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Car Coupling

Description: Patent for a new coupling mechanism that will automatically couple railway cars together without human assistance.
Date: July 19, 1892
Creator: Faubion, John, Sr.
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Overalls

Description: Patent for overalls. Illustration included.
Date: March 2, 1909
Creator: Melasky, Seth A.
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Wire Stretcher

Description: Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date: July 17, 1906
Creator: Wright, Jessie T.
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Razor-Handle.

Description: Patent for a razor handle that has a safety guard for the blade.
Date: April 4, 1911
Creator: Wiederkehr, Edward
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Cover.

Description: Patent for a dust cover for mattresses and pillows, which is smooth when in place and is washable.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Forwood, David F.
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Tire-Tightener.

Description: Patent for a Tire Tightener that tightens the tire by expanding the felly of the wheel.
Date: October 31, 1905
Creator: Alten, George P.
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Match-Safe.

Description: Patent for a match box that is watertight and easy to open and close.
Date: February 12, 1907
Creator: Mitchell, Malcolm, E.
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Improvement in Saddle-Blankets

Description: Patent for improvement of saddle blankets through use of a layering of canvas and rubber. Illustrations of blanket in multiple profiles included.
Date: December 5, 1876
Creator: McCormick, John Robert
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Attachment for Cultivators &c

Description: Patent for a stalk cutter attachment for cultivators.
Date: July 2, 1912
Creator: Janosek, John A.
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Andiron.

Description: Patent for improvement of andirons, to accommodate fuel or sticks of wood and to burn either wood or coal fuel. Includes illustrations.
Date: December 1, 1891
Creator: Kimbro, Jeremiah H. & Kimbro, John A.
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Turbine Wheel.

Description: Patent for a new and improved turbine wheel. This design eliminates water friction and alleviates pressure on suspended buckets, causing them to last longer.
Date: August 17, 1880
Creator: Hallenbeck, Matthew L.
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Improvement in Horse-Powers

Description: Patent for improvement in horse-powers through gravity and tread-power of a farm animal, for use as a power source for farm equipment, with illustration.
Date: August 30, 1878
Creator: Blain, John Harvey
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Railway-Tie

Description: Patent for a railway tie that may be cheaply made from sheet or cast metal. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Brister, William T.
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Gate.

Description: Patent for an improvement to the construction of sliding gates that will "enable them to be readily opened by persons on horses and in vehicles and to be closed by them after passing through the gate." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 5, 1892
Creator: Shannon, Jefferson C.
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Seed-Planter.

Description: Patent for a seed planter in which the “plows is used in connection with the purpose of opening a furrow to receive the seed and for quickly covering the seed after it has been deposited.” (Lines 15-18) In addition, an auxiliary plow is attached “to work directly in front of the seed tube, as to provide the scattering of the seed and to cause it to be deposited directly into the furrow.” (Lines 29-32) Illustration is included.
Date: February 3, 1903
Creator: Ferriott, Charles L.
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Attachment for Cream-Separators.

Description: A patent for a strainer rack attachment "which is cheap and simple in construction, which may be very readily attached to the milk bowl supporting stand, and by means of which a strainer may be arranged over the milk bowl or turned back out of the way as desired." (lines 22-27)
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Miller, Charles
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Mop-Wringer.

Description: Patent for a mop wringer inside a bucket, which is permanently attached below the mouth of the bucket and still allows for buckets to be stacked for storage.
Date: May 24, 1910
Creator: Atkin, Samuel Thatcher
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Improvement in Gang-Plows.

Description: Patent for "a novel means of hanging the gang of plows beneath the draft-frame, in combination with levers and link-connections, whereby the plows can be adjusted to run at any desired depth, and firmly held after the adjustment." (Lines 18-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 21, 1875
Creator: McCormick, John R.
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Means for Securing Corks.

Description: Patent for "an improvement in means for securing corks in bottles, flasks, and jugs" (lines 10-12) including illustrations.
Date: March 13, 1888
Creator: Kincaid, James W.
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Fastener for Plow Points.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fastener for plow joints. This design consists in a plow-body, as well as "a hook upon its under side, a lever pivotally secured to the under side of the mold-board, a spring secured to the standard, and a link secured to the free end of said spring and engaging with the rear end of said lever" (lines 1-6).
Date: November 23, 1886
Creator: Brown, George Thomas
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Trace Carrier.

Description: Patent for a new and improved back-band buckle and hook. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the buckle formed with the central cross-bar having the teeth and having the side hooks and having the outwardly-projecting tongue formed with the transverse aperture at its lower end, of the hook-plate formed with the reduced upper ends and the hook at its lower end having the opposite slots, and the locking key" (lines 14-21).
Date: May 1, 1888
Creator: Crockett, Edward R.
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Tongue-Support.

Description: Patent for improvements to tongue supports. "One object of the present invention is to improve the construction of tongue-supports and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device designed to be connected with the ends of a doubletree and with the front axle and capable of supporting the front portion of the tongue or pole in an elevated position to relieve the neck of the draft- animals of the weight of the same" (lines 10-18). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: April 24, 1900
Creator: Brewer, Samuel H.
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Plow.

Description: Patent for a new and improved plow. This design is "to provide a plow adapted for steady and easy running, capable of combining therewith various styles of shovels or shears, and so constructing said plow as to be readily adjusted to form furrows of varying depths" (lines 9-14). This design consists, "with the beam and the loosely-depending standard provided at its lower end with a shovel, of the angular brace pivoted at its angle to the standard, adjustably connected at its upper end or branch… more
Date: December 9, 1890
Creator: Peterson, Hans
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Engine

Description: Patent for internal combustion engine.
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Box, Walter
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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