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Improvements in Sash-Lock

Description: Patent for an improvement on sash locks or fasteners for a window frame to allow two sashes to be controlled by one sash.
Date: June 16, 1903
Creator: Miller, John D.
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Vehicle Wheel.

Description: Patent for a new and improved vehicle wheel. This design is "to improve the felly-expanding devices, to provide a strong, durable, and efficient metallic connection between the spoke and felly, to provide novel means whereby the expanding movement of the felly is amplified by a partial rotation of a screw, and to otherwise improve vehicle-wheels" (lines 13-20).
Date: December 16, 1890
Creator: Ashford James A.
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Valve For Internal-Combustion Engines.

Description: Patent for improvements on the piston sleeve valves of internal combustion engines which will supply power to the crank shaft. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 16, 1913
Creator: Morris, Otho A.
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Lock-Escutcheon.

Description: Patent for a lock escutcheon, which can be attached to the door on either side and which does not require carpentry expertise to install.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Magruder, Paul K.
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Trap

Description: Patent for a trap for rodents. The invention consists of multiple doors for actuation by the weight of the rodent. Illustration included.
Date: April 16, 1907
Creator: Yturri, Henry
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Water-Closet Flush.

Description: Patent for a siphon flushing apparatus for water-closets in which it will regulate the quantity of the water being discharged at each flushing; at the same time it can prevent water leakage. Illustration is included.
Date: October 16, 1900
Creator: Bowman, Jonathan
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Improvement in Gun-Locks.

Description: Patent for "a novel application of hair-trigger catch to the main trigger, which operates together with a holder and separate springs." (Lines 30-33) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 16, 1870
Creator: Deutz, Joseph
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Tool for Drilling Wells.

Description: Patent for improvement in "tools for drilling or boring Artesian, oil, and other deep wells; and it has for its object to prevent the loss of the drill or auger or of any portion of the drill-rods" (lines 9-13) via an "improved means for connecting the tool to the lower end of the drill-rod" (lines 15-16) including illustrations.
Date: July 16, 1889
Creator: McLane, Hiram H.
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Speed-Regulating Device.

Description: Patent for speed-regulating devices that gradually increase or decrease the speed of a driven member automatically. This invention is applicable to motion picture film devices to increase or decrease the speed of the reel.
Date: May 16, 1922
Creator: McNeel, William Pinkney
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Music Leaf Turner

Description: Patent for a music leaf turner.
Date: June 16, 1903
Creator: Hutchinson, Searcy T. & McNeir, Forest W.
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Rafter-Marking Instrument.

Description: Patent for a rafter marking instrument for quickly measuring common rafter cuts.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Richter, John Ludwig
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Method and Apparatus for Making Cylindrical Cotton Bales.

Description: Patent for a machine for packaging and baling a cylindrical cotton bale of uniform density without injuring the cotton fibers.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Taft, John A.
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Pneumatic Tire.

Description: Patent for pneumatic tire that is not susceptible to puncture, rim cut or blow out, including illustrations.
Date: December 16, 1913
Creator: Luck, John J.
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Pen.

Description: Patent for "an improved and simple pen which will be adapted to hold a large quantity of ink and to feed it regularly and more satisfactorily." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 16, 1897
Creator: Robinson, Rochfort W.
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Dry-Cleaning Machine.

Description: Patent for a dry cleaning machine that cleans using gasoline. The invention reduces the amount of gasoline used; keeps the gasoline clean while in use; provides easy placement and access of garments in the drum while in motion; improves the construction of the drum and its rubbing action on the garments; and supplies moisture to the machine to prevent the gasoline from igniting.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: White, Edward Young
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Bale-Core-Operating Device

Description: Patent for bale core operating device which improves the bale core quality around which the bale is formed, including illustrations.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Taft, John A.
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Metallic Roof.

Description: Patent for a metallic roof that has "an improved means for securing the adjoining edges of the metallic strips together, whereby a tight water proof joint is produced and the metal strips securely attached to the sheathing of the roof" (lines 15-20).
Date: April 16, 1895
Creator: Flatau, Louis S.
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Cushion Tire

Description: Patent for Cushion Tires. Each tire will have multiple chambers within it, so if one is punctured the remainder of the tire will continue to function and not deflate.
Date: March 16, 1920
Creator: Williams, Henry S.
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Double Stroke Pumping Jack

Description: Patent for a double-stroke pumping jack with two pistons in the same cylinder "to discharge a steady stream of water therefrom" (line 12-13). This invention allows the pipe cylinder and pistons to be easily removed for repairs or cleaning.
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Winterborne, William H.
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Gasket or Washer

Description: Patent for "a gasket or washer adapted to be used upon garden hose, steam pipes, air brake hose, automobile hose, fire hose" (lines 9-11).
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Toepperwein, Ferdinand L.
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Hat-Fastener.

Description: Patent for a device to securely fasten a hat to the head of a person. The device is hidden from sight when worn, may easily be removed, and engages both the use of the hair and the shape of the head in it's operation.
Date: September 16, 1913
Creator: Miller, Emma T.
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Gate.

Description: Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a swinging gate provided with a rearwardly-extending arm and a pivoted latch, of a crank-shaft journaled in said gate and connected to said latch, and an operating mechanism consisting of pivoted arms on supporting posts, rods or wires provided with loops and connecting the arms, one loop engaging with the rearward gate-arm and the other loop with the crank-shaft, and levers operating to give a longitudinal mov… more
Date: March 16, 1886
Creator: Gillis, Cyrus W.
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Refrigerating Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved refrigerator. This design "relates to that class of refrigerating or ice-making machinery wherein a liquefiable gas . . . is introduced into a compression-pump and is compressed to a state of liquefaction, the pressure being subsequently removed, the liquefied refrigerating agent expands with rapidity . . . and, the frigorific' effects produced by the volatile liquid again assuming its gaseous state, is utilized for absorption of heat; and the invention consists in… more
Date: March 16, 1886
Creator: Schuhle, Jacob
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Railway-Track Construction

Description: Patent for a railroad tie. Illustration included.
Date: April 16, 1907
Creator: King, Alphonse
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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