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Railway-Switch

Description: Patent for "automatic switches wherein the operative devices are under the control of the engineer, brake-man, or other authorized person on the train or a portion thereof" (lines 12-16).
Date: August 2, 1887
Creator: Robberson, John W.
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Railway-Tie

Description: Patent for a railway tie made from wood and metal. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1907
Creator: Henry, Edward
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Shutter-Operating Attachment For Photographic Cameras.

Description: Patent for shuttering operating attachment for photographic cameras. Small mechanical device that is operated by a thumb-lever that causes the shutter of the photographic camera to operate.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Atwood, Harry C.
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Rotary Engine.

Description: Patent for an improved, simple, and durable rotary engine that operates effectively and fully utilizes the motive. It consists of a central driving shaft, a cylinder with an annular bore, a piston that fits in the bore, an arm in the driving shaft, a divided packing-ring, a gate that slides in the bore, a cam mechanism, and a piston valve.
Date: September 19, 1893
Creator: Stone, Charles H. & Stone, Alonzo
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Stovepipe-Holder.

Description: Patent for a stovepipe holder, which is attached to stovepipes going through walls or ceilings to protect the structure from fire.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Walker, John S. B.
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Wind Wheel

Description: Patent for wind wheel. Illustration included.
Date: June 23, 1908
Creator: Bradford, McDuffee
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Rein Holder.

Description: Patent for a new and improved rein-holder. This design "consists of two cuneiform sleeves mounted loosely and eccentrically on two upright shafts inclined toward each other and provided with spiraled grooves, into which pins in the sleeves pass, these sleeves being provided at the bottom with plates engaging with each other, so that both sleeves will move simultaneously, the reins being grasped between these sleeves" (lines 10-18).
Date: July 25, 1882
Creator: Hyde, Leslie Russell
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Quilting Mechanism for Sewing-Machines.

Description: Patent for a quilting mechanism for sewing machines that attaches to a sewing table that extends "over and above and parallel with the overhanging arm of the machine" (lines 20-22), the arm is adjustable and detachable, a track-rail is attached to the end of the arm, and a quilting-frame hangs from the sheaves.
Date: September 25, 1894
Creator: Stafford, George A.
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Pruning Implement.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and efficient pruning implement meant to prune trees, cutting brush, and trimming hedges. It has a reciprocating knife, an improved hatchet-blade, and an extensible saw-blade "which is seated within a groove or recess in the shank of the implement and capable of being extended and held in operative position by means of a retaining-spring" (lines 16-20).
Date: November 12, 1895
Creator: Baiey, George M.
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Poultry Feeding and Watering Device

Description: Patent for "new and useful poultry feeding and watering device" (lines 5-7), including illustration and instructions.
Date: May 6, 1911
Creator: Wilson, W. C.
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Railway Cattle-Guard.

Description: Patent for a new and improved railway cattle guard, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 8, 1898
Creator: Mathis, Charles H.
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Oil Burner

Description: Patent for an oil burner. Illustration included.
Date: March 28, 1911
Creator: Kendall, Ernest L.
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Needle Threader for Sewing Machines.

Description: Patent for a new and improved sewing-machine needle-threader. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the slide-bearing of the needle-bar, of the slide, its stop and spring, and the pivoted funnel-guide having a squared bearing to engage the spring, and a face-groove in its small end to engage the needle" (lines 73-78).
Date: September 2, 1884
Creator: Bellah, William N.
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Portable Door-Fastener.

Description: Patent for a portable door fastener used to secure the door via the door frame.
Date: September 4, 1900
Creator: Lingle, Charles Llewellyn
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Return-Envelop.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in return envelops, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 31, 1898
Creator: Carter, Jessee M.
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Reaping-Machine.

Description: Patent for a reaping-machine that has grooved rollers spread throughout a recess in the base, slides where the rollers are mounted, horizontal movable shafts with pinions, racks on the slides that engage the pinions, a ring-driver wheel that surrounds the rollers and fits in the rollers with interior flanges, cutters, a belt extending from the rollers to the mechanism that operates the cutters, and a belt that connects the rolls. The cutter is a series of knives on a bar and springs that preve… more
Date: April 7, 1896
Creator: Rich, Benjamin F.
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Draft Attachment.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in shaft stirrups for vehicles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 11, 1899
Creator: Carter, Jesse M.
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Dust Guard For Vehicles

Description: Patent for a dust guard for vehicles. Illustration included.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Hollingsworth, Prentice K.
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Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a cultivator that has its frame and attachments are mounted on carrying-wheels, and the plows depend on the wheels. It is operated more easily than other cultivators.
Date: May 28, 1895
Creator: Aubrey, Henry W.
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Cotton-Seed Conveyer.

Description: Patent for a cotton seed conveyor, which sends cotton seeds out the bottom of cotton gins and into bins.
Date: October 26, 1909
Creator: Greeson, David H.
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Agricultural Implement

Description: Patent for an agricultural implement. Illustrations included.
Date: November 1, 1910
Creator: Oldham, William W.
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Cotton-Topper.

Description: Patent for a cotton-top trimmer that can be attached to a cultivator.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Griffith, Thomas K.
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Cotton Cultivator and Chopper.

Description: Patent for a cotton cultivator and chopper, with illustrations. The "invention pertains to that class of machines which are designed and employed for thinning out and cultivating rows of cotton plants" (lines 15-18).
Date: April 3, 1883
Creator: McCarty, Eugene
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Seed-Cotton Cleaning Machine

Description: Patent for a machine to clean seed cotton. This invention elevates and distributes cotton in the machine for beating, cleaning, and separating all matter from seed cotton on its way to the cotton gins. Illustrations included.
Date: October 2, 1906
Creator: Lamb, William R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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