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Plane for Aeroplanes.

Description: Patent for plane for airplanes that imitates bird flight (without added power) once an airplane has reached the desired altitude.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: McCarroll, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Meter.

Description: Patent for a simple and inexpensive electric meter that measures and records "the time during which an electric translating device, such as a motor or light, is connected with the source of supply, such as a dynamo-electric machine, located at a central station" (lines 11-15). Anyone can understand how it works, and it is more accurate than other meters.
Date: January 7, 1896
Creator: McGrath, William H. & Oram, John M.
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Drawers and Pantaloons.

Description: Patent for new and improved pants. This design consists in "[a] pair of pantaloons, each leg of which is composed of a single piece, having the two edges and extended from the crotch to the foot of the leg, said extended portions being lapped one upon the other and united by the double lines of stitching, one in front and the other in rear of the usual line of the inside seam, whereby the leg is given a double thickness on the inside, and a smooth unbroken surface, adapting them to be worn in t… more
Date: July 7, 1885
Creator: Blake, Samuel Diggs
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Draft-Equalizer.

Description: Patent for Draft Equalizer. Patent states this invention "relates to the new and useful improvements in draft-equalizers" (lines 10-11). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 7, 1919
Creator: Dudley, Thomas J. & Bryant, Marvin H.
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Baling-Press

Description: Patent for a baling press for hay which is more efficient at compressing the hay than previous machines.
Date: April 7, 1908
Creator: Stopple, John J.
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Fruit-Steamer.

Description: Patent for a new and useful fruit steamer for vegetables, canning fruits, &c., including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1899
Creator: Henderson, Alfred Jasper
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Seed-Cotton Feeder.

Description: Patent for a gin feeder that carries "the cotton forward, and is provided with some one or more of many additional devices to regulate the amount delivered by the conveyer, independently of the amount that may be in the feeder, provided only that the supply be not to scanty" (lines 13-18). Other feeders do this, but the patent is for an especially simply designed and does not use a belt conveyer. It also does not wear out easily.
Date: November 7, 1893
Creator: Elam, William Erwin
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Shank-Stiffener and Heel-Plate for Shoes.

Description: Patent for "shank stiffener and heel securing plate for use in the manufacture of shoes or in the repair work" (lines 25-27) to prevent or repair buckling, loosening, and breaking of heels due to shanks of soles being made from "leather, compressed paper, or steel" (lines 18-19) which historically have not been able to support the heel of the shoe.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Cobler, Lee Ora
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Revolving Bag Holder

Description: Patent for a revolving bag holder. Illustration included.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Thompson, Oscar S.
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Acetylene Gas Generator

Description: Patent for an acetylene gas generator. illustration included.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Wyatt, William J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Design for a Badge.

Description: Design patent for a badge that has a near-rectangular body with additional ornamentation.
Date: December 7, 1886
Creator: Lukanitsch, Joseph & Cosman, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fuel Vaporizer for Carburetors.

Description: Patent for "an improvement in fuel heaters or vaporizers for use with carburetors for hydrocarbon fuel engines" (lines 9-12). The device "can therefore utilize those hydrocarbons of specific gravity much higher than gasoline, as fuel for internal combustion engines, with safety and with more economy than has heretofore been deemed possible." (lines 106-111).
Date: February 7, 1922
Creator: Smith, Maurice O.
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Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for a cotton chopper, which cut the cotton into hills of equal distance apart.
Date: December 7, 1909
Creator: Alexander, Winston B.
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Attachment for Band-Saws

Description: Patent for an attachment for band-saws.
Date: April 7, 1903
Creator: Catudal, James
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Plow

Description: Patent for a plow.
Date: April 7, 1903
Creator: Mills, Fredrick A.
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Cotton Huller, Cleaner, and Gin-Feeder

Description: Patent for an "improved cotton huller, cleaner, and gin-feeder adapted for separating the hulls and foreign substances from the cotton, ... and feeding the seed-cotton to a gin" (line 8-12) illustrations included.
Date: July 7, 1903
Creator: Larson, Eric B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gin Brush

Description: Patent for gin-brush relating to the speed and convenience in removing and replacement of rotatable brushes for cotton gins.
Date: August 7, 1917
Creator: Murray, Stephan D.
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Grain-Planter.

Description: Patent for an inexpensive, simple, and durable grain planter that plants large grains like corn, peas, and wheat. The improved machine is perfectly timed and does not crush the seeds.
Date: February 7, 1893
Creator: Yarbrough, Orceneth Fisher
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Kitchen Cabinet

Description: Patent for a knock-down kitchen cabinet.
Date: August 7, 1882
Creator: Billington, Theophilus
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Sight-Feed for Planters.

Description: Patent for a sight-feed for planters with a rotable feed-disk brings the seed to the spout. "The operator who is following the planter may be enabled to accurately observe the workings of the same and the delivery of the seed, and thus see at all times that a proper planting is taking place" (lines 17-21).
Date: January 7, 1896
Creator: Schofield, James Drommond
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fish-Catching Device

Description: Patent for an improvement in fish-catching devices which provides a bait-holding device in a horizontal position and the ability to completely conceal the fish-catching device within the bait, including illustrations.
Date: February 7, 1922
Creator: Riza, George P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Buckle.

Description: Patent for a new and improved buckle. This design consists "[i]n a harness-buckle, the combination, with the frame, provided with a tongue-bar having two tongues thereon and a tongue-bar having a single tongue thereon, of a clasp-rest and a hinged clasp near opposite ends of the buckle-frame" (lines 77-82).
Date: October 7, 1884
Creator: Daniel, Ellison Armistead
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Automatic Service-Switch.

Description: Patent for a new automatic service switch "which will be entirely concealed within a casing ordinarily kept locked, thus preventing any unauthorized parties from endangering themselves by tampering with the switch, and furthermore impeding any attempt to defraud the company furnishing the current by rendering the switch difficult to access." (lines 35-42) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Wetter, Ralph E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baggage-Fastener

Description: Patent for a baggage fastener which ties around the box securely.
Date: December 7, 1909
Creator: Moses, Jacob Bernhard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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