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Washing-Machine

Description: Patent for improvements on washing machines in order "to simplify and improve the construction of washing-machines and to provide one which will remove the dirt from fabrics without inj uring the latter and which may be conveniently operated with a minimum amount of exertion on the part of the operator" (lines 10-16).
Date: October 4, 1892
Creator: Elkins, William Franklin
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Vine Cutter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved vine-cutter. This design "is to provide a suitable device . . . whereby a sweet-potato vine may be severed from the main stalk on each side of a ridge, the parts of the same being of simple and effective construction and operation" (lines 12-17). It consists in "a post or support, divergent elongated horizontally-arranged cutters secured to the opposite sides thereof and having their lower rear sides formed into cutting-edges of concave form, said cutters being def… more
Date: October 4, 1892
Creator: Francis, Samuel H.
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Wheel and Shaft

Description: Patent for a wheel and shaft designed for use in drilling oil and gas wells.
Date: October 4, 1921
Creator: Hudson, James Condron
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Trap.

Description: Patent for a trap, which has a tilted floor that closes the door when weight is put on it.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Newell, Alonzo
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Stalk Cutter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved stalk cutter. This design consists in "relates to machines for cutting corn and cotton stalks; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same" (lines 18-21).
Date: October 4, 1881
Creator: Rhea, James C.
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Hot Box Alarm.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hot-box alarm. This design "relates to alarms to indicate overheated journal-boxes; and it has for its object to provide a device of this character . . . which will be useful upon boxes of stationary engines, car-wheels, or any style or form of machinery in which shafting or boxes are employed which are liable to get overheated" (lines 8-16). It consists, "with a journal-box, of a cylinder supported upon said box and designed to accommodate a liquefying solid, a pe… more
Date: October 4, 1892
Creator: Basel, John Conrad & Fruehauf, Eduard
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Means for Transmitting Motion.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in means for transmitting motion, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 4, 1898
Creator: Holmgreen, Julius H. & Holmgreen, Eugene A.
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Pump.

Description: Patent for a pump "of the double-cylinder type, in which a continuous and steady stream of water is sucked from the well and forced to the point of use, and in such a pump to provide means for operating the same, whereby the same power will be required to raise the plunger that it does to force the same downward, and to this end providing such improved mechanisms and connections which will evenly distribute the power exerted by the operator to actuate the pump" (lines 9-19).
Date: October 4, 1892
Creator: Smith, Millage Math.
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Metal Cutter And Roller.

Description: Patent for a new and useful metal cutter and roller, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 4, 1898
Creator: Beaty, Gilbert M.
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Punching Machine

Description: Patent for a punching machine. Illustration included.
Date: October 4, 1904
Creator: Raines, Henry
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Tire-Setting Machine.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in tire setting machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 4, 1898
Creator: Mathisen, Christian
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Pie Safe or Refrigerator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved refrigerator. This design consists in "[t]he improved portable pie-safe . . . comprising the body, the guide-rods arranged vertically in the said body, near the corners thereof, and extended through the top of the same to form the loops, the bail or handle secured to said loops, the cross-bars secured to said guide-rods, and the spring-actuated shelves mounted on the said cross-bars" (lines 78-86).
Date: October 4, 1887
Creator: Holt, Lucy Jane
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Insect Destroyer And Fumigator

Description: Patent for an insect destroyer and fumigator. Illustrations included.
Date: October 4, 1904
Creator: Heffner, John H. & Kidd, Eugene Z.
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Draft-Equalizer.

Description: Patent for a draft equalizer for yokes and harnesses for draft animals.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: McNatt, Daniel W.
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Distribution And Information Board

Description: Patent for a distribution and information boards. This invention is intended to as a graphic reference chart for railway systems. Illustrations included.
Date: October 4, 1904
Creator: Symons, Wilson E.
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Fumigator.

Description: Patent for an egg-shaped fumigator for fumigating chicken nests.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Shelton, William J.
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Cotton-Gatherer.

Description: Patent for a cotton gatherer, which harvests the cotton and boll at the same time.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Ayers, Robert M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shock Absorber

Description: Patent for an improved shock absorber design to be used in motorized vehicles in order to prevent damage caused by sudden stops and jolts to the vehicle.
Date: October 4, 1919
Creator: Davis, Francis M.
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Design for a Railroad-Brace.

Description: Design patent for a railroad brace that has an essential feature of possessing peculiar shape and configuration.
Date: October 4, 1898
Creator: Cater, Daniel
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Spring-Wheel.

Description: Patent for improvements to vehicle spring wheels to replace pneumatic wheels, "embodying in its use relatively movable members having coil springs interposed therebetween whereby to secure the proper resilience" (lines 13-16) necessitating very few parts, including illustrations.
Date: October 4, 1921
Creator: Bush, Horace L. & Bryan, Andrew J.
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Fan.

Description: Patent for a fan, which attaches to rocking chairs and is powered by the rocking motion.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Sweetser, Charles
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Ice-Cream Freezer.

Description: Patent for an ice cream freezer, which rocks rather than turning in a circle to freeze the ice cream.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Harton, Thomas J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shoe Upper Blank.

Description: Patent for a new and improved shoe-upper blank. This design "relates to an improvement in blanks for the uppers of what are known as 'plow-shoes,' wherein a fly is folded over the instep and secured upon the side of the shoe by means of a tongue and buckle. The object of [the] invention is to provide a durable, inexpensive, and comfortable shoe which will be largely free from stitching and will have a neatly fitting and pleasing appearance" (lines 7-16).
Date: October 4, 1887
Creator: Skinner, John Leary
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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