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Cotton-Sweep.

Description: Patent for cotton sweep. This invention helps in easy spreading and setting of sweeping blades, "since it provides a novel form of brace to be interposed between the blades of the sweep and the stock" (lines 15-17).
Date: December 23, 1902
Creator: Brown, Burel J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator

Description: Patent for improvements to cultivators that allow the driver to adjust displacement in order to avoid obstacles without changing the path of operation.
Date: September 23, 1913
Creator: Foster, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Culvert.

Description: Patent for a culvert which is to be used for sewers or other underground conveyers. Its is to be composed of varying materials that can be easily shipped and jointed together to form the sewer or other underground conveyer.
Date: March 23, 1920
Creator: Charliss, Charles F. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow Bar and Regulating Lever

Description: Patent for a plow bar and regulating lever. This invention is to improve regulating depth of plow.
Date: June 23, 1903
Creator: Horton, James L. & Bennett, Dosier A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fishing-Float

Description: Patent for a new type of fishing float with "ferrules or caps" (line 18) on the ends to prevent water from getting into the float, causing it to decay, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Scott, John S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Book-Support.

Description: Patent for improvements in book support: "book are held in an upright position on the shelves" (lines 9-10).
Date: August 23, 1892
Creator: Muir, James Alfred
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles.

Description: Patent for "an improved hub for buggy and other vehicle wheels, which shall be simple in construction, strong, and durable, and which will run with little friction." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 23, 1873
Creator: Brown, David
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Fences.

Description: Patent for improvement in iron fences by using rails and bars to support the braced posts. All the parts are easily taken apart, this flexibility allows the fence to be set on uneven as well as on level ground. Illustration is included.
Date: July 23, 1872
Creator: Lerick, Isaac N.
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Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planters.

Description: Patent for a new and improved construction and combination of parts used by machines that convert either into a cotton or corn planter, including illustrations.
Date: December 23, 1879
Creator: Rhea, Robert H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Scrapers.

Description: Patent for an improvement in the construction of cotton-scrapers, "which is secured to the stock or standard so as to project out to one side of the cultivator-shovel" (lines 14-16) including illustrations.
Date: December 23, 1879
Creator: Hill, Abner R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail Tie and Fastening Device.

Description: Patent for improved railroad cross ties that can be used in reverse, prevent creeping rails, and be economically manufactured.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Bergen, James V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shoe-Fastening.

Description: Patent for the improvement of shoe fastenings by making them out of leather and with more fashionable eyelets. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 23, 1892
Creator: Hamilton, Samuel McCleary
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Horseshoe.

Description: Patent for improvements in horseshoes, which will have two parts that pivot together at the toe. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 23, 1892
Creator: Custer, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Pickers.

Description: Patent for a cotton-picking machine that "consists in a set of saws mounted on a truck, and geared with the driving-wheels, to run in the tops of the plants...and detach the cotton and convey it to a brushing-roller above, which detaches the cotton from the saws and delivers it into a receptacle behind." (Lines 10-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 23, 1870
Creator: McRae, Daniel M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Double-Lever Brake.

Description: Patent for "new and useful improvements in Double-Lever Brakes." (lines 6-7) and how the invention will provide more power to the brake and equally distribute that power. Includes illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1920
Creator: Roberts, George P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Pump-Buckets

Description: Patent for new and improved pump-buckets, which are more cheaper and much more durable. The much improved pump-buckets fasten together with chains as well as metal plates.
Date: June 23, 1877
Creator: William, Mayfield D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Agitator.

Description: Patent for an improved device to produce a useful agitation of liquid in washing machines by configuring the paddles or blades in the most effective manner, including illustrations.
Date: February 23, 1915
Creator: Babek, Aloysius S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spring-Wheel.

Description: Patent for a steel wheel with springs for automobiles that reduces jarring, is affordable, and does not get damaged as easily as the pneumatic tires previously in use on automobiles.
Date: April 23, 1907
Creator: Tubbs, William Oscar
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Harvester-Reel.

Description: Patent for the placement of a "covering of canvas, cloth, or other suitable material" (lines 16-17) around a harvester-reel for various improvements, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1880
Creator: Moore, Joseph Martial
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for a plow that is simpler, more durable, and cheaper to make than previous ones and allows for easier adjustments in plowing depth.
Date: April 23, 1907
Creator: Stafford, George A. & Henry, Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Protector for Trunks or Shipping-Cases.

Description: Patent for trunk protectors "which can be readily attached and detached from the receptacle, and when attached will protect each corner." (lines 20-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 23, 1892
Creator: Jennings, Joseph Joshua
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Safety Air-Brake Appliance.

Description: Patent for a safety air brake appliance, which automatically applies the brakes on each car if a car derails.
Date: November 23, 1909
Creator: Ash, Thomas W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Linotype-Machines

Description: Patent for "an attachment for a linotype machine in the form of a measuring gage constructed in such a manner that the same can be quickly attached to the linotype machine adjacent to the keyboard to facilitate the correcting of proofs and the like by the operator." With this invention, an operator can "ascertain instantaneously, what measure or the number of ems at which to set the machine to make the required correction."
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Callan, Christopher B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tool-Handle.

Description: Patent for a hammer handle with an inner reinforcing plate which is strong and slightly flexible, so as to "be practically unbreakable" (lines 25-26) and "afford the necessary yielding action or spring to avoid jarring the hands of the operator while in use" (lines 26-29). Application of the design principle to other similar tools, such as "hatchets, axes, shovels, spades, hoes, etc." (lines 22-23), is also suggested.
Date: August 23, 1921
Creator: Johnson, George T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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