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Wrench.

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvement in monkey-wrenches to "provide an improved construction of the same whereby the clamping-jaws may be quickly and readily adjusted to the nut or tap which is to be engaged thereby" (line 19-23).
Date: December 28, 1897
Creator: Antony, Edwin Le Roy
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Low-Pressure Tire-Signal.

Description: Patent for a device that attaches to the valve of an automobile tire and creates a warning noise if the tire pressure is too low. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 5, 1911
Creator: Collins, Joseph M.
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Machine For Perforating Checks And Printing Thereon

Description: Patent for a machine for perforating checks and printing on said check. The printing application of the press represents dollar amounts rendering it impossible to change the type. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1903
Creator: Robertson, George Francis
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Well Mechanism

Description: Patent for a well mechanism. Illustration included.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
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Water-Heater

Description: Patent for a water heater operated by heating pipes and coils. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Wood, Charles A.
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Well-Screen.

Description: Patent for improvements in well-screen by providing a symmetrical strainer which having an exceedingly firm and rigid frame; it is constructed as to interpose the least obstruction to the straining operation. (Lines 21-25) Illustration is included.
Date: December 8, 1903
Creator: Karsch, George J.
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Windmill.

Description: Patent for a windmill, which transmits its energy better to the pump and can be adjusted into and out of the wind.
Date: December 13, 1910
Creator: Dwight, James L.
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Machine for Sharpening Gin Saws

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvements in machines for sharpening gin-saws. This invention is to "provide an improved machine of the character described wherein the saws may be sharpened without removing them" (line 10-12).
Date: December 14, 1897
Creator: Bradley, James M.
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Water Heater

Description: Patent for water heater. The invention is designed to use gas as fuel to heat the water heater. Illustrations included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Simpson, Ray C.
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Weed-Killing Train.

Description: Patent for a train car that kills weeds on the tracks with illustrations included.
Date: December 2, 1913
Creator: Orton, Ingomar François
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Lubricator

Description: Patent for "lubricators adapted to be used in journal boxes of card, in shaft bearings, and at any other point...to provide a lubricator which will adjust itself automatically to the member to be lubricated and which includes wiping means for removing surplus" (lines 7-10 & 15-18).
Date: December 15, 1914
Creator: Maness, William C.
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Machine-Brake.

Description: Patent for machine brake for regulating the speed of an automatic fan.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Reeves, Elijah Winston
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Vehicle.

Description: Patent for a wheel-vehicle structure used on farm, road, country or the city, including illustrations. Vehicle with pivot axles that eliminate the jerking and shaking caused by common vehicles.
Date: December 16, 1913
Creator: Drew, James W.
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Improvement to Clutch

Description: Patent for improvements in clutches used in traction vehicles that will allow the vehicle to go forward or in reverse. Instructions and illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Holt, Levi J.
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Keyless Padlock

Description: Patent for combination padlock.
Date: December 28, 1915
Creator: Moses, Richard
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Lever Mechanism for Baling-Presses.

Description: Patent for new and improved lever mechanisms specifically for hand baling presses to increase the amount of pressure exerted on the material being baled in a short stroke.
Date: December 23, 1913
Creator: Swan, George B.
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Life-Saving Raft.

Description: Patent for a life-raft composed of multiple airtight cylinders. The raft is adapted for use at sea in large quantiles aboard vessels.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Comer, Samuel A.
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Lock.

Description: Patent for a screen door lock which is both rotatable and slidable.
Date: December 28, 1915
Creator: Stockburger, Charles W.
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Valve For Internal-Combustion Engines.

Description: Patent for improvements on the piston sleeve valves of internal combustion engines which will supply power to the crank shaft. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 16, 1913
Creator: Morris, Otho A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Working Machine.

Description: Patent for improvements in Wire-Working Machines that forms hangers for "coats, trousers, and other clothing" (lines 11-12). Provides a more inexpensive, faster, and more accurate machine that uses less power, includes illustrations.
Date: December 16, 1919
Creator: Shelton, John F.
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Electric Switch

Description: Patent is for electric switch that minimizes other phone interference and limits each call to a single caller on the line. Two lines can be connected to the switch.
Date: December 4, 1917
Creator: Teare, J. W.
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Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for an improved wire-stretcher that tightens fence wire.
Date: December 1, 1885
Creator: Mullinax, Eli Stephens
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Wire Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a block carrying bails or loops, and longitudinally grooved, of racks mounted within said grooves, a crank-shaft carrying a pinion, said shaft being mounted in standards secured to the block, pawls arranged to engage with ratchet-teeth formed in the racks, and clamping-jaws fixed to opposite ends of the racks" (lines 87-94).
Date: December 14, 1886
Creator: Graham, Andrew Bascome
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Wire Splicer.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wire-splicer. This design "consist[s] of a handle having an integral lateral offset at one end, provided with a transverse perforation formed substantially in line with the handle, a groove being formed in the angle formed by the lateral offset and the handle, and an enlarged recess being formed in the side of the handle and top of the offset concentrically with the groove" (lines 53-61).
Date: December 13, 1887
Creator: Batters, William Francis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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