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Improvement in Water-Tanks.

Description: Patent for an improved water-tank built with lumbers that are thoroughly dried and covered with asphaltum as waterproof agent. It includes illustrations.
Date: January 28, 1879
Creator: Bardon, Prosper
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Comb Cleaner.

Description: Patent for a new and useful comb-cleaner. "This invention is an improved construction of comb-cleaner, the object being to provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and efficient device by means of which a comb can be quickly and effectively cleaned" (line 10).
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Hess, Hugo
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Frame House.

Description: Patent for a new and improved frame house. This design consists of "[t]he combination, in a roof, of T-shaped caps or battens having in their depending tongues the transverse dovetail grooves, the roof-boards arranged above the grooves and below the horizontal and lateral arms of the said battens, and the purlins adapted to enter the grooves and grooved longitudinally to engage the said tongues" (lines 23-31).
Date: January 17, 1882
Creator: Boyd, John
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Compound for the manufacture of artificial stone.

Description: Patent for "Compounds for the Manufacture of Artificial Stone...and it consists in composition formed by mixing certain materials in solution and treating them in further solutions" (lines 5-15).
Date: January 2, 1883
Creator: Greer, Joseph A.
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Stirrup

Description: Patent for a stirrup. Illustration included.
Date: January 22, 1907
Creator: Levy, John Victor
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Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Description: Patent for the improvement of the cotton press using screws and nuts in conjunction of a shifting pinion for changing the motion for the revolving wheels and shafts, including illustration.
Date: January 27, 1857
Creator: Parry, M. L.
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Shoe Lace

Description: Patent for a shoe lace that does not become loose nor untie accidentally. Illustrations included.
Date: January 17, 1905
Creator: Nicholls, George H.
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Improvement in Portable Houses.

Description: Patent for improvements in the construction of portable wooden houses, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 8, 1878
Creator: Boyd, John
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Automatic Firing Device for Explosive Shells.

Description: Patent for automatic firing device where "an explosive shell may be caused to travel any distance within the range of the shell through the air without exploding" (lines 14-17).
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: McCombs, Orville K.
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Rail Fastening or Chair.

Description: Patent for a rail fastening, which prevents spreading of the rails and tilts them slightly inward.
Date: January 19, 1909
Creator: Nogle, Charles Johnson & Haas, George
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Combined Mosquito Bar Frame and Canopy.

Description: Patent for a new and improved mosquito netting. This design "provide[s] a simple and substantial construction of frame for supporting the mosquito-bar that will admit of ready application to and removal from the bedstead, and also to provide a simple and effective arrangement of cords to the mosquito-bar, whereby it may be easily extended over the bed or folded out of the way by the occupant of the bed" (lines 12-20).
Date: January 24, 1882
Creator: Howe, Charles P.
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Cotton Elevator and Distributer.

Description: Patent for cotton elevators and distributors "whereby the cotton and air shall be separated in a simple and efficient manner and the air discharged from the suction-fan with the least possible degree of friction and back pressure." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 12, 1897
Creator: Griffin, Thomas J.
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Sash Holder.

Description: Patent for a new and improved sash holder. This design "consists in supplying the sash with two spring-actuated cams—one upon each side—which cams in their normal condition press against the frame and hold the sash, but are simultaneously withdrawn and held out of contact with the frame by the partial rotation of a cylindrical operating-handle, with which the cams are connected by suitable rods, said handle also furnishing the means by which the sash is raised and lowered" (lines 41-50).
Date: January 19, 1886
Creator: Cutter, Martin A.
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Hydraulic Excavating Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hydraulic excavator. This design "consists in combining a submerged propeller-wheel with a water-jet tube having a flexible connection with the supply-pipe, so as to permit the water-jet tube to rise and fall . . . and also move laterally, whereby the tube will, when it meets an obstruction, yield sufficiently to prevent breaking, jarring, or injuring any of the parts, the water-jet tube and propeller bearing such relative positions to each other that the . . . obs… more
Date: January 15, 1884
Creator: Mansfield, Samuel M.
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Changeable Gearing.

Description: Patent for changeable gearing by using an axle, bevel-gears, stub-shafts and a crank-axle to construct the changeable gear, so that the “sprocket is locked to rotate with the crank-axle in one direction, while it may rotate freely of the axle in opposite direction, and, furthermore, that the sprocket may be locked to rotate with the axle or may be caused to rotate at a higher-speed than the axle.” (Lines 8-14.) Illustration is included.
Date: January 8, 1901
Creator: Brady, Alford
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Sheet Metal Fireproof Window

Description: Patent for a sheet metal, fireproof window. The design is a window where the frame and the sash is constructed out of sheet-metal in order for it to be fireproof. The design also allows the sashes to be opened and held in that position but will close automatically when high temperature air comes into contact with them.
Date: January 23, 1906
Creator: Miller, W. H.
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Net-Frame.

Description: Patent for a foldable and stable fishing net-frame.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Franklin, Robert M.
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Attachment for Laundry-Extractors

Description: Patent for a time cut-off and brake attachment for laundry extractors for preventing accidents. Illustrations included.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Moore, Robert Marion
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Machine for Separating Fiber from Stalks.

Description: Patent for a machine that separates fibers from the stalks and leaves of a variety of plants, including ramie, flax, pineapple, and sisal.
Date: January 7, 1902
Creator: Allison, Samuel B.
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Improvement in Pile-Drivers.

Description: Patent for an improved pile-driver device which automates the release of the pile-driver hammer as well as including a perpendicular device which advances the device longitudinally as the work progresses.
Date: January 22, 1875
Creator: McDermott, Martin
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Apparatus for Baling Cotton.

Description: Patent for improvements to an apparatus that softens and compresses cotton, and prevents clogging and breakage. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 26, 1892
Creator: Goldthwaite, Joseph G.
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Flue for Cotton-Condensers

Description: Patent for a flue to be used in the Rembert system of bailing cotton. The flue is comprised of a series of valves to help regulate air flow in the condenser so as to aid in the uniform deposit of fibers maintaining a uniform shape throughout.
Date: January 24, 1893
Creator: Crooks, William
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Bicycle-Wheel.

Description: Patent for an improved rear bicycle-wheel. It has one hub, two rims, two sets of spokes and tires. This invention is meant to be safer and has the qualities of a tricycle. It is meant for a woman's bicycle.
Date: January 14, 1896
Creator: Broers, Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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