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Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the beams having the arms provided with the openings, the beams having openings concentric with [the arms'] openings, the standards, the bolts pivoting the latter to the arms and extending through the openings, the plates having their lower ends secured on said pivotal bolts and adapted to engage the rear sides of the standards, the triggers, and the bolts to pivot the said triggers to the beams, said bolts … more
Date: August 14, 1888
Creator: Swearingen, Columbus Alexander
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Press.

Description: Patent for a simple and inexpensive cotton press that gets cotton from a gin, forms it into a soft bat, and compresses it into a bale. The operator can tie a band around the bale. It consists of a frame, rollers, and gears.
Date: February 21, 1893
Creator: Bessonette, William T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Chopper and Scraper.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and scraper. This design consists "[i]n a four-wheeled machine for scraping and chopping cotton, the combination of the two scrapers having their standards connected by a cross-bar at the top to form a foot-rest, and pivoted intermediately to the frame, with the rear rotary choppers connected adjustably with the same shaft, and arranged at an oblique angle thereto" (lines 86-93).
Date: July 10, 1883
Creator: Russell, William R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saddle Girth.

Description: Patent for a new and improved saddle girth. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the central ring and pad, of the strips and the radiating straps . . . [and] [t]he combination, with the central ring and pad, of the loop and the radiating straps" (lines 56-62).
Date: October 24, 1882
Creator: Williams, Calvin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saddle

Description: Patent for a western style equestrian saddle.
Date: September 30, 1902
Creator: Hastings, John Reed & Hastings, Clarence Brooks
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash Holder.

Description: Patent for a new and improved sash holder. This design "relates to improvements in sash-locks, the object in view being to provide a cheap and simple arrangement adapted to be applied to the ordinary upper and lower unbalanced sashes and to so construct said device as to form a convenient means for operating the upper sash without the necessity of reaching uncomfortably therefor and to be able to lock said sash against movement in either direction at any point of elevation. A further object is … more
Date: August 9, 1892
Creator: Monday, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shaft-Support

Description: Patent for a shaft support and anti-rattler for vehicle thills. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1908
Creator: Stovall, Sidney P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay-Rack.

Description: Patent for a hay rack, which allows animals to feed on the hay while it on the rack from all sides and underneath it.
Date: April 7, 1908
Creator: Jackson, Peter C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay Rake

Description: Patent for a hay rake comprised of "a wheeled rake from, a support mounted behind the said frame, braces connecting the support with the rake frame, a fork having its stem swiveled in the support and rising above the same, a wheel carried by the fork, a draft tongue mounted on the support and located to the rear of the rake frame . . ." (100-107)
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: Mallett, Charles J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dam Construction

Description: Patent for a movable dam wall shorter than the depth of the water behind it, including illustrations.
Date: March 3, 1914
Creator: Hunt, Edward B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination Door Check and Alarm.

Description: Patent for a new and improved door-check and alarm. With this design, "[t]he latch normally stands in the engaging position, and when it aligns with one of the notches it engages the same automatically. One of the notches is so arranged that it is engaged by the latch when the door is closed, and when the knob is turned to open the door the cord, wire, or chain draws the latch out of engagement with the notch. . . . [a] bell on the end of the latch will give warning when the latch is moved, and… more
Date: February 12, 1889
Creator: King, Charles Rufus
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Crate.

Description: Patent for a crate build specifically for shipping bananas "which will be of light weight, and which can be manufactured at slight cost" (lines 16-17).
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Jeanes, Elisha A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Crayon Holder

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvements in crayon holders. This design is to "provide an improved device which may be constructed cheaply, be light, and have a neat appearance" (line 13-14).
Date: December 14, 1897
Creator: Rugeley, Fannie M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Animal Shears.

Description: Patent for new and improved animal shears. This design consists in "mechanism for imparting a combined reciprocating and edgewise play to the cutting knife or knives in order to cause the teeth of said knife or knives to follow or describe a curved or oval path, and thus insure greater efficiency of operation; to provide for the proper lateral contact of the knives in order to insure their proper action and to regulate the pressure or force with which one knife bears on the other; [and] to prov… more
Date: February 11, 1890
Creator: Bechtol, William S. & Bessonette, William T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Animal-Shears

Description: Patent for an improvement in animal shears to "simplify and improve the construction of animal-shears, and render their operation more positive and reliable" (lines 11-13).
Date: August 26, 1890
Creator: Monday, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus For Cleaning Dishes.

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements in apparatus for cleaning dishes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1900
Creator: Wright, John W.
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Animal Tag.

Description: Patent for a new and improved animal tag. This design "consists in an animal-tag formed of a tube provided with a removable cover and an elongated staple for the strap, by which this tube is held to the animal" (lines 11-14).
Date: November 21, 1882
Creator: Queen, Elias G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bathing-Suit.

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvement in bathing suits.
Date: March 29, 1898
Creator: Davis, Jesse W. D.
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Combined Railroad Level and Gage.

Description: Patent for a device that combines a railroad level and a railroad gauge. This invention provides a compact tool that determines the condition of tracks as to level and gauge.
Date: March 4, 1919
Creator: Fuller, Benjamin A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Harrow Attachment for Cultivators.

Description: Patent for Harrow Attachment for Cultivators to replace shovels or blades.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Lancaster, Harris E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Book-Support.

Description: Patent for a book-support made to hold large, heavy books used in commercial and government offices. The platforms can be moved up and down by a crank on the side of the support.
Date: January 19, 1897
Creator: Barnes, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Broadcast Seeder.

Description: Patent for a broadcast seeder designed to "cultivate, plant, and subsequently roll or cover the seed, the elements for accomplishing the same being combined in a single device simply constructed" (lines 10-13).
Date: June 3, 1890
Creator: Callaway, Johnathan Asa
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Description: Patent for churns with accompanying illustration and description of machine.
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: McCausland, Joseph H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Carpenter's Square.

Description: Patent for a carpenter's square that uses an improved attachment "for laying off bevels at various angles" (lines 15-16).
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Buckland, Charles O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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