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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.
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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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Telegraph-Key.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in telegraph keys, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 4, 1898
Creator: Lewis, Frank E.
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Antislipping Device for Tires

Description: Patent for a device intended to decrease slippage of vehicle tires on roads that are either damaged or otherwise hard to navigate due to weather conditions.
Date: September 4, 1919
Creator: Edwards, William J.
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Boiler-Flue Cleaner.

Description: Patent for a new and useful boiler flue cleaner, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 4, 1898
Creator: Hamilton, Ninian B.
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Medical Compound

Description: Patent for a medical compound which "when taken internally, is a cure for gonorrhea, gravel, dysentery, and diarrhea, and when applied externally a cure for rheumatism" (lines 12-14).
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Mendez, Jesus M.
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Spark and Dust Arrester for Cars

Description: Patent for prevention of sparks and dust from entering vehicles.
Date: September 4, 1900
Creator: Stanley, May
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Penholder.

Description: Patent for a pen holder with an adjustable attachment that wraps around the forefinger. Illustrations included.
Date: September 4, 1900
Creator: Ward, George Cooper
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Fishing Device

Description: Patent fora fishing device. This invention is designed for surface and deep water trolling. Illustration included.
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Barnes, Edwin & Barnes, Barney Dack
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Adjustable Nailless Horseshoe.

Description: Patent for an adjustable horseshoe with cost efficient, replaceable fittings. Illustrations included.
Date: September 4, 1900
Creator: Fenley, Harriet R.
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Proportionate Scale.

Description: Patent for a proportion scale used for measuring cotton seed and lint. Illustration included.
Date: September 4, 1900
Creator: Brown, George R.
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Eccentric Cylinder Rotary Engine

Description: Patent for eccentric cylinder rotary engine. Illustration included.
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Stanford, George W. & Smith, Louie F.
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Improvement in Railroad-Switches.

Description: Patent for a railway switch for wooden or iron railway-tracks.
Date: September 4, 1877
Creator: Harding, John W.
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Screen Door

Description: Patent for a screen-door with a gate at the bottom that can be lifted to allow sweeping trash through and for placing small packages through while the door remains closed.
Date: September 4, 1902
Creator: Lynch, E.
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Register for Odometers.

Description: Patent for improvements in odometers for harvesting machines. The harvester can then calculate the amount to charge for harvesting.
Date: September 4, 1894
Creator: Shields, Augustus O.
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Combined Sword and Pistol.

Description: Patent for improvements in combined swords and pistols where the "pistol is supported by the sword blade adjacent the handle portion" (lines 11-12). The invention allows the "barrel portion of the pistol to be broken down or moved" (lines 15-16) to help with emptying the barrel and an adjustable sword handle to aid in the use of the pistol; includes illustration.
Date: September 4, 1917
Creator: Wigiert, Joe J.
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Cotton Cleaning and Extracting Machine.

Description: Patent for an apparatus that improved the cleaning process for machine-processed boll cotton. The invention made it possible to extract more lint cotton from closed bolls which were typically unharvestable by traditional machine-based cotton gins. The machine also improved success in late fall or winter cotton harvesting by allowing bolls containing hard-to-reach cotton to be processed.
Date: September 4, 1918
Creator: Blackmon, Enoch J.
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Hand Rest.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hand rest. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the standard, the lever supported thereby and provided with a guide wire or rail, and the hand support comprising a roller mounted on said rail, an elastic strap depending from the roller, and a finger-receiver secured to the lower end of the strap" (lines 62-68).
Date: September 4, 1888
Creator: Brown, Martin Luther
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Cotton-Chopper.

Description: This is a patent for "new and useful improvements in a combined cultivator and chopper" (lines 5-7). The new improvements include a combination chopper and cultivator that will maneuver on both sides of a row of cotton crop.
Date: September 4, 1897
Creator: Latta, William D.
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Fifth-Wheel

Description: Patent for fifth-wheels for vehicles of that form in which a turn-table containing ball-bearings is employed &c., &c." (lines 7-9) including illustrations.
Date: September 4, 1900
Creator: Fouts, Hiram Cicero
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Wire Stretcher and Splicer.

Description: Patent for a simple and inexpensive wire stretcher and splicer that can easily connect to a post and use it as an anchor while stretching wire. The invention also draws wires together and re-connects them. A crank makes the device easy to use.
Date: September 4, 1894
Creator: Marshall, Otto
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Switch-Stand.

Description: Patent for a switch-stand for railroads with a vertically movable crank bar that is easily locked into position and a cam lever. The invention is operated more easily than other switch-stands.
Date: September 4, 1894
Creator: Driever, Benjiman F. & Mixon, James W.
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Corn or Cotton Planter

Description: Patent for improvements on corn or cotton planters, especially referring to patent no. 692,646. These improvements are meant to "Simplify the means of adjusting the position of the plows and seed-dropper, to improve the frame construction, and in general to simplify and improve the whole machine" (lines 16-19) Includes instructions and illustrations
Date: September 4, 1903
Creator: Simmons, Gideon B.
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Combined Cotton Separator and Distributer.

Description: Patent for a simple and efficient cotton separator and distributor that elevates and moves cotton from a wagon into a gin. It has supply and suction pipes, an air-tight cotton distributing box with an opening on one side and a gravity drop door on the other, a mechanism that moves the box in and out of the line of suction of the pipes, and a group of circular distributing boxes that rotate between the pipes.
Date: September 4, 1894
Creator: Paine, Herbert A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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