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Well-Strainer.

Description: Patent for improvements to well strainers. Plugs with slats are applied throughout the pipe, making the plugs stronger and capable of enduring more strain.
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: McEvoy, Joseph H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Windmills.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Windmills" (lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date: September 28, 1875
Creator: Stephens, Lawrence E. & Shay, Samuel F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vignetter for Cameras.

Description: Patent for an improved vignetter for cameras which is able to blend backgrounds of "a number of photographic impressions made upon a single sensitized plate or film" (lines 14-16).
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: Moine, Selest E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wire-stretcher. This design consists in "the stretcher-frame composed of side bars and a cross-bar which connects them, the hinged loop attached at one end of said side pieces and the rotary shaft arranged in bearings at the other end, the ratchet and pawl, the rope having catches, and the sheave attached to the cross-bar of the frame" (lines 15-22).
Date: September 28, 1886
Creator: Huling, Williams Neyland
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Coupling

Description: Patent for a vehicle coupling designed to allow vehicles to travel over rough terrain without incurring damage. Illustrations included.
Date: September 28, 1909
Creator: White, Joseph B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Wash-Boilers.

Description: Patent for "a new and valuable Improvement in Wash-Boilers" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.
Date: September 28, 1875
Creator: Mackli, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cultivators.

Description: Patent for improvement in cultivators by using adjustable screw-rods from the ends of short laterally-vibrating levers to suspend the cultivator-beams in the front; the levers are arranged to be operated by an attendant’s feet. Illustration is included.
Date: September 28, 1869
Creator: Hall, Thomas J.
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Military Saddle.

Description: Patent for a new and improved military saddle. This design is "so constructed that the valises and other equipments may be connected with the saddle in such a way as to distribute and balance their weight, and at the same time make the saddle comfortable for the rider. The invention consists in constructing a saddle with appliances to receive valises, a pair of girths, a gun, and an overcoat" (lines 19-28).
Date: September 28, 1880
Creator: Hastings, John Reed
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sulky Plow.

Description: Patent for a new and improved sulky-plow. This design "has for its objects to provide simple and efficient means whereby the plow may be caused to run level when breaking upon uneven ground, or, when after breaking, when one wheel is run in a furrow previously formed. These objects [the design] attain[s] by . . . the mechanism for lowering or elevating the [plow] for the purpose of leveling it" (lines 10-20).
Date: September 28, 1886
Creator: Brown, Peter C. & Bragg, Thomas P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Guard for Gin Saws.

Description: Patent for a new and improved guard for gin-saws. This design consists in "the combination of the saws, the breast, the grate formed by the ribs and hinged at its upper edge in the frame, guides upon the inner sides of the side pieces of the gin-frame below the saws, and a curved plate or guard hinged to the lower edge of the grate, formed by the ribs, folding inward, and having its edges guided by the guides so that it covers the lower portions of the saws below the lower edge of the breast" (… more
Date: September 28, 1886
Creator: Wallace, John C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Planter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "is to provide a seed-planter with means whereby the strain on the rotating cylinder or the scraper is equalized and reduced to a minimum, and to provide improved means for effectually covering the seed after they have been deposited" (lines 20-25).
Date: September 28, 1886
Creator: Savage, Thomas J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rack and Spool for Holding Rope Coils.

Description: Patent for a new and improved rack for ropes. This design "consists in a peculiar construction of frame and arrangement of the spools or reels upon the frame to secure a light and compact structure of sufficient stability to support the required number of rope-coils" (lines 15-19).
Date: September 28, 1880
Creator: Le Roy, Charles Jerome
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Powder-Ejector

Description: Patent for a vaginal powder ejector. Illustrations included.
Date: September 28, 1909
Creator: Sands, William Walter
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Pipe Puller and Holder

Description: Patent for a pipe puller and holder for pulling and holding pipes from wells. Illustrations included.
Date: September 28, 1909
Creator: Blake, Samuel L.
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Dry Separator

Description: Patent for a separator for mills designed to separate valuable material from extraneous material. Illustrations included.
Date: September 28, 1909
Creator: Snowden, Rene Ravenel
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Door-Holder.

Description: Patent for a new door holder that is designed so that it will not press down the carpet pile if it is used to hold open a door in a carpeted area. It also is designed to hang on the key or handle of the door when not in use and is big enough that someone would not accidentally stow it in their pocket if they took the key.
Date: September 28, 1920
Creator: Lanning, Edwin
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Draft-Equalizer

Description: Patent relating to improvements to draft appliances for tractors. Illustration is included.
Date: September 28, 1920
Creator: Dudley, Thomas J.
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Cultivator.

Description: Patent for the improvement of cultivators by allowing the attached shovels to have wider range of motion and customization.
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: Braune, Friedrich
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Cotton-Pest-Poisoner

Description: Patent for an insect destroyer specifically designed for use in the treatment of cotton plants. The cotton-pest poisoner is in the form of a powder that can be scattered over the plants.
Date: September 28, 1920
Creator: Saladiner, Joseph M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling-Press

Description: Patent for a baling press used for baling hay and straw. Illustrations included.
Date: September 28, 1909
Creator: Guenzel, Paul A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Gin.

Description: Patent for "improvements in cotton-gins, and more particularly to that class of saw-gins in which the brush-cylinder is dispensed with and a combined suction-fan and doffer employed to remove the lint from the gin-saws; and the object is to simplify the construction and at the same time increase the effectiveness of this class of gins." (Lines 11-18)
Date: September 28, 1897
Creator: Heffner, John H.
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Rolling Screen.

Description: Patent for a rolling window screen which may be held in various semi-open positions.
Date: September 28, 1920
Creator: Leach, William F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay Rake

Description: Patent for a hay rake comprised of "a wheeled rake from, a support mounted behind the said frame, braces connecting the support with the rake frame, a fork having its stem swiveled in the support and rising above the same, a wheel carried by the fork, a draft tongue mounted on the support and located to the rear of the rake frame . . ." (100-107)
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: Mallett, Charles J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Curing-House.

Description: Patent for a curing house for vegetables like sweet potatoes. The inventors "have found that the ceiling and dampers therein are not essential to the successful curing of vegetables; also that an exhaust fan is not necessary and a pent house on the roof with louvers in its sides gives sufficient ventilation and excellent results" (lines 23-28).
Date: September 28, 1920
Creator: Vaughan, Robert B. & Love, Ralph M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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