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Improvement in Car-Brakes.

Description: Patent for "car-brakes that work automatically and without manual intervention as soon as the locomotive is stopped." (Lines 12-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 1, 1875
Creator: Kirtley, Fielding L.
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Improvement in Guide-Wheels for Car-Trucks.

Description: Patent for a "device or attachment to car-trucks, &c., for preventing their being thrown off the track." (Lines 8-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1874
Creator: Hale, Nathan M.
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Improvement in Car-Brakes.

Description: Patent for "a means for the automatic application of brakes to the cars of a railway-train; and it consists in a loosely-moving draw-bar attached to the car by means of bolts passing through a central longitudinal slot, and having its sides wrought into two rack-bars, which mesh with pinions upon two windlass-shafts; which arrangement, when the locomotive is "slowed," causes the impact of the cars to drive up the draw-bars and wind up cords upon the windlass-shafts, which communicated with and … more
Date: June 1, 1875
Creator: Kirtley, Fielding L.
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Lunch Box

Description: Patent for a lunch box.This invention is designed with a secured latching lid. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1912
Creator: Christian, Carl
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Irrigation-Pipe.

Description: Patent for an invention relates to an improved irrigation pipe which is to be used in connection with a sub-irrigation system.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Cooke, Joe R.
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Improvement in Cotton Scrapers and Choppers.

Description: Patent for improvement in cotton scrapers and choppers by way of the innovative placement of plows.
Date: November 8, 1870
Creator: Hale, Nathan
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Shoe for Bridges.

Description: Patent for a new and improved bridge shoe including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 10, 1894
Creator: Seaman, George S.
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Nut-Lock

Description: Patent for a nut lock that utilizes a spring coil to enable rotation.
Date: February 22, 1916
Creator: Millard, William R.
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Means for Operating Churns.

Description: Patent for improvement in operation of churns by using a spring-bar to press the flanged wheel against the driving-wheel to cause the dasher-shaft to revolve, thus the cream will be churned quickly. Illustration is included.
Date: July 14, 1891
Creator: Conner, Laurance H.
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Plow

Description: Patent for a plow. This plow is equipped with a cutter or knife that follows the furrow to guide the plow blade. Illustration included.
Date: February 11, 1908
Creator: McCasland, Charles K.
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Automatic Measuring Machine

Description: Patent for an automatic measuring machine. Illustration included.
Date: December 21, 1909
Creator: Whitten, Edgar, Jr. & Harrell, Attie Alfred
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Bolt-Clipper

Description: Patent for improvements to bolt cutters, in terms of construction and efficiency. The improvement includes "oppositely-disposed jaw members, having v-shaped cutting edges" (lines 36-37). Includes illustrations.
Date: January 9, 1906
Creator: Pulvitt, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wing Sweep Attachement for Plows

Description: Patent for "an attachment for plows, cultivators or the like whereby the implement may readily be provided with wing sweeps without disarrangement or reconstruction of the old parts of implement, and in such connection it relates more particularly to the form, constuction and arrangement of the attachment" (lines 9-16).
Date: August 28, 1916
Creator: Skinner, M. T.
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Improvement in Carriage-Axle Boxes.

Description: Patent for "a new and useful improvement in carriage-axle boxes and spindles" (lines 3-5), includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 11, 1877
Creator: Sitton, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Coffins

Description: Patent for a coffin attachment which supports the head and shoulders of the body and allows them to be adjusted vertically. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Deering, Uriah H.
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Lemon Juice Extractor

Description: Patent for a lemon juice extractor. Illustration included.
Date: May 2, 1905
Creator: Conroy, Eliza D. & Jobe, L. D.
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Dental Mold.

Description: Patent for dental mold, it is an improvement on patent no. 700855, by the same inventor. The improvement was to have open sides and large exit at the bottom of the lower neck of the mold, and a flask having a wide inlet in order to keep the molten metal from contact with the metal of the mold to avoid being suddenly cooled. (Lines 19-23) Illustration is included.
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: Streetman, Willard
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Swinging Chair.

Description: Patent for improvements in swinging chairs for children, "which will render the chair automatic in operation or require but little exertion from the child occupying it, there being little or no danger of the child falling out while the chair is swinging," (lines 14-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 15, 1891
Creator: Eller, Julius M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bearing.

Description: Patent for improvements in bearings, in which a liquid-step bearing “contains a closed receptacle for oil or other liquid and co-acting with a movable piston or shaft, and adapted to resist end thrust by means of the liquid.” (Lines 11-14) Illustration is included.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Godsey, Henry M.
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Mirror-Holder

Description: Patent for a mirror holder containing a bracket that allows for easy fixing to various items of furniture.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Barnard, Elmer
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Steering-Gear.

Description: Patent for a new and improved steering-gear. A simplistic and inexpensive design that will prevent the transfer of shocks to the steering wheel when traveling in a straight line.
Date: October 28, 1919
Creator: Scheble, Eugene Stiles
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Railroad-Tie.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in railroad-ties.
Date: May 17, 1898
Creator: Armstrong, Henry T.
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Governor.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in governors, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 15, 1898
Creator: Hunter, Victor E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Description: Patent for improving acetylene gas generators.
Date: April 1, 1919
Creator: Muse, James A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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