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Pipe-Wrench

Description: Patent for a pipe wrench. Illustrations included.
Date: January 14, 1908
Creator: Lubke, Ernest F. & Reed, Edmund C.
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Plow.

Description: Patent for "heel sweeps" for plows, which are a construction of wings that that sweep the furrow on either side of the plow.
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Randolph, James W.
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Penholder.

Description: Patent for a penholder that is worn on the finger and is an "open-ended hollow thimble with a detachable and reversible cap-piece" (lines 20-22). The pen-point can be unscrewed and screwed back in the opposite way so that the pen-point is inside the thimble, so the pen-point doesn't break in one's pocket.
Date: January 26, 1897
Creator: Ward, George C.
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Oscillating Cradle.

Description: Patent for a new and improved oscillating cradle. This design utilizes a hand-crank and gears to gently rock the wooden cradle back and forth. Also connected to the crank is a wooden rod at the bottom which gently strikes a xylophone underneath.
Date: January 11, 1881
Creator: Brown, Fred Harvey
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Gas-Producing Furnace

Description: Patent for a gas producing furnace that is "highly efficient in the combustion of slack coal, lignite, and other gas producing material" (lines 12-14).
Date: January 14, 1908
Creator: Gamer, Charles
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Cotton-Harvesting Machine

Description: Patent for cotton harvesting machines.
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Lightfoot, Exta
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Saw Tester

Description: Patent for a device that tests and trains saws for cotton gins. Detects cups and kinks in the saw and prevent the saw from being burned.
Date: January 2, 1912
Creator: Cass, Thomas M.
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Rotary Valve for Steam Engines.

Description: Patent for improvements in rotary valves, including illustrations.
Date: January 6, 1891
Creator: Grant, Samuel, Jr.
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Silo

Description: Patent for improvements in silos, particularly in the means of tightening the boards and bracing the silos. The object of the invention is to provide a silo which will be easily put together and braced and which can be kept in an air-tight and a liquid tight condition, and to provide means for bracing the silo and for locking the boards in place.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Crady, Charles C.
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Washing-Machine.

Description: Patent for improving the way washing machines clean materials. This invention also simplifies the inter-working parts that make the device function properly.
Date: January 21, 1919
Creator: Tackaberry, William J.
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Improvement in Broom-Handles.

Description: Patent for improving a spring-hinge joint that secures the broom during transportation.
Date: January 20, 1874
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M. & Turner, John W.
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Monkey-Wrench.

Description: Patent for a monkey wrench that "can be adjusted for different sizes of nuts by the same hand which is using the wrench...and which may also be used as a pipe wrench" (lines 16-21).
Date: January 11, 1921
Creator: Kirkpatrick, Otey R.
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Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for improvements in cotton choppers by providing a means for it to be “mechanically performs the work of “blocking out” the cotton, or to reduce a cotton-row to a series of equidistant hills.” (Lines 12-14) Further, to provide “means whereby the hoes may be adjusted vertically, and also having suitable means to discontinue the operation of the hoes.” (Lines 16-19) Illustration is included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Howell, James W.
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Device for Exterminating Boll-Weevil

Description: Patent for an apparatus designed to exterminate boll weevils by distributing liquid insecticide along rows of plants. Illustrations included.
Date: January 26, 1909
Creator: Mahanay, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grass-Cutter

Description: Patent for a grass cutter adapted to be mounted on some part of a train of cars. The object of this invention is to provide a cutter which will cut the grass from railway tracks and to adapt the device for easy attachment to a truck of the car.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Doak, John S.
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Electrically-Heated Instrument.

Description: Patent for an electrically-heated instrument. This scissor-like instrument has an electrically-heated edge that can be used to simultaneously sever and cauterize.
Date: January 6, 1914
Creator: Chapman, Joseph A.
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Float Valve

Description: Patent for a float value. This invention is designed to automatically close. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Axtell, Fred W.
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Semaphore.

Description: Patent for a semaphore with an enclosure for the operating gearing in signaling devices for railway trains. It incloses the operating gearing so that ice does not interfere with its operation and water does not touch the gearing.
Date: January 16, 1912
Creator: Van Zandt, Luther H.
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Releasing Device For Burial-Vault Cores

Description: Patent for a device for moving the interior cores of burial vaults to allow the vaults to shrink. Illustrations included.
Date: January 12, 1909
Creator: Gaskill, James L.
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Buckle Attachment.

Description: Patent for a buckle attachment for buckles that do not use riveting, sewing or other fastening, "and when so placed together, and the strap inserted and buckled, the whole is as firmly held together as if riveted, sewed or fastened with any of the ordinary methods" (lines 13-16).
Date: January 23, 1894
Creator: Anderson, Samuel C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boring-Bar.

Description: Patent for improvement in boring-bars, particularly in the ability to hold the tool securely "in place during operation and which will prevent the cutting tool from becoming loose in its socket or holder" (lines 12-15). Additional operations include the boring bar turning off or cutting on the outside in instances "where the lathe will not swing over the carriage" (line 19) and the cutting on both "the inside or outside of the work equally as well" (lines 16-18).
Date: January 21, 1919
Creator: Bird, John M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boltless Fish and Bed Plate for Railway Rails

Description: Patent for "fish-plates and bed-plates so constructed that rails can be secured in place without the necessity of making holes in the ends of the rails [...]; and the object is to simplify rail-joints and make the ends of the abutting rails stronger and to repair broken rails" (lines 10-17).
Date: January 13, 1903
Creator: Crawford, William, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clothes Hanger.

Description: Patent for clothes hanger that is made of a singular piece of wire. The hanger also features the capability to hold an entire three piece suit: coat, vest, and trousers.
Date: January 3, 1922
Creator: Stapp, Jesse W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Resilient Tire Filler

Description: This patent addresses resilient tire fillers, presenting a novel approach by providing a filler for tire casings in segmented sections. Each section incorporates sealed, airtight cavities designed as radially arranged columns, ensuring the tire retains the full benefits of pneumatic resistance and resiliency.
Date: January 3, 1922
Creator: Collins, Warren
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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