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Tobacco Substitute.

Description: Patent for an improvement in tobacco substitutes, by using a combination of ingredients that “will completely destroy all desire for tobacco and thus enables them to discontinue its use without any of the inconvenience or suffering,” (lines 18-21) ingredients of the compound are included. No illustration.
Date: March 24, 1891
Creator: Miller, Levi, H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process of Tanning.

Description: Patent for improvements in tanning by steaming the broom-weed (Amphiachyris dracunculoides) to extract liquor and gradually condense the liquor into a strong solution as tanning ingredient for treatment of hides or skins. No illustration.
Date: October 13, 1891
Creator: Turner, Robert W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Kitchen-Cabinet.

Description: Patent for a new and useful kitchen cabinet, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 24, 1898
Creator: Boynton, Thomas W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pneumatic Cotton-Seed Separator and Cleaner.

Description: Patent for a pneumatic cotton seed separator and cleaner for removing dirt and foreign objects from the cotton seeds.
Date: October 11, 1910
Creator: McDonald, Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Platform for Harvesters.

Description: Patent for a new and improved platform for harvesters. This design "has particular reference to the platform thereof or that portion designed to receive the grain as it is cut by the reaping mechanism; and among the main objects in view is to provide a platform located in rear of the reaping mechanism that is capable of being contracted and extended, and also to provide other parts that may be withdrawn inward, whereby the machine, as a whole, is decreased in width, and its passage through farm… more
Date: May 27, 1890
Creator: Lewis, Thomas E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Manually-Operated Coal-Mining Machine.

Description: Patent for manually mining coal and allows miners to cut coal close to the ground from an upright position, including illustrations.
Date: July 8, 1919
Creator: Jackson, Ed
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Union Garment

Description: Patent for union garment underwear for children that can have outer clothes attached to suspenders on the undergarment.
Date: July 23, 1912
Creator: Miller, Tom A.
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Steam-Heater

Description: Patent for steam heater to keep cooked food warm, suitable for smaller hotels, restaurants, and other venues, who could not afford larger, more elaborate steam heaters, including illustrations.
Date: August 28, 1900
Creator: Wiley, Dora
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Support for Line-Wires.

Description: Patent for support for line wires that can be quickly connected to the line wire and at the same time preventing the line wire from being bent to a large extent.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Head, Vernon
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motor-Plow.

Description: Patent for motor-plows with a spring-actuated motor driving device. The motor-plow can be rewound for use by the hand of the operators without leaving the driver's seat. The motor-plows have a plurality of moldboards and provide an inexpensive motor eliminating the use of draft-animals.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Kucharski, Konstanty
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tire Tightener.

Description: Patent for a new and improved tire tightener. This design calls for a wheel with a gap rather than a continuous ring, so a double-threaded bolt in the gap may be tightened or loosened to contract or expand the wheel and subsequently the tire.
Date: November 8, 1881
Creator: Jones, James Daniel
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Steam-Pressure and Water-Level Recorder for Boilers.

Description: Patent for a division on the inventor's previous patent application (No. 404,658). This patent is for a device that records steam pressure and water levels in boilers, and is meant "to provide a new and improved steam pressure recorder for boilers, which is simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and arranged to automatically record the pressure of the steam in the boiler for a given period" (lines 14-19).
Date: April 18, 1893
Creator: Lewis, William Morgan
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oliver.

Description: Patent for an improved "oliver," a blacksmith's hammer operated by foot power or another mechanism. It provides improved means for mounting the hammer, adjusting the blow of the hammer or cushioning it, and arranging the hammer at different positions when not in use.
Date: December 27, 1898
Creator: Raiza, William J. & Souther, Alsom
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Switch Throwing Apparatus

Description: Patent for a device that will automatically throw a switch upon the presence of an on-coming train, and switch it back after the train has passed.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Bida, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Peanut-Harvester

Description: Patent for peanut-harvester to plow vines from the ground and feed them into the rear of the machine to catch the peanuts that drop from the vines. This more easily separates the peanuts from the other foreign matter.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Winters, John William & Winters, Calvin C.
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Pump.

Description: Patent for a pump that does not leak air when the piston is passed.
Date: December 26, 1911
Creator: Murray, Jasper
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil-Burner.

Description: Patent for an oil burner, which attaches to a stove.
Date: November 8, 1910
Creator: Howze, James Montgomery
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Meter for Type-Writers.

Description: Patent for the meter of the type-writer. It is to improve the meter of the type-writer. The meter enhances the mechanics of the inside of the typewriter, in particular how the push of a certain key reacts to another.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Winters, W. B.
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Peanut-Digger.

Description: Patent for an improved peanut digger design.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Noah, Joseph O.
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Peanut Harvester

Description: Patent for "new and improved peanut harvester (lines 5-7)."
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Keith, Walter
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Planter

Description: Patent for "planters of that type embodying a rotatable hopper which is carried by the supporting-wheels of the device" with an illustration.
Date: June 3, 1902
Creator: Walton, Jesse Moody
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Overcoat.

Description: Patent for an overcoat that is "so constructed as to keep dry the legs of the wearer; which is adapted to shed water from horsemen; and which is of the usual external appearance and will not impede or interfere with the locomotion of the wearer" (lines 9-24).
Date: May 8, 1894
Creator: Gassaway, Benjamin F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Earth-Auger.

Description: Patent for an invention that "relates to an implement designed for boring earth, and may be used for well-boring and also for boring post-holes," (lines 11-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 29, 1892
Creator: Franks, Madison S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Picking Machine.

Description: Patent for improvement in cotton picking machine “whereby the ripened portion of the cotton may be easily and thoroughly picked or removed and disposed in a suitable receptacle.” (Lines 22-24.) Illustration is included.
Date: January 3, 1905
Creator: McEachern, John Neil
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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