and a bolt that connects the lever with the upper slide.
Date: May 30, 1893
Creator: Cundiff, Middleton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Stalk-Cutter and Rake

Description: Patent for a stalk-cutter and rake design, "such as well enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same" (lines 9-11).
Date: July 2, 1889
Creator: Boykin, Archable T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Press.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton-press. This design "is to so construct a press that the force shall be applied solely by the pulling action of the screw, and so that the cotton can be put in at the top of the box and compressed without the usual tramping of the same therein by an operative preparatory to applying the force of the press, thereby doing away with a door or opening near the top of the box for inserting the cotton, and dispensing with the tramping operation" (lines 32-42).
Date: September 16, 1884
Creator: Haiman, Elias & Winship, John
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Cotton Planter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the rear of beam, the notched cleat, the handle cross-bar, and the hooks, whereby the hopper may be conveniently attached and detached . . . [and] [t]he pivoted gates, having extensions with a series of holes, with the hopper-bottom plate having holes besides the regular seed-outlet, and the pins" (lines 64-72).
Date: November 6, 1883
Creator: Lindsey, William M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Artificial-StoneTomb.

Description: Patent for the concept of an artificial tomb that serves as a tomb and ornamental piece made as one. "This invention relates to certain improvements in artificial-stone tombs; and it has for its object to produce a tomb with head-stone and foo-piece all in one piece that can be built up or placed immediately over grave, so as to form an ornamental finish, at a comparatively small cost." (lines 15-22) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 6, 1880
Creator: Wilson, Hence
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling-Press.

Description: Patent for baling presses that press for balling hay that simplify the construction of presses of this type and produce a press readily movable from one place to another.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Redding, Robert B. & Barnett, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Auxilary Transmission-Case Hanger.

Description: Patent for auxiliary hanger for automobile transmission case. This particular device was designed for use with Ford automobiles, but can be used with other automobiles.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Windsor, Samuel T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Auto-Carrier

Description: Patent for an auto-carrier that applied to the running board for carrying various luggage. A second aspect is to provide a device to support a wide array of objects and to withstand the weight giving its location along the running board.
Date: July 8, 1919
Creator: Evans, Edward L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Broom.

Description: Patent for a broom which allows the user to easily replace the broom straw or fiber with new straw or fiber when it is worn out. The intention is to decrease the cost of brooms while still producing "a strong and relatively durable broom structure" (lines 18-19).
Date: November 2, 1920
Creator: Taylor, James T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automobile Seal-Holder.

Description: Patent for adjustable holders on automobiles for carrying the registry seal. In particular, this invention utilizes some sort of holder that clamps both to the part of the automobile it attaches to and the registry seal.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Blair, Stuart Baggs
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Peanut-Digger.

Description: Patent for improvements to peanut-diggers, specifically a curved frame attached to a plow beam.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Stevens, Shed P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for improvements in wire stretchers by using a T-shaped lever “to stretch the wire readily to the desired tension, and is capable of maintaining the wire at that tension until after stapling or otherwise fastening the same to a post.” (Lines 61-65) Illustration is included.
Date: April 21, 1891
Creator: Kennedy, Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow Attachment.

Description: Patent for a plow attachment that guides and aids the plow, and regulates "the depth at which the plow or cultivator shovel shall run in the ground" (lines 13-15).
Date: November 17, 1896
Creator: White, Hedley
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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