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Miner's Lamp.

Description: Patent for a miner's lamp with a combustion chamber that allows for the regulation and extinguishing of the flame. It is designed to be lightweight and cheap to manufacture.
Date: July 29, 1913
Creator: Sallander, Carl G.
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Improvement in Swinging Berths.

Description: Patent for the improvement of ships' berths, by neutralizing the effect of the roll and pitch of the seas to prevent sea sickness, as well as providing space for baggage and ballast.
Date: July 16, 1875
Creator: Brown, Bartlett W.
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Improvement in Seats for Water-Closets.

Description: Patent for an improved seat for water closets, including illustrations.
Date: July 13, 1875
Creator: Fabj, Frank
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Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties

Description: Patent for Improvement in the fastening of the metal bands used to tie cotton bales. Includes detailed description and three labled figures
Date: July 31, 1873
Creator: Cromer, Thomas
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Locking Latch.

Description: Patent for a new and improved latch. This design consists "[i]n a latch, the combination, with the sliding-bolt, tumblers having their forward ends provided with hooks or right-angled projections adapted to engage studs upon the bolt, and the lever operated by the bolt and having its forward end adapted to engage with the tumbler of the supplementary lock having its operating mechanism connected to the lever" (lines 68-76).
Date: July 12, 1881
Creator: Rand, Anders
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Weed-Destroying Compostion

Description: Patent for a weed-destroying composition consisting of sulfur, caustic soda, and water.
Date: July 8, 1910
Creator: Orton, Ingomar F.
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Puzzle

Description: Patent for a puzzle. Illustration included.
Date: July 19, 1904
Creator: Strickland, M. Nichols
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Improvement in Tube-Expanders.

Description: Patent for improvements to tube expanders with springs rigidly secured at one end, detachable rolls, and the ability to fit tubes of different sizes.
Date: July 18, 1876
Creator: Rooney, Hugh L
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Self-Oiling Handsaw.

Description: Patent for invention of a handsaw which is an improvement of current version. This is simple, low cost and convenient handsaw and is operated easily without removing the grip.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Pearson, Robert Bartley
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Combined Ruler and Blotter

Description: Patent for a ruler that can also be used as a blotter. Illustrations included.
Date: July 25, 1911
Creator: Muller, Frederick William, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wood-Preservative.

Description: Patent for a compound with preservative qualities for protecting submersed wood from the destructive forces of water, whether sea or fresh, and from shipworms.
Date: July 9, 1895
Creator: Gallinowsky, Hugo
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Improvement in Combined Spades and Forks.

Description: Patent for a new improved and combined spade and fork to be used as a spade. It "consists in a sheet-metal sheath or pocket adapted to receive a fork and be secured" (lines 16-18 ) including illustrations.
Date: July 15, 1873
Creator: Stone, Heber
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Drawing Table

Description: Patent for a drawing table. This invention provides "support of a roll of paper or drawings beneath the top of the table in such a manner as to facilitate the unwinding of the roll" (line 9-11). Illustrations included.
Date: July 11, 1905
Creator: King, Thomas
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Sanitary Flooring

Description: Patent for sanitary flooring to be used in toilet rooms to protect from unsanitary floors and odors. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Clayton, Nicholas J.
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Apparatus for Producing Ammoniacal Gas.

Description: Patent for a new and improved refrigerator and ice machine. This design "consists in an improved construction, whereby the gas is relieved of its moisture before entering the condenser, a better apparatus is obtained, and repairs are facilitated and cheapened" (lines 12-16).
Date: July 21, 1885
Creator: Lee, Charles B.
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Vehicle-Wheel.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in the construction of wheels for vehicles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 12, 1898
Creator: Labatt, Joseph Augustus & Lewis, George Harris
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Train-Stopping Apparatus.

Description: Patent for "to provide a track instrument for automatic train stopping apparatus which will be useful in conjunction with block signaling system." (lines 16-19) including illustrations.
Date: July 13, 1915
Creator: Labit, Girard E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad Tie

Description: Patent for a railroad tie. This invention is made of concrete and allows rails to be attached without the need of spikes. Illustration included.
Date: July 25, 1905
Creator: Percival, Herbert E. & Key, Brewer W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-Escape.

Description: Patent for improvements in fire-escapes “in which a rope forming part of the device, has its upper end attached within a window or other opening of a building and is connected with apparatus to raise and lower an ascending fireman or other person escaping from the building.” (Lines 16-21) Illustration is included.
Date: July 7, 1891
Creator: Rutledge, William O.
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Bicycle-Gear.

Description: Patent for a Bicycle-Gear meant to rotate the sprocket or other gear wheel on a bicycle, Including Illustrations.
Date: July 3, 1900
Creator: Brady, Alford
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Automobile Torpedo

Description: Patent for a submarine torpedo which explodes in the hull of a vessels it hits.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Douglas, William M.
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Mosquito Bar Frame.

Description: Patent for a new and improved mosquito-bar frame. This design "consist[s], essentially, of the upright bars having their upper ends reduced . . . and provided with staples, the brackets, having loops at opposite ends and a pintle on its lower branch to enter the staples in the posts, the lateral rods carrying the loop brackets at opposite ends, and sockets . . . to receive the upper ends of the posts, the inner cross-bar arranged in the inner brackets of the lateral rods, the outer cross-bar ar… more
Date: July 29, 1890
Creator: Meyers, John Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Carbureter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved carburetor. This design calls for "the apparatus [to be] submerged in water for the purpose of equalizing the temperature of the carbureting-liquid, and thereby imparting a more uniform illuminating quality to the gas; also obviating the danger of explosion from access of flame to the exterior of the apparatus" (para. 2).
Date: July 18, 1876
Creator: Pollard, James M. & Barton, Wallace R.
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Selective Telegraph System.

Description: Patent for a selective telegraph switch which allows current to be directed to a specific place and will minimize resistance.
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Edwards, Claude, M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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