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Valve.

Description: Patent for an improvement in the function and use of a valve which gets rid of the wire usually used to raise tank valves. Getting rid of this wire allows for easier drainage.
Date: January 20, 1914
Creator: Axtell, Fred W.
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Wood-Conveyor

Description: Patent for a wood-conveyor that will "provide a practical device for hauling or conveying wood from a sawing or splitting machine to a convenient place of stacking the wood" (lines 9-12).
Date: January 2, 1906
Creator: Hughs, George G.
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Wire-Tightener.

Description: Patent for a wire-tightener that stretches "the wire after it has been secured to the post, and to take up any slack which may exist therein, owing to causes arising subsequent to the first stretching of the wires" (lines 10-13). It has similar features of other wire-tightener but is simple and efficient.
Date: January 1, 1895
Creator: Glenn, John William
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Knob-Fastening.

Description: Patent for improved knob fastening where the door knob will be held in place without the use of screws for increased durability, including illustrations.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Collins, Horace B.
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Jail Cells.

Description: Patent for new and improved jail cells. This design calls for cell walls constructed of vertical sections secured by through-bolts, tubular bars for the concealment of the through-bolts, wooden corner-posts and sill and head timbers, and outer and main walls lined with sheet-iron (with narrow windows lined with chilled cast-iron) (paras. 15-19).
Date: January 29, 1878
Creator: Thomas, John S.
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Improvement to Lifting-Jacks

Description: Patent for the improvement of the lifting jack which allows the user to "lower the lifting bar by a step-by-step movement as well as to elevate the lifting bar by such a movement (lines 12-14). Includes instructions and illustration."
Date: January 12, 1915
Creator: Parker, Charles W. & Wittliff, Theodore H.
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Locomotive.

Description: Patent for an improved locomotive or traction-engine, with a series of water-shells, each containing "a series of fire-flues, a feeding-water heater, a pipe discharging steam" (lines 118-121), and a double-action plunger-pump.
Date: January 26, 1897
Creator: McCallum, Daniel W.
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Valve-Motion.

Description: Patent for "a variable cut-off valve-motion, and has for its object to provide simple and efficient and at the same time readily adjustable means for varying the points at which the ports communicating with the cylinder of a locomotive or other engine are opened and closed, in accordance with the load, the desired speed, &c." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 1, 1895
Creator: Shelb, Peter J.
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Stationary Boiler.

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvements in stationary boilers for " marine, locomotive, and stationary purposes" (line 14- 15).
Date: January 4, 1898
Creator: McCallum, Daniel W.
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Pump

Description: Patent for a pump whereby for use with deep wells. Pump uses relate to oil, water, sand and other articles. Illustration included.
Date: January 1, 1907
Creator: Butler, Thomas
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Heater

Description: Patent for an improved heater for heating water and utilizing exhaust steam.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Averitt, Robert W.
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Hanger For Draw Heads

Description: Patent for a hanger for draw heads. This invention is designed to support draw-heads in use with street-railways cars. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Savage, Harley G.
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Railway-Crossing.

Description: Patent for a railway crossing, which is simpler to build and maintain and more durable than previous railway crossing connections.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Hosmer, Arthur
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Puff Box

Description: Patent fora puff box. This invention is for face powder. Illustration included.
Date: January 3, 1905
Creator: Hosmer, Arthur
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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