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Umbrella-Holder.

Description: Patent for a new and useful simplicity umbrella holder for "use on sulky-cultivators of that class in which the seat-support is constructed to form a crotch" (line 9-12).
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Holcombe, William H.
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Injector-Burner.

Description: Patent for injector burner that provides rapid vaporization by maximum heating the walls of oil chamber and also has improved nozzle with oil outlet pipe. It has a detachable burner nozzle and maximum spread of flame is given by the burner-tip.
Date: December 9, 1902
Creator: Reagan, Edgar
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Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4298

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Validity of contract for the collection of delinquent taxes due the Lavernia Independent School District.
Date: March 31, 1942
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
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Water-Elevating Device.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive, efficient, and durable water-elevating device meant to be used in collecting water from wells, cisterns, &c., and can be used in domestic and commercial settings. "Power may be increased [in the invention] to enable an operator to raise large quantities of water with facility" (lines 13-15).
Date: April 30, 1895
Creator: Taylor, James B.
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Sulky-Plow.

Description: Patent for a sulky plow for three horses, which stops the plow pole from rubbing the middle horse.
Date: August 18, 1908
Creator: Marx, Otto H.
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Pump.

Description: Patent for a pump "of the double-cylinder type, in which a continuous and steady stream of water is sucked from the well and forced to the point of use, and in such a pump to provide means for operating the same, whereby the same power will be required to raise the plunger that it does to force the same downward, and to this end providing such improved mechanisms and connections which will evenly distribute the power exerted by the operator to actuate the pump" (lines 9-19).
Date: October 4, 1892
Creator: Smith, Millage Math.
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Process of Baling Cotton.

Description: Patent for improvement in process of baling cotton is to “heat the cotton-bat at a point between the gin-condenser and the pressing-rollers, exposing the heated bat while incompact to the action of dry air, then compress the cotton-bat into bale form.” (Page 2, lines 39-43) Illustration is included.
Date: April 29, 1902
Creator: Reagan, Edgar
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spring Draft Attachment.

Description: Patent for a new and improved spring-draft attachment. This design "is to do away with the ordinary doubletree . . . which is especially adapted for a two-horse vehicle, which . . . prevents the horses from pulling against one another, [and ] prevents the pole from swaying sidewise" (lines 10-18). It "consist[s] of a frame provided with an eye at one end and with a cross-bar near its center, a draw-bar having one end screw-threaded and provided with an eye at its other end and with a collar at … more
Date: July 26, 1892
Creator: Tiner, John F.
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Supporting Structure

Description: Patent for portable support stand for suspension weights. Made foldable for ease of use in outdoor farm work. Including illustration.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Neblett, Cyrus W.
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Thread-cutting Tool.

Description: Patent for a thread cutting tool developed to efficiently thread bolts, rods, and other parts without damaging the ends of the thread, includes illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Newman, Malcolm A.
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Swingletree Clip

Description: Patent for providing an improved form of swingletree clip which is simple in construction, may be cheaply made and in which the eye which connects the hook to the clips swiveled so that the hook may rotate and thus there will be no change of disengagement between the draft connections and the swingletree.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Leasman, John D.
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Roller-Press.

Description: Patent for roller-presses that form cylindrical bales from cotton-bat delivered from the gin-condenser to the press. The invention is meant to make the structure more compact and lighter, with greater strength and capacity; to relieve friction; to automatically change pressure as the bale increases; to form the bale without a core; and to improve various aspects of completing the bales.
Date: April 29, 1902
Creator: Reagan, Edgar
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Roller Press

Description: Patent for improvements of roller presses with speed and "to form a cyndrical bale of the cotton-batting" (lines 12-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 10, 1900
Creator: Reagan, Edgar
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Flue Scraper

Description: Patent for a new and improved boiler tube scraper which will allow for easier insertion and removal, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Lorenz, William Adam
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Refrigerator.

Description: Patent for an efficient refrigerator meant to preserve meat, dairy, and produce. The refrigerator uses evaporating water to cool the food, not ice. There are inner and outer layers, a large water pan with vertical drip openings, and inner screen walls.
Date: April 17, 1894
Creator: Denson, Joseph
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Self-Filling Fountain-Pen and Locking Device Therefor.

Description: Patent for a new self-filling fountain pen with a locking device, designed "to provide a fountain pen by which in use of a piston rod on the principle of a suction pump the pen can be easily, fully and securely filled and easily cleaned, and which being provided with detachable parts may be prepared readily when worn or broken" (lines 10-15), which includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Stevens, Thornton
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Peanut-Digger.

Description: Patent for a peanut digger that will go underneath the peanuts, cutting off the tap roots, which preserves the soil because "the soil does not lose the nitrogen contained within the roots." (lines 25-27)
Date: June 11, 1918
Creator: West, Wade H.
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Piano.

Description: Patent for a new piano "in which the strings are vibrated through the medium of a bow, as in a violin, instead of being struck with hammers in accordance with the usual method" (lines 8-12), including illustrations.
Date: June 5, 1900
Creator: Holcombe, Edgar L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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