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Wash Boiler.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wash-boiler. This design "consists in, first, the combination of the boiler and revolving drum placed therein, with the steam-generator secured to the bottom of the boiler, and a steam motor or engine for revolving the drum; second, the combination of the boiler, a revolving-drum placed therein, and the steam-generator with a tank for clear water, and a suitable chamber and valves for connecting the tank and generator together" (lines 13-22).
Date: September 29, 1885
Creator: Wilson, Homer T.
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Toothbrush

Description: Patent that provides a toothbrush the ability to penetrate the interstices between the teeth and remove the debris by the vertical movement of the bristles, and being able to do so without discomfort. The brush is sanitary and convenient for being carried in a pocket in the clothing or in a traveling bag as well.
Date: September 29, 1919
Creator: Martz, George R.
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Cotton-Gin.

Description: Patent for a cotton gin that removes lint-cotton from the saws using an air-suction mechanism instead of a brush, which pose a fire hazard and can impair the gin's effectiveness. An air-blast mechanism is also an ineffective method of cleaning lint-cotton from the saws. The air-suction mechanism sucks "the lint-cotton directly from the rear portions of the saw-teeth independently of and without a brush, and an apparatus for preventing the withdrawn lint-cotton from passing into and through the … more
Date: September 29, 1896
Creator: Graber, Henry W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Copy-Holder.

Description: Patent for a copy holder with a firmer clamp and a better support for the line indicating bar than previous versions.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Flynn, Melvina L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Anti-Rail-Creeper Tie-Plate

Description: Patent for an improvement in Anti-Rail-Creeper Tie-Plates. This device was designed to prevent rails from wearing into the ties, "creeping longitudinally or moving laterally; also to prevent a rail from canting outwardly."
Date: September 29, 1914
Creator: McCombs, Oliver A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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