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Stalk Knocker.

Description: Patent for a new and improved stalk knocker. This design consists in "the combination, with the running-gear of a wagon, of a frame-work mounted thereon and provided with vertically-adjustable hangers at its rear end carrying stalk-knockers and their shaft, a diagonal adjustable brace connecting the hanger and the frame-work, and a driving-pulley formed in sections, having spoke-embracing lugs, and connected to the knocker-shaft by means of a belt" (lines 10-18).
Date: November 8, 1887
Creator: Allen, William A.
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Steam-Engine

Description: Patent for "a new and improved steam-engine in which the motive agent is utilized to the fullest advantage" (lines 8-10).
Date: July 8, 1890
Creator: Robey, James G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spike.

Description: Patent for improvements in spikes, in which when the spike is driven into a tie, it will not turn (line 11-12). Illustration is included.
Date: July 8, 1913
Creator: Daniels, Winfield S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Speed-Recording Instrument

Description: Patent for a speed reader that can measure the speed of a vehicle with the functions of both indicator and clock to record any unauthorized usage during the day
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Austin, Albert A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pneumatic-Cushion Support for Automobile-Bodies.

Description: Patent for "an improved pneumatic cushion support between the body of the automobile or other vehicle and the running gear [...] to not only produce a device for neutralizing or overcoming the recoil or rebound, but to provide a pneumatic or compressed air support for the body" " (lines 14-21), including illustrations.
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Sullivan, Joseph M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Purification of Gases.

Description: Patent for the purification of gases. The object purifies gases by transporting them through an electric discharge to convert sulfur into other forms of gas.
Date: December 8, 1914
Creator: Hall, Elmon L.
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Surgical Instrument.

Description: Patent for a surgical instrument for use in tonsillectomies.
Date: November 8, 1910
Creator: Gwinn, George Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sliding-Door Latch.

Description: Patent for "a latch applicable to the sliding doors of common carriers, dwellings, and the like" (lines 10-12), to keep sliding doors shut. Illustrations included.
Date: July 8, 1913
Creator: Merritt, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator Attachment.

Description: Patent for a cultivator attachment - an extra component added to an earth tilling machine to adjust the harrow teeth and the path of earth disposed. Illustration included.
Date: February 8, 1913
Creator: Moody, Joseph E.
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Manufacture of Vinegar.

Description: Patent for the specifications for manufacturing a certain vinegar using melons.
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Page, James Benton
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Switch-Stand.

Description: Patent for switch stands improvement with the inclusion of a signal to notify the user when the switch operating mechanism is on (danger) or off (safety).
Date: December 8, 1914
Creator: Philips, Smith F.
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Packing-Box.

Description: Patent for packing-boxes to improve and simplify devices such as plunger pumps, piston rods, and valve stems.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Snell, William T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut-Lock.

Description: Patent for a nut lock for railroad tracks, which will prevent rail bolts from unscrewing.
Date: June 8, 1909
Creator: Mills, Thomas M.
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Milo-Maize and Kafir Corn Header

Description: Patent for a corn header that uses vertically adjustable heading devices that allows for some flexibility of the heading device with one of the ground wheels of the machine.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Jackson, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mold and Mold Hoisting Apparatus for Building Concrete Walls.

Description: Patent for a new and improved concrete-raising apparatus. This design "consists in a mold in which a course of a wall can be formed, and in devices for raising the mold in the formation of another course. The invention also consists in details of construction and combination of parts" (lines 12-17).
Date: July 8, 1884
Creator: Carrico, Thomas Willson
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Mechanical Motor.

Description: Patent for a new and improved motor. This design consists, "with the frame having the side and end slots, of the two drive-wheels and their springs, the movable spring-actuated shaft having the central pinion, the pivoted lever, the catch of the same, the crank-shaft formed with the central crank and having the pinion, the connecting-pitman, the pivoted adjustable fan-rod formed with the series of apertures near its upper end and along its central part, the adjustable weight, and the connecting… more
Date: May 8, 1888
Creator: Haines, Samuel Alfred
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Paper-Guide

Description: Patent for a paper guide for paper and carbon paper for typewriters.
Date: October 8, 1912
Creator: Davis, Alice Urilla
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Trolley Wire Finder

Description: Patent for a trolley wire finder. This invention to improvements in trolley-wire finders, and more particularly to its attachment to trolley-poles and trolley-harps as a means of assistance in guiding the trolley wheel has been shifted from or slipped off said trolley-wire and is of advantage as a means of saving time." (8-16). Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Barnhusrt, William
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Tire - Bolt Wrench.

Description: Patent for a new and improved tire-bolt wrench. This design is to "provide a new and improved wrench which is simple and durable in construction" (line 7 - 9).
Date: February 8, 1898
Creator: Willey, Lewis C.
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Nut-Lock.

Description: Patent for a nut lock, which stops the nut from rotating.
Date: December 8, 1908
Creator: Brown, John J.
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Nail.

Description: Patent for a nail with a spike attached to it.
Date: November 8, 1910
Creator: Hansen, Christian
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Means for Operating Blowers.

Description: Patent for the improvement and simplification of the construction of blowers and to enable a forge-blower to be readily operated by the foot, to leave the hands of the operator free. Includes illustration.
Date: December 8, 1891
Creator: Murphy, Thomas A.; Murphy, John H. & Carroll, J. Y.
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Mailless Horseshoe.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in horseshoes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 8, 1899
Creator: Hewitt, John Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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