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Wagon-Bed Elevator

Description: Patent for a wagon-bed elevator that "is to provide an elevator for wagon-beds by means of which a single person can raise the bed from the wagon to any desired height and leave it suspended in position where it can be readily lowered upon the wagon again at any time" (p. 2).
Date: July 24, 1888
Creator: Holliday, William A.
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Weaning-Bit

Description: Patent for a weaning-bit. This bit "[admits] air into the mouth of the animal, thus obviating any drawing or sucking action." (lines 10-12) Additionally, this bit was created to be of better construction which would make it cheaper and longer-lasting.
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Turner, Wiley Ernest
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Visual Automatic-Setback Annunicator.

Description: Patent for an indicator dial controlled by magnets to read out a display for an instrument via a lever.
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Stephens, Lee
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill.

Description: Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the horizontal wind-wheel, the semi-cylindrical case partly inclosing the same and independently revoluble, the case having the notches in its upper side, the vane having the shaft or port whose lower end forms the upper pivot for the said case, and the lever having its inner end fast to the vane shaft or port, and adapted to engage the said notches, and thereby cause the case to expose any desired area of the… more
Date: July 24, 1888
Creator: Hamm, Jordan
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Valve-Gear for Steam-Engines.

Description: Patent for "an improvement in steam-engines which shall be so constructed as to give a full application of the steam and a free exhaust at regular intervals, which will enable the engine to be easily reversed, can be easily attached to any engine, which will enable an engine to be worked by water-pressure, will run smoothly and with very little friction, and will be very durable." (Lines 11-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 24, 1877
Creator: Davis, James H. & White, William
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Watch-Pocket.

Description: Patent for a holder or pocket for a watch that provides a simple, safe, and handy device which is detachable fastened to a garment.
Date: July 24, 1906
Creator: Greenwald, Louis.
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Trawl-Line.

Description: Patent for a trawl-line that is supported so that it "can be caused to travel continuously in the same or reversed directions at will" (lines 12-14). The invention prevents "the choking of the line supporting pulleys with grasses and other foreign matter, and also to enable the ready adjustment of the pulley son the posts to change the elevation of the trawl-line and the depth of dip of the hooks in the water" (lines 16-21).
Date: July 24, 1894
Creator: White, Warren Thomas
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Improvement in Gin-Saw-Filing Machines.

Description: Patent for a "gin-saw-filing machine consisting, essentially, of a rotary and intermittingly movable file, of an intermittingly-operated feed and check device, and of adjustable reciprocating sharpening-files".
Date: July 24, 1877
Creator: Eastham, Albert S.
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Still for Distillation of Petroleum

Description: Patent for improvements in still design for distillation of petroleum or its products, providing relief for any suddenly formed vapors and preventing the oil from boiling over.
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Gallsworthy, Benjamin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lamp.

Description: Patent for a new and improved oil lamp. This design "relates to improvements in lamps in which the reservoir is beveled, adapting it for use in conjunction with a conical corrugated reflector; and the object of [the] improvement is to produce a lamp that will afford more and better light with a given amount of oil" (lines 7-13).
Date: July 24, 1883
Creator: Newman, William
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Process of Making Hydrochloric Acid and Calcium Carbid

Description: Patent for "new and useful processes in treating fused calcium chlorid with acetylene gas or other gases mixed therewith, whereby hydrochloric-acid gas and calcium carbid may be produced," (lines 12-16) thus making the manufacturing processes of hydrochloric-acid cheaper while also producing calcium carbid more economically.
Date: July 24, 1906
Creator: Seamon, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sulky Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved sulky cultivator. This design consists in "the beam having the cross-bar at its rear end, and the rearward-diverging brace-arms connecting the beam to the ends of the cross-bar, the links hinged to the rear ends of the brace-arms and pivoted to the sulky-frame, the hand lever fulcrumed on the frame, and the rod connecting the hand-lever to the front end of the beam" (lines 40-48).
Date: July 24, 1888
Creator: Hazlewood, James Allan
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quilting Frame.

Description: Patent for a new and improved quilting frame. This design "is to improve the means for suspending a quilting-frame, so that a sewing-machine may be more conveniently used in the quilting operation" (lines 7-10).
Date: July 24, 1883
Creator: Bledsoe, Robert B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Neck-Yoke.

Description: Patent for "a safety attachment for neck yokes which, if the neck yoke or the straps which connect it to the pole or to the collars break, will come into action and prevent the pole from dropping" (lines 8-13).
Date: July 24, 1894
Creator: Hobron, Charles B.
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Non-Refillable Bottle.

Description: Patent for a specification to improve the design and function non-refillable bottles.
Date: July 24, 1900
Creator: Bonner, James A.
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Pipe Grip

Description: Patent for pipe grip. Illustration included.
Date: July 24, 1906
Creator: Griffin, Claud Champ
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail Joint

Description: Patent for a rail joint. Illustrations included.
Date: July 24, 1906
Creator: Wingren, Eric Peter
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Earth Borer and Excavator

Description: Patent for an Improvement in Earth Boring and Excavating Machines whereby the machines may operate continuously except for the addition of shaft and belt sections.
Date: July 24, 1880
Creator: Carley, John Wesley
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Cotton-Gin.

Description: Patent for an improved method of locating the air blast apparatus for cleaning lint from the saw teeth of saw-type cotton gins, so that the cotton lint does not accumulate on the cleaning apparatus and render it inoperative, including illustrations.
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Hopper, James F.; Stephens, George B. & Young, Harry F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Curtain and Shade Support.

Description: Patent for a curtain device that allows for adjusting shades/curtains to different lengths or positions in order to fit the window they cover, without changing or damaging the window casing, curtain pole, or shade roller.
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Odell, William J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Garden-Hoe Cultivator.

Description: Patent for "a combination garden hoe and cultivating implement ... which has a number of interchangeable working elements and ... can be quickly adjusted for use as a drill opener, solid sweep, hoe, or turning plow" (lines 12-20).
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Muckleroy, Allie B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saw-Handle.

Description: Patent for Saw-Handle that blows air out of its handle to clear the saw's teeth of dust.
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Whitworth, John Luther
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Reversible Steam-Engine.

Description: Patent for "reversible reciprocating steam engines, its objects being to simplify the mechanism for reversing the valve, and to provide a valve in which the area of steam pressure upon its face is reduced to the minimum." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 24, 1894
Creator: Lester, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Car-Couplings.

Description: Patent for improved construction and arrangement of car-couplings.
Date: July 24, 1877
Creator: McCarty, Ezra B. & Heagerty, James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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