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Improvement in Cotton-Choppers and Cultivators

Patent for a improved version of the cotton-chopper, used for the cultivation of cotton. This is a new arrangement of part of the cotton-chopper as it fits in with the complete machine.

Date: April 16, 1872

Creator: Harcrow, James M.

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Propeller Shaft Bearing.

Patent for a new and improved propeller-shaft bearing. This design consists, "with the horizontal propeller-shaft, of the single central stationary thrust-block through which the shaft snugly extends, the opposite ends of said block being each flattened and provided with a circular groove concentric with the shaft, the pair of collars rigidly secured to the shaft at the opposite ends of said central block, the inner ends of said collars each having a groove corresponding with the grooves in the… more

Date: July 8, 1890

Creator: Gaffield, William Z.

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Improvement In Bagasse-Furnaces.

Patent for improvements in Bagasse Burners or Furnaces.

Date: April 17, 1878

Creator: Littlejohn, William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton and Hay Presses.

Patent for improvements in baling-presses. It consists of movable followers and a sliding drum that has a ratchet secured to a clutch and a shaft. It includes illustrations.

Date: January 21, 1879

Creator: Smithson, Richard T.

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Improvement In Baling-Presses

Patent for improvement to the construction of a baling press with descriptions and illustrations attached.

Date: August 12, 1879

Creator: Hall, Marcus C.

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Improvement in Harmony Attachments for Piano-Fortes.

Patent for, "an attachment for piano-fortes, whereby the musician may play the melody upon an instrument like the violin with his hands in the usual manner, and the accompaniment or harmony by operating the attachment with his feet."

Date: November 11, 1879

Creator: Radinsky, Gustav A.

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Spur Attachment For Stirrups

Patent for spur attachment for stirrups. "The purpose of the invention is to provide a spur attachment to saddle-stirrups so constructed that a body-bar having an offset carrying a rowel is so hinged at its forward end to the stirrup that when the stirrup is not in use the body-bar carrying the rowel will hang perpendicularly downward, but wherein as soon as the foot is placed in the stirrup" (9-16). Illustration included.

Date: November 17, 1903

Creator: Poorter, Charles Louis

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Packing for Doors and Like Closures.

Patent for new packing for closures for air-tight and temperature-regulating containers (i.e. refrigerators), with illustrations included.

Date: March 19, 1907

Creator: Carter, William H.

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Grate

Patent for grate that are applied to the fire box of a boiler.

Date: January 30, 1917

Creator: Brown, Sidney E. & Kain, Harry C.

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Mantel

Patent for an invention that can be applied to a mantel, consisting "essentially, of a flexible screen, guard, or shield adapted to wind upon a roller, the latter being housed in the space formed between the shelf off the mantel and the headboard" (lines 22-25). It is intended to prevent fire from getting into the from from the fire, control heat radiation, and provide a closure for the fireplace when it is not in use.

Date: June 26, 1900

Creator: Cox, Thomas J.

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Mantel.

Patent for fireplace guards that connect to mantels, which can be folded out of sight, or rolled out to prevent sparks or closing off the fireplace when not in use.

Date: June 26, 1900

Creator: Cox, Thomas J.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Plows.

Patent to improve the construction of the mold-board of the plow described in Letters Patent No. 163,352, "to make it more effective in preventing the black lands of Texas and other sticky and waxy soils from adhering to it, and to enable a proper furrow to be turned, however sticky and waxy the soil may be." (Lines 17-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: June 20, 1876

Creator: Bell, Francis R.

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Ladder

Patent for ladders, more particularly to one adapted for use in connection with freight-cars. (lines 9-11) Design to prevent the grab-irons from becoming disconnected from the rails. (lines 27-29)

Date: December 12, 1905

Creator: Saling, Thomas W. & McKiel, James

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Spirometer

Patent for a spirometer. Illustartion included.

Date: August 16, 1904

Creator: Lyttleton, Henry Thomas

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Spark-Arrester

Patent for "improvements whereby the sparks from a locomotive will be passed directly from the flues through the stack and the outer air will be admitted, which will keep the cinders in motion and force them through fine perforations and against the hard surfaces until they are thoroughly pulverized and all the fire therein is extinguished, and which .will thereby prevent the danger to combustible products by fire thrown from an engine and which will not in any way decrease or interfere with th… more

Date: June 28, 1892

Creator: Curran, John William

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spark-Arrester.

Patent for a simple and durable spark arrester for locomotives that has a minimum number of parts and "which will remove arrested sparks to the fire box of the locomotive and will prevent live sparks being thrown out by the locomotive and thereby endanger property adjoining the railroad tracks" (lines 19-23).

Date: March 20, 1894

Creator: O'Donnell, John

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spirometer

Patent for "an improved spirometer, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device of this character adapted for use by invalids, convalescents, and other persons for exercising the lungs and measuring and indicating the cubic capacity or volume of air expelled from the chest." (lines 8-15)

Date: August 4, 1903

Creator: Lyttleton, Henry Thomas

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Process of Making Soft Peanut Candy

Patent for a soft peanut candy recipe with ingredients listed.

Date: August 27, 1907

Creator: Green, Little J. & Heyn, Henry

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Protector for Stay-Bolts.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in protectors for stay bolts, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: May 24, 1898

Creator: Coins, Francis. J.

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Plow.

Patent for the improvement and simplification of disk plows. It consists of improvements to interconnection of beam, plow, wheels and axle in their positioning and securing to allow for adjustments of these parts; also includes scrapers for plow-disks. Illustrations of a possible implementation are included.

Date: March 18, 1902

Creator: Schofield, James

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Measuring Apparatus.

Patent for an improved measuring apparatus. This apparatus improves the measuring of dry goods through a measuring tape that is affixed to the measured goods. The invention allows for goods to be cut to exact lengths.

Date: January 28, 1919

Creator: Garrett, Thomas B.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Table.

Patent for a new and improved table. This design "is to increase the utility of tables by providing them with drawers extending from side to side, that will open from either side of the table, and also providing the drawers with additional means of support that will enable them to contain articles of great weight without injury to the structure, and thus adapt the same for use in stores" (lines 10-18).

Date: October 13, 1885

Creator: Davis, James Franklin

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut Lock.

Patent for a new and improved nut-lock. This design "is to produce a nut-lock which will require a minimum number of parts to adjust, will require no other tools than a wrench, which will stay where adjusted in spite of any amount of pounding or concussion, and which, when desired, may be removed without difficulty. To this end [the] invention consists in a nut provided with a serrated face and a washer having sharp spring-lips engaging with the serrations. [The] invention also consists in a pe… more

Date: December 6, 1887

Creator: Parks, John W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for "a new and Improved Cotton-Press" (lines 4-5) with illustration.

Date: July 28, 1874

Creator: Salmon, William A.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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