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Wire-Stretcher

Description: Patent for new and useful multi-functional improvements in stretchers, specifically wire stretchers, with illustration (lines 10-15).
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Lowe, Elijah J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lock-Nut.

Description: Patent for a new and improved lock nut design, including illustrations, that efficiently and reliably "locks the nut against rotation upon the bolt" (lines 14-15).
Date: October 5, 1915
Creator: Mitchell, Thomas T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Indicating and Testing Apparatus.

Description: Patent for indicating and testing cylinders on multi-cylinder engines (such as gasoline) to show if any are misfiring, have leaking valves or rings, and show that the carburetor is properly adjusted.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Pittman, Mordaunt E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Wheel.

Description: Patent for a vehicle wheel that has hub casings, which keep the lubricating oil inside and dirt outside.
Date: October 31, 1911
Creator: Tatum, Franklin M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Tenoning-Machines

Description: Patent for an improvement in tenoning-machines, including saws, gauges, flanges, and hinged plates.
Date: April 18, 1871
Creator: Bourland, Melton S.
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Improvement in Saw-Set.

Description: Patent for an invention "which can be used for setting the teeth of all kinds of saws by hand, and without requiring and intricate machinery" (lines 15-18). The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: February 15, 1870
Creator: Harris, H. A.
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Improvement in Motors for Operating Churns.

Description: Patent for "a simple and effective motive power for operating the dashers of churns; and it consists of a suitable frame-work provided with a fly-wheel, operated by a pitman attached to a bar projecting from brackets on the side of an ordinary rocking-chair, said fly-wheel being provided with cogs upon one side, which mesh into the cogs on a smaller wheel, which caries a crank for operating the dasher of the churn, a suitable belt being arranged upon the rim of the fly-wheel and around a small … more
Date: January 15, 1878
Creator: Crump, Thomas J.
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Hydraulic Motor.

Description: Patent for a hydraulic motor designed for water intake through top ring.
Date: May 11, 1886
Creator: Cooper, Benjamin F.
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Oil Cup For Wagon Wheels

Description: Patent for oil cup for wagon wheels that enables the lubrication of the wheels without the need of removal.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Roberts, Flauzelle
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Surveying Instrument.

Description: Patent for new and improved surveying instrument for use "in calculating the distance between the point of 'setting up' and the target, without the use of the usual linear chain" (lines 12-15). Illustration and instruction included.
Date: March 7, 1916
Creator: Adams, J. S.
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Motor-Driven Impliment

Description: Patent for a motor-driven farming tool that can be used as a cultivator, planter, or plow. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Horn, Lafayette
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Press.

Description: Patent for a new and improved press. This design consists in "the combination of the manipulating-levers, the followers, and the toggle-arms, of which arms the outer ends of two are connected to the outer ends of the levers, while their inner ends are connected to the sides of the follower near its inner end, and the outer ends of the others are connected to the levers" (lines 96-102). The inner ends of these other toggle-arms have "their inner ends . . . connected to the sides of the other fol… more
Date: January 10, 1888
Creator: Gordon, Lorenzo Dow
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Plow.

Description: Patent for improvements in reversible plows: "The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the construction of reversible plows and enable them to be adjusted to any desired depth" (lines 9-12).
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: McKay, Robert B.
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Washing Machine

Description: Patent for a washing machine that works when submerged, or not submerged.
Date: October 31, 1916
Creator: Remley, William A.
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Rail Joint

Description: Patent for improvements in rail joints that use fish plates
Date: February 20, 1912
Creator: Bogard, James T.
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Photographic-Printing Machine

Description: Patent for a new and improved Photographic Printing Machine. The device allows for accurately positioning negative to contact accurately with printing paper.
Date: September 17, 1912
Creator: Loving, Roy R.
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Joint Means For Rails Or The Like

Description: Patent for joint designed to bolt together rails so as to prevent accidental displacement of the nuts and bolts. Illustration included.
Date: October 16, 1906
Creator: Kline, William Bennet
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Felly for Wheels.

Description: Patent for a felly for wheels designed to be used for a heavy wagon or cultivators. It consists of malleable iron with the inside edge being smaller than the outside, an indentation in the center going around the outside surface, and conical spoke sockets.
Date: June 12, 1894
Creator: Mosely, Jeremiah Thomas
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Egg-Crate.

Description: Patent for an egg-crate that has "hinged sections, the middle section being composed of a solid block with cavities top and bottom corresponding with cavities formed in the lower and the top surface respectively of the upper and the lower portions which fit on opposite sides of the middle solid portion, the said three portions or sections being hinged together and provided with a suitable fastening" (lines 16-25).
Date: February 6, 1894
Creator: West, James
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Cotton-Cupper

Description: Patent for improvements in the type of equipment known as cotton cupers.
Date: October 1, 1889
Creator: Wilder, Theodore C. & Wilder, Atwood, E.
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Shock Absorber

Description: Patent for an improved shock absorber design to be used in motorized vehicles in order to prevent damage caused by sudden stops and jolts to the vehicle.
Date: October 4, 1919
Creator: Davis, Francis M.
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Sash Holder And Fastener.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in sash holders and fasteners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1899
Creator: Guynes, Allen Perry
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Garment-Stretcher

Description: Patent for garment-stretchers that improve the stretching and pressing of garments to keep them in better shape. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 12, 1916
Creator: Carlson, Magnus
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saw-Swaging Machine.

Description: Patent for an improved saw-swaging machine that is used as "an anvil-die and an independent roller-die" (lines 17-18). "The saw may be swaged from the front of the tooth without scalloping or concaving the tooth and at the same time avoiding friction thereon" (lines 21-24).
Date: June 2, 1896
Creator: Shepley, Benjamin A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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