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Cotton Sweep.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton-sweep. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the frame, having the longitudinal beams and with the detachable shanks of the blades or points each composed of the outer long arm and the inner short arm, making the front angle of about forty-five degrees with each other, and having their lower front edges sharpened" (lines 83-90).
Date: May 8, 1888
Creator: Knight, Thaddeus Warsaw
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Cotton or Corn Planter

Description: Patent for novel improvements in the construction or production of cotton or corn planters.
Date: October 8, 1889
Creator: Hardison, Dock C. W.
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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

Fumigating Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a fumigating device that is designed to kill rodents using sulfur dioxid. The device is designed so that the sulfur dioxid can be aimed by the user.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Hawkins, Fletcher M.
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Cotton-Picker

Description: Patent for cotton picking in relation to the picking needle that is capable of longitudinal movement.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Johnson, Billie
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Cotton-Seed Linter

Description: Patent for a new Cotton-Seed Linter (relates to a new and useful form of cotton seed linter) which operates efficiently in and about oil mills or other places where cotton seed is reduced to commercial products.
Date: July 8, 1919
Creator: Voorhies, Felix E.
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Bale Band Tightener.

Description: Patent for a new and improved bale-band tightener. This design "is to produce a device by which one person may with ease draw a band tightly around a bale of cotton or other merchandise, in place of one that has by accident been broken" (lines 12-16).
Date: January 8, 1884
Creator: Willis, Robert L.
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Baling-press

Description: Patent for a baling-press that will prevent hay or other material from jamming the mechanisms used to bale it.
Date: December 8, 1900
Creator: Dennis, Felix Henry
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Baling Press

Description: Patent for baling press. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Robburts, George W.; Lemaster, Mike C. & Lemaster, Henry H.
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Cotton-Compress

Description: Patent for "a simple and efficient device and to secure economy in power and in construction" (lines 9-11).
Date: January 8, 1889
Creator: Taylor, George
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Cotton-Picker Finger.

Description: Patent that improves on existing design of cotton-picking spindles by using an elastic material instead of bristles. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 8, 1891
Creator: Canuteson, Ole
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Cleaning Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a cotton-cleaning apparatus made up of "a stationary foraminous case or drum having an inlet-opening in the upper side of its small end, a rotary shaft extending centrally through the case or drum and having a plurality of spirally-arranged at the large end of the foraminous case and having a discharge-pipe for conveying the cotton to the point where it is to be deposited or discharged - as, for instance, into gins or gin-feeders" (lines 9-19). The cotton goes in one end, the cotton … more
Date: October 8, 1895
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for an adjustable cotton chopper which allows for the chopper to be set to different heights (vertically).
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Seamon, Albert H.
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Garment.

Description: Patent for improved sport costume for, "indoor and outdoor exercises, horseback riding, and...streetwear." (lines 11-13) including illustrations.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: Copenhafer, Pearle Z.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Safety-Elevator.

Description: Patent for a elevator with a safety feature to prevent the car from falling rapidly to the bottom of the shaft if a cable breaks.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Dunlap, Henry William & Lumbley, Joseph Slater
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Seat - Action Flushing Apparatus.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in seat-action flushing apparatus. This design is to "provide a cistern into which the water is admitted only when the seat is occupied" (line 14-17).
Date: February 8, 1898
Creator: Ackley, George D.
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Sash Lock

Description: Patent for a sash lock. This invention pertains to railway cars. Illustration included.
Date: November 8, 1904
Creator: Hughes, Henry B.
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Safety-Razor-Blade Sharpener.

Description: Patent for a safety razor blade sharpener with an improved arrangement of the metal grinding elements and a novel blade holder that can hold various types of blades and sharpen both sides, including illustrations.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Hauser, Peter D.
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Scissors Hanger

Description: Patent for scissors hangers for sales people in stores that provides a pair of hooks that is "depending from a shank and connected by an arched guard strip" (lines 15-16) that forms a scissors holding element. The scissors hanger will also have a plate metal body that allows the hanger to be attached to the clothing of the wearer.
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Walker, William R.
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Ruffling Attachment for Sewing Machines.

Description: Patent for a new and improved ruffling attachment for sewing machines. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the flat main plate having the loop, of the ruffling-plate having its side at one end turned over parallel with its main portion, and provided with a spring tongue or plate that is inserted in the loop" (lines 59-63).
Date: July 8, 1884
Creator: Lauraine, Eugene G.
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Rotary Valve Mechanism.

Description: Patent for a rotary valve mechanism that regulates an internal combustion engine's intake of charge and release of exhaust.
Date: June 8, 1915
Creator: Harpst, Frederick E.
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Rotary Engine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved rotary engine to "utilize the motive agent to the fullest advantage" (line 11 - 12).
Date: August 8, 1899
Creator: Hays, James Thomas
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Ruling Machine

Description: Patent for a ruling machine. Illustrations included.
Date: November 8, 1904
Creator: Crozier, Harry C. & Clegg, Luther B.
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