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Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "relates to that class of walking-cultivators or shovel-plows which are drawn by a single horse between two rows of plants, and which are frequently called 'double-shovel plows.' The leading object of the invention is to provide such a cultivator with two beams, each carrying a shovel, which beams are independently capable of vertical and lateral movements, whereby the operator can guide or lift the beams and shovels to avoid plants or obsta… more
Date: January 1, 1889
Creator: Jones, Fred B.
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Cotton-Gin

Description: Patent for a cotton gin which uses air blasts to clear cotton from the saws of the gin. Illustrations included.
Date: January 26, 1909
Creator: Lumpkin, Robert B.
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Cotton Reginning Machine

Description: Patent for a machine to process and clean cotton. The machine is called a Cotton Reginning Machine by the inventor, who intends for the machine to improve the grade of the processed cotton.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Wright, John W.
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Cotton-Gin.

Description: Patent for a cotton gin with novel saws that are constructed in sections and placed in a way to reach more cotton entering the device, including illustrations.
Date: January 19, 1915
Creator: Stephens, Louis K.
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Cotton-Press.

Description: Patent for an "apparatus adapted for continuously compressing and baling cotton in juxtaposition to the ginning machinery, by conducting cotton from the condenser to compressing rolls operating to progressively compress the fluffy mass into a compact bat or sheet which is laid in folds or laps and subsequently moved or transferred to a suitable baling press and subjected to final pressure to expel the air from between the folds or laps and enable the bale or package to be tied while under press… more
Date: January 8, 1895
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Ginning Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an improvement to cotton gins, allowing them to be constructed from a series of continuous shafts instead of pulleys, belts, and bearings. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 12, 1892
Creator: Murray, Stephen Douglas
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Running Gear.

Description: Patent for a new and improved running gear. This design consists "[i]n an adjustable axle, the combination of the squarely grooved or axle-tree, having [a] central square block, the spindles having inner square portions, having horizontal slots and vertical slots, vertical nutted bolts and horizontal nutted bolts, [and] having hooks adapted to have the draft-chains attached to them" (lines 74-81).
Date: January 9, 1883
Creator: Brosius, John M.
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Running Gear for Wagons.

Description: Patent for a new and improved running-gear for wagons. This design consists "[i]n a running-gear for carriages and wagons, the combination, with the axle provided with the collars of the stationary and rotary disks, and interposed anti-friction rollers mounted on arms projecting from disks, which are mounted on bolts, constituting axles for the rotary disks and the horizontal wheels and in the boxes" (lines 10-17).
Date: January 30, 1883
Creator: Mackey, Thomas Bell
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Garden-Hose Holder

Description: Patent for a garden hose holder that "will support the nozzle or discharge end of a garden hose" at adjustable heights and directions. The patent allows for the "stream of water [to be] directed from the hose in any desired direction and at any angle relative to the ground."
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Leslie, Lee B. & Feuerbacher, Max E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Safety-Guard for Cars.

Description: Patent for a safety-guard for cars that use a flexible netting in front of the car and has a double frame for support. It folds compactly when not in use.
Date: January 29, 1895
Creator: Champlin, William B., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fuel-compressor.

Description: Patent for crushing fuel and introducing a combustible liquid, the combination of which is compressed by a vibrating plunger to create fuel blocks suitable for easy handling.
Date: January 15, 1901
Creator: Patterson, Warren A.
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Mop

Description: Patent for a mop that by creates an attachment device and adds a piece to cushion the edge of the mop head. Illustrations included.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Wier, Harry A.
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Abrading Element For Tire-Patch Containers

Description: Patent for an improved tool that is affixed to tire-patch containers. It is used for abrading the surface of a tire to effectively roughen it (without the use of sandpaper) to allow the adhesion of a patch. Includes illustrations.
Date: January 4, 1921
Creator: Duffy, Jesse A.
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Device for the Disposal of Night-Soil, &c.

Description: Patent for a method of disposing of human feces "by water and the destruction of disease producing germs in the same in centers of population which are situated near running streams or large bodies of water" (lines 12-15).
Date: January 20, 1894
Creator: Busbee, Loranzo D. & Rosser, Charles M.
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Snuff - Package.

Description: Patent for a new and useful snuff-packages for the retail trade. This design is to "provide a receptacle in which the snuff can be packed and kept in proper condition until used" (line 9 - 11).
Date: January 18, 1898
Creator: Shaw, Wilber S.
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Grapple

Description: Patent for a grapple. This invention is designed to engage a building block so as to prevent injury from accidental disengagement. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Smith, George W.
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Electric Time Switch

Description: Patent for an electric time switch. This invention allows for an automatic opening of an electric line at a predetermined time. Illustration included.
Date: January 15, 1907
Creator: Chappel, James M.
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Drill-Bit

Description: Patent for new improvement in drill-bits. The object of the invention is to "provide the driller with advanced knowledge of the formation into which he is about to extend his main hole".
Date: January 11, 1921
Creator: Smith, Primus W.; Bookhout, John J. & Monce, Edwin W.
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Ice-Cream Freezer

Description: Patent for "an improvement in that class of ice-cream freezers in which the cream is taken up and frozen by contact with a revolving cylinder containing some refrigerant, and is removed therefrom by means of a suitable scraper" (lines 7-12).
Date: January 20, 1891
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
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Slat-and-Wire Fence-Machine.

Description: Patent for a simple and compact wire-fence machine that can be hand operated and aids in the construction of a wire fence. The machine stretches and maintains tension while twisting and securing the wire to a post. The machine also twists wires together.
Date: January 30, 1894
Creator: Haley, Anslem J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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