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Shirt Bosom.

Description: Patent for a new and improved shirt bosom. This design "is to provide an improved 'dickey' adapted to be worn either with or without an ordinary shirt" (lines 9-11). It consists in a "dickey, the same comprising a bosom divided down its center, a box-plait at the inner edge of each section of the divided bosom, said plaits registering with each other and the two faces of the bosom being finished alike, cross-straps at the lower ends of the sections, a tab depending from each strap, a flap betwe… more
Date: December 16, 1890
Creator: Mistrot, Felix E.
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Plow.

Description: Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "has for its object to produce a plow suitable for general purposes, of great durability and efficiency, and provided with a reversible share and landside, which are so arranged that while the point or the one and edge or flange of the other are being worn away or dulled the reversed point of the former and reversed edge or flange of the latter are being pointed and sharpened by contact with the soil through which the plow is driven, thus compensa… more
Date: November 15, 1881
Creator: Holland, Joseph J.
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Improvement in Gang-Plow.

Description: Patent for improvement in gang-plow by using an adjustable slotted cross-bar to enable the “plow-beams to oscillate, so that their landsides are always vertical, however uneven the ground may be.” (Lines 20-21) “This tool can also regulate the depth of the plows in the ground whereby the depth of furrow is adjusted.” (Lines 24-25) Illustration is included.
Date: April 20, 1869
Creator: Hall, Thomas J.
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Doubletree Attachment

Description: Patent for a doubletree attachments. Illustration included.
Date: August 16, 1910
Creator: Ball, William Rossem
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Corn and Cotton Planter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved corn and cotton planter. This design "is an improvement in the class of rolling-hopper planters; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the devices whereby the hopper is attached to the beams or frame of the machine" (lines 8-12).
Date: September 21, 1880
Creator: Howard, Joseph
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Half-Car Unloader

Description: Patent for an improved and simplified mechanism of Half-Car Unloaders, which unloads earth materials such as coal and ore from a railroad car more easily and effectively by lifting up a train car, unloading its contents, and placing it back on the railroad track.
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Scardino, Mario P. & Scardino, Peter
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Copy-Holder

Description: Patent for a copy holder.
Date: May 5, 1903
Creator: Hoyle, Samuel Cook
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Coffee-Roaster.

Description: Patent for a coffee roaster that intends to "supply a ready and cheap means of effectually stirring the grains of coffee while being roasted in any convenient and suitable vessel...(lines 6-9). The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: November 23, 1869
Creator: Hall, Thomas J.
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Half-Car Unloader.

Description: Patent for the improvement of Half-Car Unloaders as it "relates to the handling of material in bulk and has special reference to a device arranged to enable railroad cars such as are sued for hauling coal, ore, and other like material to be unloaded by a single operation." (lines 13-18)
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Scardino, Mariano P. & Scardino, Peter
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Gate.

Description: Patent for an automatically opening and closing gate including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 31, 1887
Creator: Philpott, Horatio V.
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Combined Toy and Bottle Stopper.

Description: Patent for a novel bottle stopper. This design "consists in certain improvements in [bottle stoppers] whereby the outpouring fluid may be utilized to set in motion an automaton attached to said stopper" (lines 18-21).
Date: January 3, 1882
Creator: Zanetti, Fortonato Clemente
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Washing-Machine.

Description: Patent for simple, inexpensive, and fast-acting a washing-machine for clothes and dishes. It does not take much work to use. It has two bodies that are secured together.
Date: October 22, 1895
Creator: Brooks, Richard P.
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Railroad-Switch.

Description: Patent for improvements in railroad-switches, relating to a simple and more efficient means for throwing a switch of a railway truck, whereby a train of cars or a single car may be switched from the main track to another track or on a siding.
Date: December 30, 1919
Creator: Hester, James
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Railway Cattle-Guard

Description: Patent for a railway cattle guard whereby the weight of the animal causes a barrier to emerge, but the barrier will be removed automatically when the weight is removed.
Date: January 4, 1921
Creator: Fountain, Henry L.
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Flower-Pot.

Description: Patent for a flower-pot that doesn't damage the roots of the plant while transplanting the plant. The pot has a removable bottom and sides made from sheet metal with clasps.
Date: October 29, 1895
Creator: Simpson, McDuff
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fan Attachment for Sewing-Machines.

Description: Patent for fan attachment for sewing machines: "adapted to be readily applied to a machine and capable of family an operator effectively without interfering with the work of the machine" (lines 12-15).
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Miller, George W.
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Tool of the Pliers Type.

Description: Patent for pliers with an improved handle.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Ball, William Rossam
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Carriage Top.

Description: Patent for an adjustable carriage top for protection from the weather. Accompanied by illustrations.
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: Zanetti, Fortonato Clemente
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Baling-Press

Description: Patent for a bailing press. Illustrations included.
Date: June 21, 1910
Creator: Ball, William Rossem
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Combined Corn and Cotton Seed Planter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design is "to simplify the means employed for providing at will recesses of different depths in the wheel, and also to provide means whereby a recess of both greater width and depth can be provided for cotton-seed than for corn, whereby the cotton-seed can be fed from the hopper in a more certain, free, and efficient manner than heretofore" (lines 23-31).
Date: March 20, 1883
Creator: Holland, Joseph J.
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Cotton-Pest-Destroying Machine

Description: Patent for a machine that destroys boll weevils and other agricultural pests. It distributes moisture and poisonous powder that adheres to plants.
Date: June 21, 1921
Creator: Saladiner, Joseph M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Faucet and Automatic Toy.

Description: Patent for a new and improved faucet with a toy attachment. This design "relates to faucets for soda-fountains and the like; and it consists in providing the same with a jointed figure or automaton adapted to be operated by the escaping fluid" (lines 21-25).
Date: April 25, 1882
Creator: Zanetti, Fortonato Clemente
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination-Tool.

Description: Patent for a tool that is comprised of a hammer, wrench, staple puller, wire cutter, and a claw. Includes illustrations.
Date: October 19, 1897
Creator: Burkhalter, William P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

combination lock

Description: Patent for a combination lock. Illustration included.
Date: December 25, 1906
Creator: Wilcox, Ferdinand S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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