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Improvement in Windmills.

Description: Patent for the improvement of windmills, including illustrations.
Date: September 29, 1874
Creator: Symthe, Peyton.
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Ink Fountain for Printing Machines.

Description: Patent for a new and improved ink fountain for printing machines. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the shell-shaped frame having an inclined bottom, a hole in the lower part of the front end wall, and a socket provided with a thumb-screw, a vertical arm passing through the said socket and provided with a clamp at its lower end, a roller for distributing ink, journaled at the front of the shell and vertically adjustable therewith, and the removable reservoir having a gate, an inclin… more
Date: September 29, 1885
Creator: Bomar, Thomas E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill-Gearing.

Description: Patent for a gearing for windmills, which provides "a more even and steady... stroke of the pump rod" (lines10-11).
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Keys, Milton
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Internal-Combustion Engine

Description: Patent for an internal-combustion engine with a novel form of rotary valve and other meaningful improvements to a combustion engine.
Date: September 29, 1914
Creator: Clough, George Golden
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well Pumping Apparatus

Description: Patent for well pumping apparatus. This invention is designed for the improvement of pumping liquid from deep wells. Illustration included.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Stephenson, William M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve.

Description: Patent for a valve, which attaches easily to all sorts of liquid-filled reservoirs and is durable.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Craddock, Lee Larrence & McCleary, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wash Boiler.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wash-boiler. This design "consists in, first, the combination of the boiler and revolving drum placed therein, with the steam-generator secured to the bottom of the boiler, and a steam motor or engine for revolving the drum; second, the combination of the boiler, a revolving-drum placed therein, and the steam-generator with a tank for clear water, and a suitable chamber and valves for connecting the tank and generator together" (lines 13-22).
Date: September 29, 1885
Creator: Wilson, Homer T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cultivators.

Description: Patent for a new cultivator in the form of a wheel, which includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: September 29, 1868
Creator: Stroud, J. C.
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Transmission Mechanism

Description: Patent for a transmission mechanism that converts motion into power to increase the efficiency of the device.
Date: September 29, 1914
Creator: Martinez, Norberto & Wahrenberger, Theophilus
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Hot Box Cooler and Oiler

Description: Patent for a hot box cooler and oiler. This device is for cooling and lubricating journal boxes of railway cars. Illustration included.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Barnes, Ned Eastman
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Description: Patent for a burner that can use kerosene for fuel and avoid clogging with carbon and to provide heat better in every way (including being hotter) while being easier to clean.
Date: September 29, 1914
Creator: Stone, Melvin T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump Attachment for Portable Cans

Description: Patent for a pump attachment for portable cans. This invention is designed to be a attachable/detachable pump for use with coal-oil cans. Its purpose is meant for the transfer of coal oil to lamps.
Date: September 29, 1903
Creator: Blackmon, Paul Jones
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process of Preparing and Tempering Slurry for Portland Cement.

Description: Patent for improvements in the process of preparing and tempering slurry for Portland cement by expedite the process of production and to produce a uniform quality of cement. Detailed instructions included. No illustration.
Date: September 29, 1891
Creator: Kalteyer, George H.
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Toothbrush

Description: Patent that provides a toothbrush the ability to penetrate the interstices between the teeth and remove the debris by the vertical movement of the bristles, and being able to do so without discomfort. The brush is sanitary and convenient for being carried in a pocket in the clothing or in a traveling bag as well.
Date: September 29, 1919
Creator: Martz, George R.
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Parcel-Delivery Apparatus.

Description: Patent for improvements in mail and parcel delivery apparatus: "is designed particularly for use at suburban residences, or where the distance from the house to the street is considerable" (lines 11-14).
Date: September 29, 1891
Creator: Gieseke, Otto
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stem for Tobacco-Pipes or Cigar-Holders.

Description: Patent for a stem for tobacco-pipes and cigar-holders designed to prevent nicotine from being inhaled. "The object in view is to provide a stem consisting of detachable members to facilitate cleansing when foul" (lines 11-14). The pipe is a serpentine shape and contains cotton filters in its crooks.
Date: September 29, 1896
Creator: Sjolander, Eric O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hame Fastener.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hame-fastener. This design "consists of an adjustable regulating fastener for the upper and lower ends of the hames, and this fastener is further provided with a swinging loop, to which the breast-strap may be attached on the lower fastener and the strap on the upper fastener when desired" (lines 19-25).
Date: September 29, 1885
Creator: Hake, Francis A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grass and Weed Exterminator.

Description: Patent for a grass and weed exterminator, especially those weeds that roots are a network of runners that can't be pulled up. The destroyer plows them up, ten inches or more, and sifts through the dirt, pulling up the network of plants.
Date: September 29, 1896
Creator: Briggs, George, W.
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Spring Bed Bottom.

Description: Patent for a new and improved box-spring. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the main frame, the springs having their connecting pieces curved or coiled to form double heart-shaped configurations, the hinged head-rests, the wide bails, movably attached at the ends of their side pieces to the connecting-pieces of the springs at the side edges of the head-rests, and having their middle pieces curved or coiled to form heart-shaped configurations resting upon the tops of the springs of t… more
Date: September 29, 1885
Creator: Bunnell, James F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shutter Attachment.

Description: Patent for a shutter attachment to hold the slats in place in a variety of different positions and prevent them from rattling.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: McCaleb, John Lafayette
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Scrub Brush.

Description: Patent for an invention that combines a mop and a scrub brush into one device. With this device "the mop will travel in the rear of the brush and take up water and scour what may have been passed over by the brush" (lines 10-13) including illustration
Date: September 29, 1905
Creator: Sanders, Ida D.
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Sanitary Mouthpiece

Description: Patent for a telephone mouthpiece that distributes disinfectant when used.
Date: September 29, 1914
Creator: Jenkins, Ed Monroe
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Rotary Engine.

Description: Patent for improvements in rotary engines by proving “a reversible rotary steam-engine in which friction shall be reduced to as small an extent as consistent with suitable packing of the joints, the pressure on the piston-wings be practically balanced, and compensation made for wear” (lines 11-16). Illustration is included.
Date: September 29, 1891
Creator: Bretherton, Montague James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Scraper.

Description: Patent for an adjustable road and ditch building scraper.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Edzards, Harm Uden
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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