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Irrigating Apparatus.

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements in irrigation apparatuses. The design includes "a system of surface irrigation comprising a main supply tank, a series of reservoirs, pipes connecting said tank and reservoirs" (lines 95-98). It is intended to allow for irrigating large and small plats of land simply and efficiently.
Date: October 12, 1920
Creator: French, Horatio Benjamin
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Lantern-Top

Description: Patent for a lantern top that provides sufficient ventilation for the lamp or lantern. The arrangement of the lantern top provides sufficient communication between the interior of the lantern and the surrounding atmosphere to insure steady burning.
Date: October 5, 1920
Creator: Moore, Thomas Lindsay
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well-Boring Apparatus

Description: Patent for "new and useful improvements in well boring apparatus. The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of the character described embodying a rotary table and a novel means for connecting the same to the string of pipe, which extends down into the well and which is rotated by said table and in turn rotates the boring tool carried by the lower end of said spring of pipe" (lines 9-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
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Cotton Blocking Machine

Description: Patent for an inexpensive attachment to a cotton cultivator/checking machine to improve the intake capacity of the cultivator itself. The blocking machine would be used to replace the manual labor task of chopping cotton before insertion into the cultivator for processing.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: Ford, Barnie S.
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Wrench.

Description: Patent for new and useful improved invention of wrenches include both pipe wrenches and general-purpose wrenches particularly.
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Kirkpatrick, Otey R.
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Wrench.

Description: Patent for improving wrenches to reach "parts of machinery [that are] ordinarily difficult [to] access" (lines 12-13), specifically "used in removing or replacing the nut or nuts on a fourth connecting rod of a Ford motor [ . . . ] such rod being in a position difficult to reach by an ordinary wrench" (lines 17-21).
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Slagle, George R.; Garner, Arthur N. & Rushin, Willliam R.
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Trap.

Description: Patent for animal trap that has a mechanism in connection with spring traps, which is controlled by the closing of the trap, with U-shaped jaws that are spaced slightly apart in order to avoid severing or crushing the animals leg when the jaws of the trap closes. It is meant to prevent the animal from escaping by leaving its leg in the trap.
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Manning, James, Sr.
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Tractor.

Description: Patent for new and improved tractors on farms that are capable of pulling plows, cultivators, seed planters and other similar types of devices.
Date: October 5, 1920
Creator: Lindner, Hans
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Oil-Expressing Cage and Press.

Description: Patent for improvements to Oil Expressing Cages and Presses "for the extraction of oil from cotton seed cake or the like" (lines 11-12) that allows for multiple oil cakes and press plates which can be "readily inserted in or removed from the press as occasion requires" (lines 22-23).
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Henry, Nelson B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Surface-Treating Machine.

Description: Patent for a surface treating machine that improves support, where the surface treating member is "driven by intermediate means from a motor displaced from the member, together with means of effecting adjustments of the surface treating member with relation to the work" (lines 13-15), with illustrations.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: Clarke, Alex A.
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Swivel for Rotary Drills

Description: Patent for a swivel for rotary drills used for wells of oil, water, and gas. This swivel ensures no substances, such as sand, get into the parts of the drill that move.
Date: October 5, 1920
Creator: Humason, Granville A.
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Surface-Treating Device.

Description: Patent for a surface cleaning device that provides a continuously moving surface treating member which is bodily adjustable in a suitable support.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: Clark, Alex A.
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Peanut-Harvester

Description: Patent for peanut harvesting machine. It helps pull the peanut plant from the ground easily and aids in bunching them without having to use your hands.
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Phillips Willie Orman
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Overflow Separating Device.

Description: Patent for an invention that allows for the separation of materials, such as fluid, between two objects, one of higher altitude than the other, with minimal disruption at the surface of the lower object.
Date: October 5, 1920
Creator: Allen, Charles
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Rear Sight For Firearms

Description: Patent for rear sight firearm. To help aid in the night with rear vision and align for better direction when used during the night.
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Kaempfer Effie May Wagner
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Draft Attatchment For Tractors.

Description: Patent for Draft Attachment For Tractors for the improvement of farming tractors. This invention includes adding machinery to allow interchangeable farming tools for a wide variety of uses.
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Gaida, Wale
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Chopper

Description: Patent for a cotton-chopper which is steered using the feet, and where the chopping apparatus is adjustable and can be raised or lowered. The chopping apparatus also rotates, and the operator can adjust the speed of rotation. Patent includes illustrations.
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Engler, Charles
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Cotton-Chopper

Description: Patent for a cotton-chopper with two moveable, adjustable cutting apparatuses, which is operated using the foot. One of the cutters moves along the path of travel of the device and the other is stationary, as to prevent the chopper from pulling the cotton plant from the ground while cutting. Patent includes illustrations.
Date: October 5, 1920
Creator: Dawson, William L.
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Riveting-Machine and the Art of Riveting.

Description: Patent for improving riveting machines "used in the manufacture of leather and similar goods" (lines 12-13) such that "during the riveting operation the end of the rivet is spun and cut off to hold the bur or washer to its work" (lines 16-19).
Date: October 12, 1920
Creator: Shaw, Fred H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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