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Improvement in Cotton-Condensers.

Patent to improve the compressing-roller design in a cotton gin, to keep the mechanisms from clogging. This is an addition to a previous patent by the same inventor that improved methods of cleaning the cotton. It includes an explanation with references, and illustrations.

Date: December 10, 1878

Creator: Donovan, John T.

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Water-Gage.

Patent for a water-gage measuring the height or volume of water in a steam boiler, particularly those "held closed by the weight of the operating handle" (lines 11-12). The device is designed for simple manufacture and easy assembly & disassembly without tools, and features a valve seat that stays in place, illustrations included.

Date: December 30, 1919

Creator: Leidecker, Helmoth M.

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Machine for Sharpening Gin Saws

Patent for a new and useful improvements in machines for sharpening gin-saws. This invention is to "provide an improved machine of the character described wherein the saws may be sharpened without removing them" (line 10-12).

Date: December 14, 1897

Creator: Bradley, James M.

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Wave-Motor.

Patent for a simple and effective apparatus that utilizes wave power. It consists of a frame with a casing on the top that extends from the normal trough to crest lines of waves, a float, a pump with the center below the float, a discharge pipe connected to the pump, anchors and braces for the pump, a joint that connects the pump with a pile, guide rolls, and inlets and outlets on opposite sides of the pump.

Date: December 12, 1893

Creator: Walker, James C.

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Irrigating Machine

Patent for an irrigating machine. Illustration included.

Date: December 20, 1904

Creator: Smith, Warren W.

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Improvement in Ice-Machines.

Patent for improvements to the construction of "of the various parts of the [ice machine], whereby the reconversion of the ether into liquid before it reaches the freezing-vessel or chamber is better assured" (para. 3).

Date: December 12, 1871

Creator: Mühl, Andrew

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Improvement in Combined Planter and Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved planter and cultivator with illustrations. The invention furnishes a combined planter and cultivator constructed in such a way that "the seed dropping appliances can be readily detached and the machine adjusted for use as a cultivator." (lines 18-20)

Date: December 16, 1879

Creator: Tanner, James Henry

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Hydraulic Milk Cooler

Patent for a hydraulic milk cooler. This invention is shrouded in coolant agent absorbing material that is hydraulically applied to keep dairy products cool. Illustrations included.

Date: December 8, 1903

Creator: Womble, Zachariah C.

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Table.

Patent for improvements on table supports that enable the table to be adjusted to a raised position.

Date: December 7, 1915

Creator: Carrell, Fitchhulee & Moreau, William W.

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Egg Testing Globe

Patent for egg tester, where you can place an egg into the globe and see if it is fertilized.

Date: December 5, 1916

Creator: Woolfolk, Paul E.

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Means for Ventilating Grain, &c.

Patent for a new and improved ventilator for grain, etc. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the tubes, of the protecting end caps, consisting of a base-plate, by which it may be secured to the structure, and provided with a central opening, in which the ends of the tubes are adjusted, and a semi-cone . . . [also] [t]he combination, with the structure provided, with transverse ventilating-tubes projecting on the outside of the structure, of the . . . protecting caps" (lines 88-97).

Date: December 12, 1882

Creator: Street, John Kennedy

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Marine Torpedo Service.

Patent for a new and improved torpedo system. This design is "to so place and connect the torpedoes that they may be drawn out of the way of friendly vessels, so that they will automatically resume positions that will interfere with the passage of [unfriendly] vessels . . . [and] the invention consists of a series or system of torpedoes that are connected to guide-lines that pass under anchored sheaves and lead to a point where the lines are all connected to a single manipulating-line . . . whi… more

Date: December 7, 1886

Creator: Aylesworth, Charles Samuel

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Marker

Patent for a marker. This invention is for marking lines for planters, plows, and other farm implements. Illustration included.

Date: December 1, 1903

Creator: Kocks, John Barney

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Touch Regulating Attachment For Pianos

Patent for a touch regulating attachment for pianos. This invention contributes to the elasticity and responsiveness of the pianos action. Illustration included.

Date: December 18, 1906

Creator: Harriss, Langdon

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Switch and Signal System

Patent for a switch and signal system to be used for railroad signaling and to prevent trains on different tracks from colliding. (lines 12-22)

Date: December 12, 1905

Creator: Adams, Edwin J.

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Oil Distributer for Harbors, &c.

Patent for a new and improved oil-distributor. This design consists "in a device for distributing oil upon the waves in the vicinity of piers and harbors, the combination, with the main tank upon the shore, of a main pipe extending from it into the water, auxiliary tanks along the main line, and perforated auxiliary lines connected with the auxiliary tanks" (lines 23-30).

Date: December 4, 1888

Creator: Lyle, John Newton

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Telpherage Apparatus

Patent for Telpherage Apparatus

Date: December 5, 1916

Creator: Drinkard, Ithamar B.

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Ratchet-Wrench

Patent for a ratchet wrench including illustrations.

Date: December 1, 1914

Creator: Lawson, Harry C.

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Railroad-Bicycle.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in railroad bicycles, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: December 12, 1899

Creator: Turner, William B.

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Railroad-Gate.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in railroad gates, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: December 13, 1898

Creator: Cottle, Thomas M.

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Necktie and Collar Fastener.

Patent for a new and improved tie and collar fastener. This design consists in "[a] fastener for securing the proper relation between the shirt-band, collar, and necktie, consisting of a spring adapted to fit inside the shirt-band and next to the neck, in combination with a hollow stud on the middle of the convex side, having a separable head with spring-catches, and the bent hook-sections, toothed . . . and arranged to separate the shirt-band, collar, and necktie" (lines 66-75).

Date: December 1, 1885

Creator: Coffey, Robert Samuel

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Cotton-Picker Finger.

Patent that improves on existing design of cotton-picking spindles by using an elastic material instead of bristles. Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: December 8, 1891

Creator: Canuteson, Ole

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for an improved combined cotton chopper and cultivator.

Date: December 15, 1896

Creator: Summers, Dewett C.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Gin Feeder and Cleaner

Patent for cotton gin feeder and cleaner in which cotton passes over the screening surface by means of a picker-roller.

Date: December 9, 1902

Creator: Seifert, John W.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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