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Improvement in Seeding-Machines.

Description: Patent for the improvement of seed-planters using a rotary system to distribute seeds from a drum and into the soil, including illustration.
Date: September 4, 1860
Creator: Park, A. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump.

Description: Patent for a new and improved design for pumps as they are used in deep wells. New design meant to prevent sand from entering machine between the working barrel and plunger.
Date: February 1, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
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Means for Reducing Wear in the Working Barrels of Pumps

Description: Patent for a means of reducing wear in the working barrels of pumps. The pumps made in this wat are specially adapted for operations in water or oil wells where the fluid being pumped is is mixed with sand and sediment.
Date: March 4, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
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Traction-Support.

Description: Patent for a traction board for placing under automobile wheels when stuck in sand or mud, and hanging device for carrying the boards when not in use.
Date: December 27, 1921
Creator: Gentry, Burney C.
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Method of Sampling.

Description: Patent for improving methods of boring wells by "raising the cuttings from an earth boring drill to the surface" (lines 70-71), including illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1920
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
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Sulfur-Mining

Description: Patent for improvement on sulfur mining by which "sulfur is fused by a heated fluid forced down into the well to the vicinity of the sulfur deposit and when so fused the sulfur is forced to the surface of the ground through a return pipe" (lines 14-18).
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
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Sulphur-Mining Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a thermal solvent based sulfur mining apparatus that is placed in a sulfur mining well. Utilizing thermodynamics, the apparatus has a new way to introduce air or steam into the various parts of the apparatus. It is designed with "simplicity and durability of construction" (lines 49-50).
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
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Support for Wire Fences.

Description: Patent for improvements to supports for wire fences, so that wooden posts and other supplemental devices are not necessary. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 23, 1892
Creator: Weeks, Frank B.
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Hoisting Drum

Description: Patent for improvements to hoisting drums for use in drilling oil, gas, and water wells, with the object being "to employ a plurality of hoisting drums upon the same shaft so that the cable may be wound partly on one drum and partly on another" (lines 73-76) such that the danger of cable cutting is decreased and the speed of operation is increased, including illustrations.
Date: May 2, 1922
Creator: Suman, John R. & Gamble, Adrian R.
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Electro-Medical Belt

Description: Patent for "a suitable belt or other support carrying movable contact-plates, a galvanic battery, an induction-coil, connections between the battery and coil, and conductors connecting the secondary wire of the coil to the contact-plates through which the shock is to be conveyed, the contact-plates being provided with suitable binding-screws or other connectors, and also having suitable flaps or insulators for covering them when not in use" (lines 21-31).
Date: June 18, 1889
Creator: Shelton, William J.
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Electro Medical Belt.

Description: Patent for a new and improved electro-medical belt. This design "consists in a belt or support constructed of multiple-ply electro-conductive belting, which [the design] make[s] by inserting a conductor or conductors between the folds of a multiple-ply band with suitable contact-points at the surface, a sling supported by and movable on the belt for carrying the electric generator, also constructed of the electro-conductive belting, and having detachable connectors between its contact points an… more
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Shelton, William J.
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Sample-Taking Device

Description: Patent for a sample taking device "for use in preserving the log of the well in drilling operations in earth, rock or other similar formations." (lines 12-14). Specially adapted for use in drilling wells for oil and sulfur, specifically in the Gulf Coast region.
Date: December 9, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E. & Hamman, George
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Rotary Boring Drill

Description: Patent for a rotary boring drill to be used in mining and drilling.
Date: March 4, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, R. E.
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Sash-Fastener

Description: Patent for improving the design so that when it is closed it forms loops for holding the window's curtains, while also being inexpensive and strong.
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Durant, George W.
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Improvement in Cotton-Scrapers.

Description: Patent for the improvement of a cotton scraper "for general cultivation of drill-husbandry" (lines 17-18) and cotton crops, including illustration.
Date: February 19, 1861
Creator: Shepard, Josiah
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hanging Millstones.

Description: Patent for improvement of hanging millstones using a driver to hang the runner of a pair of millstones, “as it rotates, adjust itself to the position of the stationary stone, and the parallelism of the faces of the two stones be preserved whether the stationary one be perfectly horizontal or not” (lines 19-24), including illustration.
Date: May 29, 1860
Creator: Dance, G. P.
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Pump

Description: Patent for a water pump. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Park, Henry Jackson & Darrough, Rufus Clark
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Rail Connection

Description: Patent for a rail connection. This invention consists of heavy fish-plates and screw bolts that are supported between adjacent cross ties
Date: January 4, 1910
Creator: Grass, Henry
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Pump.

Description: Patent for rotary pump designed to counterbalance thrust at each step by a "series of lifting-wheels mounted upon a common shaft" (lines 10-11) in order to minimize wheel thrust.
Date: October 22, 1901
Creator: Baker, Josheph W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quilting-Frame.

Description: Patent for an improved and inexpensive quilting frame that can be moved and adjusted.
Date: June 13, 1916
Creator: Gladney, John Ruff
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Method of and Apparatus for Sulphur Mining

Description: Patent for a methodology and mechanical structure for the mining of sulfur using extendable concentric cylindrical tubes.
Date: unknown
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pipe-Wrench.

Description: Patent for the improvement of pipe wrenches necessary for use in well drilling or other circumstances where a wrench of strong construction is needed. This patent provides for a pipe wrench that can be easily adjusted to fit pipes of differing sizes and is easily manipulated for use regardless of direction.
Date: December 9, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil-Burner.

Description: Patent for oil burners that is designed specifically for burning crude fuel oil that also has improved construction that centers the spray head with the burner head.
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: Booker, William B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oar Lock Attachment.

Description: Patent for an oar-lock attachment that allows the oar to be removed but not easily disconnected, using a hook on the oar with a spring plate and an eye on the boat gunwale, with illustrations.
Date: December 20, 1892
Creator: Livingston, Joseph R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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