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Cotton-Chopper

Description: Patent for "a machine of this class which chall be simple, inexpensive, and efficient in operation" (lines 9-11).
Date: August 27, 1889
Creator: Chambers, Abram
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Cotton-Press

Description: Patent for a simple cotton press that is adapted to be run from the same source of power as the gin so that the plunger operates automatically (lines 12-16).
Date: December 27, 1892
Creator: Van Dyke, James E. & Stobaugh, Harry
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Cotton-Seed Planter

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton-seed planter. The design "in which the cotton-seeds in the hopper is fed down through the feed-opening of the same by vibrating teeth." (p. 1; lines 15-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1885
Creator: Elliston, John J.
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Coupling

Description: Patent for a coupler designed to connect the pipes of train cars. Illustrations included.
Date: June 23, 1908
Creator: Mc.Millan, Thomas B.
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Cultivator Attachment

Description: Patent for a cultivator attachment. This invention is used to provide stalk-cutting the stalks and chopping of cotton. Illustration included.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Nicks, John H.
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Facing-Slip and Label Holder.

Description: Patent for improvements “in facing-slip and label holders to be used by mailing and postal clerks” (lines 13-14) “by providing a convenient and readily-accessible means in applying the facing-slips to packages of mail-matter and to adapt such holders for placement with respect to a case of letter-box as to always have such slips and labels with the receptacle containing the letters to receive a slip corresponding with such mail-matter.” (Lines 16-23) Illustration is included.
Date: June 16, 1891
Creator: Gaines, Thomas W., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay Press.

Description: Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "the combination, with the side walls, of the stop-blocks comprising the places secured in recesses in the same, and the offsets formed integrally with the said plates, the plunger having recesses in its sides which engage said offsets, the operating-lever, and the pitman connecting the latter to the plunger" (lines 93-100).
Date: September 13, 1887
Creator: Bryant, William Hodges
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay Press.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hay-press. This design consists in "the frame having the pulley, the follower having the pulleys, and the shaft having the loose drums . . . means for locking either of the said drums to the said shaft, the rope attached to the drum and passing over the pulley with which the follower is provided, and secured to an immovable object, and the rope attached to the drum, passed over the pulley and attached to the follower" (lines 27-35).
Date: October 12, 1886
Creator: Bryant, William Hoggs
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hunting Lamp.

Description: Patent for a new and improved lantern for hunting. This design "is to produce a light, cheap, and convenient lamp that can be carried upon the head with greater comfort, and at the same time be more efficient than any heretofore known" (lines 10-13).
Date: December 20, 1881
Creator: Brittan, Edward H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improved Millstone-Dress.

Description: Patent for an improved millstone dress which allows "the grain [to be] more thoroughly ground, and a larger product of flour [to be] obtained from a given quantity of grain." (Lines 11-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gaines, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Gin Flues

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton ginning appartatus using a set a valves to throw lint-cotton into different rooms without stopping the gin (line 2), including illustration.
Date: August 13, 1872
Creator: Gaines, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mail-Box.

Description: Patent for a mail box, which is movable to allow it to be drawn closer to the road for mail delivery and then put back in its original position.
Date: July 12, 1910
Creator: Mills, Joseph H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mail-Box Hanger

Description: Patent for a mail box hanger for mailboxes that allows the mailman to easily deliver mail to them.
Date: December 3, 1912
Creator: Bell, Fred
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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