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Machinery for Irrigating Purposes

Description: Patent for a machine that irrigates with a water wheel. The water wheel is connected to a float and a rod connected that is connected to a crank on the shaft of the wheel.
Date: September 25, 1888
Creator: Owen, Benajah Dotte
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Liniment.

Description: Patent for “a compound for the treatment of diseases of the kidney, rheumatism, neuralgia, diarrhea, dysentery, cramps, colic, and pains, and dyspepsia” (lines 8-11) which includes ingredients and their measurements . The ingredients are alcohol, spirits of turpentine, spirits of camphor, aqua-ammonia, tincture of opium, chloroform, tincture of ginger, oil of sassafras, balsam of fir, essence of peppermint, oil of black pepper, oil of origanum, tincture of capsicum, tincture of guaiacum, and s… more
Date: September 25, 1885
Creator: Christopher, George Washington & Grant, James M.
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Windmill-Regulator

Description: Patent for a windmill regulator, specifically windmill breaks "to be used in connection with a windmill placed upon a tower in the usual manner and having the controlling-wire depending therefrom to be drawn upon for stopping the pumping mechanism and to be released for allowing it to resume its operation" (lines 22-28), including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1900
Creator: Rohlf, Claus H.
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Tire-Armor.

Description: Patent for "a flexible protector adapted to be applied to a tire" (lines 8-9).
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Oatman, Duke
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Trace-Carrier

Description: Patent for trace carrier for a plow "especially designed to support the trace adjustably in a vertical direction, so as to vary the line of the draft upon the plow and also provide a guide and support for the reins" (lines 9-13), including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1900
Creator: Smith, William F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Speculum

Description: Patent for an improved version of the speculum, a gynecological instrument, including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1900
Creator: Morrow, John W.
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Nut-Lock

Description: Patent for a nut lock, to hold a nut in place or act in place of a washer, including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1900
Creator: Dowell, Jeff Davis & Galliher, Lawrence M.
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Pruning Implement.

Description: Patent for a new and improved pruning implement. This design consists in "the combination, with a staff, of the jaw-arms pivoted to the staff and provided with the upwardly-projecting and curved jaws, the collars fitted loosely on the staff, the rods connecting the said collars, and the link-arms pivoted to the collar and to the jaw-arms" (lines 11-17).
Date: September 25, 1888
Creator: Hall, Francis Asbury
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quilting Mechanism for Sewing-Machines.

Description: Patent for a quilting mechanism for sewing machines that attaches to a sewing table that extends "over and above and parallel with the overhanging arm of the machine" (lines 20-22), the arm is adjustable and detachable, a track-rail is attached to the end of the arm, and a quilting-frame hangs from the sheaves.
Date: September 25, 1894
Creator: Stafford, George A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pipe-Pulling Device.

Description: Patent for a device for pulling pipes from wells without damaging the pipe, with a safety feature in case the pipe breaks.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Osborne, William R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Receptacle

Description: Patent for a new design for a vegetable receptacle or bin which allows for open circulation of air around the vegetables and has multiple compartments in which to store different types of vegetables, including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Bering, August C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Open Fire-Place

Description: Patent for improvements to an open fireplace making the different sections of the fireplace detachable and replaceable individually. Patent granted to Daniel E. Jones.
Date: September 25, 1885
Creator: Jones, Daniel E.
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Drop-Feed for Seeders and Planters.

Description: Patent for a drop feed device that dispenses individual seeds (particularly peas) for planting. It attaches to a planter, dropping seeds when activated by the motion of the planter's wheels. A seed guard prevents clogging.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Johnson, Mat P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Sack Carrier.

Description: Patent for cotton-sack carriers "which will offer no impediment to the free movements of the picker," and constructed "such that the ends of the carrier will not engage and 'hang' upon the stalks of cotton, and will pass readily over irregularities in the surface of the field." (Lines 22-38) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1894
Creator: Johns, Calvin L.
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Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. With this design, "[w]hen the cars are coupled, the shoulders upon the draw-heads will bear against each other, pressing the spring-bolts forward, which will tilt the free ends of the bails forward over the ends of the opposite draw-heads, thus forming a strong and safe coupling which may be uncoupled in a moment of time" (lines 92-98).
Date: September 25, 1883
Creator: Hathaway, Charles L.
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Fruit Gatherer.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fruit gatherer. This design consists "[i]n a fruit-gatherer, the combination of the pole, the jaws attached to its upper end, the sliding collar, the links connecting the collar and the sleeve, the rods, the jaws, the ring, the tube attached thereto and encircling the pole below said jaws, and the sleeve which supports the ring and is adjustable on the pole longitudinally for the purpose of adjusting the mouth of said tube in the desired proximity to the said jaws"… more
Date: September 25, 1888
Creator: Hall, Francis Asbury
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Harrow-Tooth

Description: Patent for an improvement in the device known as harrow tooth. Due to being constructed differently certain parts of the invention can be arranged any way the user wants and the harrow tooth is also capable of a more thorough cultivation and pulverization of soil which allows closer cultivation of crops or being more precise and thorough when digging up weeds.
Date: September 25, 1905
Creator: Smith, James Wilson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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