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DRAFT-EQUALIZER

Description: Patent for a device to equalize the draft among 1-6 horses when attached to a plow.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: INGRAM, JOSEPH D.
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Cotton Seed Planter.

Description: Patent for "a new and useful edge drop feeder or seeder". (line 14)
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: C. W. Loe; Loe, C. W & Mitchell, T. L.; T. L. Mitchell
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Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for improvements in wire-stretchers by using a combination of winding-drum, a ratchet upon the drum and wire clutches for engagement with a wire to be stretched. Illustration is included.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Walls, Joseph A. & Boyter, Robert L.
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Windlass.

Description: Patent for a new and improved windlass. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a frame having the cross-bars near its lower and upper ends, the windlass-shaft journaled in the side pieces of the frame and having the balance-wheels and the pinion, the operating-gears mounted in one side of the frame and one of said gears meshing with said pinion, an upright mounted upon the lower front cross-piece of the frame and having a guide-pulley at its upper end, arms extending laterally from said … more
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Bridges, Thomas H.
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Improvement in Piano-Forte Actions.

Description: Patent for a new piano-forte action made of sheet-metal, including illustrations.
Date: April 1, 1879
Creator: Roedern, George O. V.
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Water-Elevator

Description: Patent for "an apparatus for use in connection with a well, whereby the well-bucket will be automatically elevated and emptied into a trough by the weight of the cattle that may come to the well to drink, the apparatus be ing particularly designed for use in the Western countries, where large numbers of cattle come to each well in herds" (lines 16-23).
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Campbell, George W.
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Improvement in Ant Traps

Description: Patent for the improvement of Ant traps, including to illustrated and labeled figures.
Date: April 1, 1873
Creator: Ames, Theodore G.
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Manifold-Writing Tablet.

Description: Patent for writing platform which allows for the creation of carbon copies.
Date: April 1, 1879
Creator: Morris, Robert, C.
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Portable Saw Mill.

Description: Patent for a new and improved portable saw mill. This design "is to produce a portable saw-mill of such cheap and economical plan as can be built and repaired in almost any locality. The invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts" (lines 12-17).
Date: April 1, 1884
Creator: Rodgers, William Crittington
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Stenographic-Writing Means

Description: Patent for improvements in stenographic-writing (typewriting). The object of the invention being "to provide a keyboard comprising keys to cooperate with suitable printing means, and to so arrange said keys...to facilitate the speed at which the writing can be accomplished" (lines 14-20).
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Ireland, Ward S.
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Spring-Bottom Camp-Bed

Description: Patent for an improved, less expensive, and easier to use camp bed granted to William Green Holden.
Date: April 1, 1884
Creator: Holden, William Green
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Puncture-Proof Tire

Description: Patent for improved armor in tires so they do not puncture as quickly or as easily, including illustrations.
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Hibbs, Cassell De
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Stump-Extractor.

Description: Patent for improvements in stump-extractor by utilize the hoisting or power machine to perform extraction on stump or for other weights. (Lines 12-14) This machine will be portable for “easily moved from point to point, and comprising means for the development of great power with a minimum exertion on the part of the animal or animals used to operate the machine and also within a comparatively small compass.” (Lines 20-25) Illustration is included.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Redman, Charley R.
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Sulky-Lister

Description: Patent for improved version of sulky-lister, with more effective spring between planter and lister-plow. Improvements include ability for covering disks to move downward and function at required drill depth.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Engelmann, Gustav
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Nut-Cracker.

Description: Patent for improvements in nut-cracker by using “a pair of bent handle-limbs pivoted together near the bends of the limbs, a hammer-block rigidly secured on the opposite end of each handle-limb; each hammer-block having a cavity, these cavities being formed in opposed ends of the hammer-blocks; a handhold in each handle-limb, and a guide-piece having parallel members affixed by their ends on one of the handle-limbs, and loosely embracing the other handle-limbs.” (P. 2, lines 42-51.) Illustratio… more
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Dickey, William V.
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Tire-Shoe

Description: Patent for a tire-shoe that would help reinforce damaged vehicle tires.
Date: April 1, 1919
Creator: Motl, Henry E.
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Tire Adjuster.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wheel adjuster. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the terminal tire-lugs having right and left screw-threaded sockets, of a right and left screw-stem, a turning block of substantially the same cross-section as the rim of the wheel, connected to the screw-stem so as to slide thereon but revolve rigidly together, and means . . . for locking the turning block to the terminal lugs" (lines 8-16).
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Surratt, George
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Punture-Healing Composition.

Description: Patent for "improvements in puncture healing compounds". A beeswax, paraffin, rosin, and linseed oil mixture will be injected into the innertube or other air compartment of a "pneumatic tire" and will repair any punctures without deteriorating the material of the inner tube.
Date: April 1, 1919
Creator: Weaber, Marie R. & Clemens, Hermann
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Horse Collar Fastener.

Description: Patent for a new and improved horse-collar fastener. This design "relates to certain new and useful improvements in horse-collar fastenings of that class designed to lock the two sides of the horse-collar and to permit of the ready separation thereof to facilitate the placing and removal of the collar when desired; and it has for its object to provide a simple and cheap device of this character wherein provision shall be made for the retention of the lever against the catch, and also means for … more
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Bomar, Thomas B.
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Plow.

Description: Patent for a plow designed with an implement to allow user to remove excess dirt from the blade as the plow is being used.
Date: April 1, 1879
Creator: Dyer, Charles V.
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Method of Destroying Stumps of Trees.

Description: Patent for a method of destroying the stumps of persimmon and sassafras trees using saltpeter, soda, and salt.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: McLelland, Jacob J. E.
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Motor.

Description: Patent for improving the “’multiple cylinder rotary engine’“ (lines 9-10) through "controlling devices" (line 24) that are both automatic and manual and help engine pistons function more effectively. This patent builds upon earlier patents regarding motor design by the inventor, and will connect to a generator concurrently patented by the inventor. Detailed explanations and illustrations included.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Walker, James C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Elevated Railway, &c

Description: Patent for improvements "to provide an improved track having provisions for readily tightening the track, each span or section being tightened by means of a single tightening device arranged, preferably. . . second, to provide an improved truck with guiding rollers or pulleys, the weight of the truck being carried upon yielding supports; third, a simple and improved swivel or turning device or connection between the car and track, whereby the turning of curves is more easily accomplished with a… more
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M. & Taylor, James P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dish-Washer

Description: Patent for a combined dishwasher and drainer.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Ervin, Ida
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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