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Improvement in Fire-Lighters.

Patent for a device which allows the lighting of "fires, lights, blasts, &c., by a person located some distance from the object to be ignited." (lines 7-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: November 18, 1879

Creator: Craig, Samuel M.

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Improvement in Ironing-Tables.

Patent for ironing tables in use with ironing machines. Consist of adjustable frame for stretching and holding garments for ironing.

Date: April 2, 1878

Creator: Becker, Rudolph

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Improvement in Paper Bags.

Patent for an improvement in paper bags with design specifications and a description of their functionality and usage, including illustrations.

Date: June 18, 1878

Creator: Alexander, Newton J.

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Improvement in Eyeglasses.

Patent for improvements to eyeglasses to accommodate facial differences.

Date: July 9, 1878

Creator: Hawkes, Albert K.

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Improvement in Joining and Fitting Hoof-Hooks.

Patent for "a new and improved Hoof-Hook or cleaner, for cleaning the hoofs of horses and mules" (line 3) including instructions and an illustration.

Date: September 15, 1868

Creator: Stanley, Frank

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Improvement in Elevators.

Patent for improvements in elevators, for lifting heavy objects. It includes a description and illustration.

Date: June 13, 1871

Creator: Bishop, Josiah

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Improvement in Methods of Forming Saw-Teeth.

Patent for "a rule for giving to the backs of saw-teeth such an angle as will allow the teeth to be made of proper strength and at the same time to be chambered out and pointed so that they will cut the wood like chisels instead of scraping or tearing the wood." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: December 19, 1871

Creator: Littlepage, Caleb V.

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Vessel-Propelling Device

Patent for a novel form of propeller in which a current of air or other fluid is forced under pressure through a port in the stern of the vessel causing propulsion.

Date: January 2, 1906

Creator: Carlson, Peet

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Improved Side-Saddle.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in side-saddles, and consists in forming the saddle-tress hollow, or with air-chambers within." (Lines 9-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: July 26, 1870

Creator: Smith, Fenwick

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Manual-Training Apparatus.

Patent for a new improvement in a manual training apparatus for teaching swimming without water. The device allows the exerciser to lie face down on the provided mat and turn cranks to simulate swimming motions.

Date: March 21, 1916

Creator: Hartnett, William J.

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Switch.

Patent for a switch for electrically operated elevator doors or gates that ensures their proper closing before the car travels through the shaft.

Date: May 18, 1915

Creator: Pitts, Hood & Covert, Frank M.

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Mold.

Patent for an inexpensive and simple mold with few parts and can separate easily. It is designed specifically to make semicircles and rectangular shapes, of concrete or earthenware. The mold also can be held together simply and inexpensively.

Date: February 2, 1897

Creator: Parker, William Sink

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Improvement in Postage or Revenue Stamps.

Patent for an improvement in postage or revenue stamps. Patent for postage or revenue stamp "composed of two superposed sheets or layers, A B, the top layer carrying the printed designs, having parallel incisions therein, and the bottom layer being provided with adhesive material on the back". Patent for postage and revenue stamps that cannot be re-used.

Date: July 10, 1877

Creator: Beaumont, David G.

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Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planter.

Patent for a "new and improved corn and cotton planter" (lines 3-4), to plant both cotton and corn seed,including instructions and illustrations. The configuration includes a new combination of parts.

Date: December 25, 1877

Creator: Domschke, Charles

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Three Wheeled Vehicle.

Patent for a new and improved three-wheeled vehicle. This design "has an advantage over a four-wheeled vehicle in dispensing with one wheel and one or more springs. It is more readily turned than a four-wheeled vehicle, and can more easily avoid collision with other vehicles when in motion. It also offers better facilities for entering and leaving the carriage, and a vehicle for this design and of equal strength with a four-wheeled vehicle will weigh twenty to fifty pounds less" (lines 73-82).

Date: January 4, 1881

Creator: Humbert, Prosper

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Improvement in Compositions Used as Building Materials.

Patent for making a new kind of building and fencing materials by using farm waste and inorganic settable ingredients such as quick-lime, clay or soil. No illustration.

Date: October 12, 1858

Creator: Raymond, N. C.

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Improved Water-Wheel.

Patent for the improvement of the water-wheel using curved buckets over a spiral water passage to increase power and volume, including illustration.

Date: February 8, 1859

Creator: Littlepage, C. V.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Millstone-Dress.

Patent for an improved millstone-dress that produce less heat while grinding by employing a greater number of furrows, including illustration.

Date: March 20, 1860

Creator: Littlepage, C. V.

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Improvement in Apparatus for Boring Artesian Wells.

Patent for improvement in pump-drills for boring artesian wells by “combining pump-valves and pistons with a drill for boring artesian or other wells” (lines 21-23), including illustration.

Date: April 17, 1860

Creator: Taney, John

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Improvement in Plows.

Patent for an improved plow to turn and reverse the mold-board by using a single bolt to secure the reversible mold-board onto the stock of a plow.

Date: May 15, 1860

Creator: Pitts, William C.

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Improvement in Hat-Ventilators.

Patent for improvement in mode of ventilating hats, bonnets, and or caps by “providing the inside of the head-coverings, at the point of contact with the head, with a liuing or an elastic spiral formed into a cushion, through which the air can freely circulate around the whole head.” (Lines 28-32) Illustration is included.

Date: March 30, 1869

Creator: Stremme, Conrad C.

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Square.

Patent for a square meant "to provide a simple and cheap steel square embodying also a level, an inclinometer, and mitrometer" (lines 13-15).

Date: September 15, 1896

Creator: Johns, John P.

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Hunting or Shooting Garment.

Patent for a coat for use while using firearms that has pads built into the shoulders to absorb the impact of the recoil of the gun and protect the shoulders from rubbing while carrying the gun.

Date: April 2, 1907

Creator: Petmecky, Fred

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Steam, Air, or Water Engine.

Patent for simplifying the construction of steam-engines allowing them efficiently use the power of steam" gas, vapor or air in varying positions, vertical, horizontal, or inclined.

Date: May 9, 1882

Creator: Adams, James A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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