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Crude-Oil Burner

Description: Patent for a crude oil burner for stoves.
Date: February 17, 1903
Creator: Heffner, John H.
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Wagon-Brake.

Description: Patent for an improvement in a wagon-brake using an operating-lever that is mounted in a bracket near the front axle, and consist of diverging arms; and a segmental rack-plate with teeth that is arranged to be engaged by a sliding pawl. When the operating-lever and the sliding pawl are connected; when the brake-bars are in motion, clamping the wheels of a vehicle thus making it stop.
Date: February 17, 1891
Creator: Baker, Owen T.
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Insect-Power Distributer.

Description: Patent for a new insecticide distributer using a bellows, a rotary fan, and a tube connecting the bellows to an insecticide reservoir; when pressure is applied to the bellows, the insecticide would pass through the reservoir to a flexible pipe that would distribute the insecticide to any direction without the operator breathing it.
Date: February 17, 1891
Creator: Preston, Leonidas A.
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Type-Writing Machine.

Description: Patent for improvements in type-writers by compactly arranged many parts together, such as the sliding block, the vibrating plate, the feed-roller and etc..., "and in which the work can at all times be viewed by the operator. The printing is accomplished on a flat surface... new sheets thus saved,” (p. 4, lines 111-118). Illustration is included.
Date: February 17, 1891
Creator: Pierce, Jesse W.
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Vehicle-Seat.

Description: Patent for an improvement in vehicle-seats, intended especially for uses in wagon-seats, by constructing a supporting frame consist of two shafts, each having two cranks with two springs connected with the wrists of the cranks. The seat is supported upon these springs which are secured to the underside of the seat-board by employing two blocks that are safely attached beneath the seat. The movements of the springs preserve the horizontal position of the seat even when weight is unequally disp… more
Date: February 17, 1891
Creator: Johnson, James M.
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Kettle Attachment.

Description: Patent for a new and improved kettle attachment. This design "provides an attachment to be used with the kettle, whereby the "boiling over" of the material and the consequent running of the same down the sides of the said kettle are prevented. The material that would ordinarily flow over the sides of the kettle and waste is by the use of [a] device . . . saved, and any and all danger of fire from the overflowing sugar in candy manufacture is prevented" (lines 11-20).
Date: February 17, 1885
Creator: Lamme, William W.
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Lock-Nut.

Description: Patent for a nut lock that secures two nuts of a pair within a tubular casing through opposing threading and rotation, where one nut is immobilized and the other remaining adjustable to meet situational need. Illustrations included.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Greer, Benjamin J.
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Lock.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Locks" (line 6).
Date: February 17, 1914
Creator: Van Hoesen, Benjamin
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Vehicle Guiding Mechanism

Description: Patent for "an improved and simplified construction" for vehicle steering axles (line 15), including illustrations.
Date: February 17, 1914
Creator: Brandt, Friedrich Wilhelm
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Improvement in seed-planters.

Description: Patent for a seed planter that drops seeds into the plow furrow, where a roller covers the seeds with dirt. Includes illustrations.
Date: February 17, 1874
Creator: Pressly, Thompson
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Tractor Turning Mechanism.

Description: Patent for a tractor turning mechanism that will allow tractors to turn at any angle up to a right angle by locking one of the driving ground wheels into a pivot point for the other wheels of the tractor.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Chenoweth, William B.
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Lamp-Turning Mechanism

Description: Patent for head lamps that the drivers can turn while driving to light the road.
Date: February 17, 1914
Creator: Maxfield, Nelson
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Improvement in Horse-Powers.

Description: Patent for new improvement in the construction of horse-powers for cotton-gins and other machinery, including illustration.
Date: February 17, 1874
Creator: Landes, Daniel
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Metal-Pipe Joint

Description: Patent for a metal-pipe joint.
Date: February 17, 1903
Creator: West, Gustavus Hannibal
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Pumping Apparatus.

Description: Patent for improvements to a pumping apparatus "to provide a simple, inexpensive, and easily-operated apparatus through the medium of which water may be forced from a well, stream, or other source of supply by the weight of a person" (lines 14-18).
Date: February 17, 1903
Creator: Simmons, Jessie W.
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Post Hole Drill

Description: Patent for Post Hole Drill.
Date: February 17, 1917
Creator: Blue, Lee A.
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Trombone.

Description: Patent, including illustration, for "a musical instrument slide and is more particularly designated as a bearing or stocking for a trombone or other similar instruments in which it is desirable to provide a smooth bearing for the slidable part of the instrument" (page 1, lines 9-13).
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Ackley, William D.
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Motor.

Description: Patent for a new and improved motor. This design "relates to improvements in motors in which a weight supported on a lever operates in conjunction with a train of gearing; and the object of my improvement is the production of a power for operating sewing-machines, churns, and other machinery" (lines 7-12).
Date: February 17, 1885
Creator: Viean, John A.
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Railroad-Signal

Description: Patent for a railroad signal which will prevent train collisions at railway crossings, with illustrations.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Humphrys, Sidney E.
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Pulverizer.

Description: Patent for improved pulverizer that according to the inventor, can achieve "the same amount of work as four ordinary eight-inch plows".
Date: February 17, 1885
Creator: D'Spain, Thomas C.
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Rotary Razor-Sharpening Machine

Description: Patent for a razor-sharpening device that will be compact and simple to produce.
Date: February 17, 1914
Creator: Herring, Charles M.
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Net for Crabbing and Fishing.

Description: Patent for a new and improved net for fishing and crabbing by using a trigger device that would automatically open the net’s “free end” fully and horizontally when the net is lowered on the bed floor of the river. After use, the net can be folded very compactly for easy transport. Illustration is included.
Date: February 17, 1891
Creator: Franklin, Robert M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Peanut-Planter

Description: Patent for an improved peanut planting machine with illustrations.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Harnsberger, Joseph Adam
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Drapery Support and Form

Description: Patent for a new kind of drapery system that keeps the drapes pleated neatly and allows drapes to open and close easily with metal fasteners.
Date: February 17, 1914
Creator: Jantzen, Marius
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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