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Finger-Shield.

Description: Patent for a new finger protection device which may be utilized in needlework.
Date: November 16, 1915
Creator: Morris, Homer B.
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Improvement in Weighted Horseshoes.

Description: Patent for improvement in weighted horseshoes, which are used in horse training for gait improvement. The horseshoes have removable weights received by a flange and held in place by screws. The weight may be formed in various shapes to correct different issues.
Date: January 16, 1877
Creator: Seixas, Eugene E.
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Wagon-Brake.

Description: Patent for an automatic wagon brake, which engages when the vehicle is stopped to prevent it from rolling downhill and disengages when the wagon starts moving again.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Hewitt, James E.
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Improvement in Swinging Berths.

Description: Patent for the improvement of ships' berths, by neutralizing the effect of the roll and pitch of the seas to prevent sea sickness, as well as providing space for baggage and ballast.
Date: July 16, 1875
Creator: Brown, Bartlett W.
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Improvement In Bale-Ties.

Description: This patent was crated for an improved way of manufactoring ties to hold packages together that consists of bale, hemp, cotton, rags or substances. It was created to reduce the rising costs or manufacturing products of this caliber.
Date: March 16, 1878
Creator: Davis, Water S.
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Station - Indicator

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvements in automatic station-indication.
Date: November 16, 1897
Creator: Garner, William R.
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Projectile

Description: Patent for Projectile. "The present invention relates to projectiles and has particular reference to a shell which is adapted to be fired from a gun to penetrate the object aimed at and subsequently explode therein. An important object of the invention is to provide a projectile of the above mentioned character, so constructed so that the same will have a high armor penetrating efficiency and a very large explosive material carrying capacity, whereby the explosion of the shell subsequently to i… more
Date: August 16, 1912
Creator: Douglas, William M.
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Tool for Type - Writers

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvements in tools for type writers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 16, 1897
Creator: Vidor, Charles Shelton
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Surf-Toboggan

Description: Patent for improvements to surf toboggans so that the outer casing does not have to be ripped out in order to turn the toboggan inside out for drying purposes. This invention includes flaps with lacings on the inner and outer casings.
Date: April 16, 1918
Creator: Silvernail, George E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Music-Leaf Turner.

Description: Patent for a device for "Turning Leaves of Sheet-Musics, Music-Books and, other Books" (lines 5-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 16, 1880
Creator: Becker, Francis L.
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Stirrup.

Description: Patent for "a stirrup having an improved turntable spring-support which will permit the stirrup to turn readily, so that the foot can assume any desired angle toward or from the horse and so that the stirrup will be yieldingly upheld, whereby certain advantages are attained in mounting, particularly when employed in connection with a wild or unmanageable animal." (Lines 14-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 16, 1897
Creator: Vann, George G.
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Swing.

Description: Patent for a new and improved swing. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a suitable support, a single hanger having its width increased at that point where the friction-roller of the operating-lever bears against it, with the operating-lever provided with a friction-roller to bear against the front edge of the hanger, a second roller, over which the cord passes, a friction-roller attached to the hanger, and an operating cord" (lines 18-26).
Date: June 16, 1885
Creator: Elliott, William W.
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Electrical Furnace.

Description: Patent for
Date: May 16, 1899
Creator: Eldridge, Hilliary
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Method of And Apparatus for Manufacturing Gas.

Description: Patent for a new and useful method of and apparatus for manufacturing gas, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1899
Creator: Eldridge, Hilliary; Clark, Daniel Johnson & Blum, Sylvain
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Game Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in game apparatus, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 16, 1898
Creator: Hutches, Benjamin F. Jr.
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Jetty.

Description: Patent for a new and improved jetty. This design "is to provide structures . . . for protecting shores, and other similar work. . . . [The] invention consists, mainly, in the utilization of a central or interior core of clay, or clayey substance, about which is formed a retaining envelope in connection with suitable substructures, coping, walls, and tracks" (lines 15-27).
Date: April 16, 1889
Creator: Douglas, William M.
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Plaiting-Machine.

Description: Patent for "a machine upon which a dress-skirt or similar article may be easily placed and which is adapted to secure the plaits or folds in the skirts and hold them so that they may be conveniently ironed." (Lines 10-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 16, 1892
Creator: Olson, Alfred
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Press.

Description: Patent for a cotton-press with "new and useful roller-compresses for making bales of cotton into a cylindrical or roll-form, and also having simple and efficient mechanism for continuously forming a bale all the time the compress is in operation, which result has heretofore been impossible in presses of that character employing only one pair of compressing-rolls" (lines 9-17).
Date: June 16, 1896
Creator: Griffin, Thomas J.
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Device for Controlling Runaway Horses.

Description: Patent for a new and improved device for controlling runaway horses. This design has for its object "to construct an apparatus whereby such a pressure may be applied by the rider or driver of the animal in connection with which the apparatus is employed, the invention consisting of pads that are supported by lever-arms pivotally connected to a bit, and of a means whereby said pads may be moved toward each other—that is, to a position so that they will bear upon the outer nostril-wall . . . [sin… more
Date: August 16, 1887
Creator: Grumbach, Isaïe
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Compress

Description: Patent for improvements to the cutting mechanism in cotton compresses to "provide positive and reliable means for severing the full-grown or completed bale from the remaining column of compressed material and yieldingly supporting the said remaining column of compressed material under pressure to permit the baling operation to continue" (lines 21-27).
Date: December 16, 1902
Creator: Griffin, Thomas J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bicycle-Gearing.

Description: Patent for "gearing for bicycles, and has for its object to furnish a train of gearing for the connection of the treadles with the rear wheel of a bicycle, whereby the usual sprocket-and-chain gearing may be dispensed with." (lines 7-12).
Date: August 16, 1898
Creator: Brown, Wilson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Book-Sewing Machine.

Description: Patent for improvements in book sewing machines, the descriptions are included by figures.
Date: July 16, 1867
Creator: Sims, Ferdinand
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bootjack.

Description: Patent for a new and improved boot-jack. This design is for an addition to existing boot-jacks that allows for wet or tight boots to be removed completely after the heel of the foot is loosened, all without the use of hands. This additional apparatus can be adjusted to different angles by way of eye-holes and screws.
Date: June 16, 1896
Creator: Ulferts, Ulfert Harms
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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