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Seed Planter.

Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design "entirely do[es] away with the use of belts in the operation of the two dropping-cylinders, so that there will be no slipping of the belts upon the pulleys, and thus caus[ing] the seed[s] to be planted at different distances apart" (lines 22-27).

Date: August 24, 1880

Creator: Ward, Michael

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ice-Cream Freezer.

Patent for an ice-cream freezer that has "a novel construction and relative arrangement of the refrigerating box and the cream cups as will be described whereby to secure a more compact and convenient arrangement of cups and also to effect a rapid and thorough freezing of the cream as desired" (lines 9-14).

Date: March 20, 1894

Creator: Stidham, James S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Door.

Patent for a new and improved car door. This design "has for an object to provide a simple and convenient construction by which the door, which is mainly intended for grain-cars, may be pressed firmly against the bottom of the car and fastened, so it will not shake loose in making a trip, may be easily started in opening, and will be efficient and durable" (lines 8-14).

Date: January 18, 1887

Creator: Ferguson, George Jones

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fumigator for Insects.

Patent for a portable fumigator for insects that uses poison laden steam and has a simple, compact, and inexpensive construction. It has a "tubular casing having a liquid-containing tank located within the same, and also having a tampering heating chamber and smoke flue, of a steam pipe located within said tapering chamber and a suitable spirit lamp" (lines 16-20).

Date: June 18, 1895

Creator: Hammer, Willie Alice

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Brake.

Patent for an improvement "in the application of power to car brakes, whereby the slack is quickly and automatically absorbed, and a powerful leverage is secured, and a perfect equalization of the leverage at each end of the car is obtained, and the convenient and safe adjustment of the brakes in regard to the wheels is effected, and any particular alignment of the brake cylinder in regard to the car body is avoided as the cylinder in regard to the car body is avoided as the cylinder may be pla… more

Date: June 20, 1893

Creator: Ferguson, George J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the draw-head, the coupling-hook supported therein and having a limited longitudinal movement, the front edge of said hook being formed with inclined faces . . . and a vertical face arranged to engage proper faces in the draw-head, the forward movement of said hook being limited by [the] inclined faces . . . and vertical face, and its backward movement of bolt or stud and its upward movement … more

Date: January 18, 1887

Creator: Ferguson, George J.

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Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists "[i]n a car-coupling, the combination of a recessed draw-head having abutments . . . and a transverse ridge, of a link adapted to rock on said ridge, a pivoted coupling-hook carrying a diagonally-projecting pin near its forward end, and a spiral spring arranged diagonally above the coupling-hook and surrounding said pin" (lines 93-100).

Date: November 17, 1885

Creator: Nutting, Adrain

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Armor Unit for Gunners

Patent for armor that can be mounted on gunners units..

Date: November 28, 1916

Creator: Spence, John J.

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Cotton-Seed Cleaner and Huller

Patent for a cottonseed cleaner and huller. Illustrations included.

Date: February 15, 1910

Creator: Vanlandingham, William Wallace

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Adjustable Metallic Trunk-Strap.

Patent for an adjustable metallic trunk strap that connects in multiple directs so that they will reinforce the trunk while allowing it to be opened. It includes illustrations of the strap on the trunk and various components in detail.

Date: December 4, 1906

Creator: Mertins, John Lewis

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for improvements to cotton-choppers inculding illustrations.

Date: April 13, 1915

Creator: Hamilton, Robert

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Bolster Bearing

Patent for Bolster Bearing

Date: November 21, 1916

Creator: Hayes, Richard S.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fishing-Rod Handle.

Patent for a fishing rod handle that also functions as a pistol.

Date: October 7, 1919

Creator: Key, Henry C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Fence Tool

Patent for a wire fence tool that is a combination of a hammer, wire splicer, and a wire cutter (in a metal base construction). This tool performs the ability to cut and adjust wires without any additional components.

Date: March 9, 1915

Creator: Murphy, George W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ironing-Table

Patent for ironing tables that can be knocked down and packed into a small compass for transportation or storage.

Date: April 29, 1913

Creator: Kennedy, William J.

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Recording Door-Lock

Patent for "a continuous-recording lock suitable for bonded warehouses, factories, stores, public buildings, offices &c., and by a slight modification applicable, also, for private residences" (lines 7-11).

Date: January 1, 1889

Creator: Ferguson, George J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Poultry-Feeder.

Patent for a poultry feeder machine that automatically releases feed when a chicken pecks at the bait suspended from a lever. It helps prevent wasting the feed, including illustrations.

Date: August 15, 1916

Creator: Seamans, John D.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay or Cotton Press

Patent for a hay or cotton press. "The invention consists, broadly stated, in a press mounted on wheels, adapting it to be hauled along a windrow in position to receive hay picked up with a fork by a man walking on the windrow side of the press." (lines 10-14). Illustrations included.

Date: June 9, 1903

Creator: Hamilton, Robert

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Riveting-Machine.

Patent for improvements on a riveting machine that includes a moveable anvil and a clenching hammer and also increases strength, durability, and efficiency of the machine.

Date: May 15, 1917

Creator: Norris, Henry O.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Riveting-Machine.

Patent for an improved riveting-machine meant to rivet "metal binding and protecting strips, or fastening clasps" (lines 12-13) in the production of item carriers and used to "secure one or more mental binding strips of any desired shape in place" (lines 18-20) upon certain materials, including illustrations.

Date: April 11, 1916

Creator: Porter, Burr E. & Norris, Henry O.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay-Press.

Patent for a simple and effective hay-press that consists of a plunger, a spring actuated toggle lever that is connected to the plunger, a toothed segment on the lever, a draft attachment with a toothed section that lines up with the toothed segment on the lever, a tongue, a disk connected to the tongue, a cross bar on the frame, plates attached to the cross bar, a pitman, a brake, and a mechanism that throws the brake into action.

Date: October 24, 1893

Creator: Wilson, Albert G.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clothes-Line.

Patent for Clothes-Line that is to supply an endless amount of clothesline in order to facilitate easy placement and/or removal of clothing from the line.

Date: October 15, 1918

Creator: Anderson, Chester A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fumigator.

Patent for a fumigator for spraying boll weevil insecticide on cotton, which generates the insecticide gas, sprays it while moving across the field, and keeps the gas in close proximity to the plants for a short time for thorough treatment.

Date: July 23, 1907

Creator: Fuller, Menzo Reed

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Engine

Patent for "new and useful improvements in engines" (lines 5&6). "This invention relates to engines and more particularly to twin engines of the hydrocarbon or internal combustion type" (lines 8-10).

Date: December 15, 1914

Creator: Moore, William W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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