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Planter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the plow-beam having the hopper provided with two seed-compartments and a discharge compartment, of the oscillating levers fulcrumed in hangers beneath the plow-beam, the rods provided with fixed cups, and the rods provided with the hinged cups, and the cranked wheel for operating the levers" (lines 10-17).
Date: April 14, 1885
Creator: Kimbro, Jerrymirah Haden & Kimbro, John Alburt
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hillside-Plow

Description: Patent for improvements in the construction and design of hillside-plows.
Date: April 2, 1889
Creator: Bunnell, Marcellus Jackson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Device for Cooling Milk and Butter.

Description: Patent for improvements in devices for cooling milk and butter by using textile materials to cover the buckets or pails that contain milk or butter or other food articles, then saturated these textile covered buckets or pails with water; thus reducing the temperature of the articles contained in the buckets or pails, owing to evaporation. Illustration is included.
Date: April 21, 1891
Creator: Hall, Charles T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Description: Patent for an improvement to the construction of sliding gates that will "enable them to be readily opened by persons on horses and in vehicles and to be closed by them after passing through the gate." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 5, 1892
Creator: Shannon, Jefferson C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bicycle.

Description: Patent for a bicycle that can be operated by the operator's hands or feet or both, and the motion used to operate the bicycle is that of rowing. "the rider must assume a position upon the machine corresponding to that assumed by an oarsman in a boat, and as the rider can work with both hands and feet all the energy and strength he is capable of exerting can be brought to bear upon the propelling mechanism in a most effective manner, and the seat can be rendered much more comfortable than at preā€¦ more
Date: April 3, 1894
Creator: Hyde, Thomas B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tire-Tightener.

Description: Patent for a new invention to improve tire-tighteners."Provides a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device capable of firmly engaging a felly and a spoke and adapted to be readily adjusted to tighten a tire" (lines 12-15) and includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: April 24, 1900
Creator: Ferriott, Charley L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tongue-Support.

Description: Patent for improvements to tongue supports. "One object of the present invention is to improve the construction of tongue-supports and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device designed to be connected with the ends of a doubletree and with the front axle and capable of supporting the front portion of the tongue or pole in an elevated position to relieve the neck of the draft- animals of the weight of the same" (lines 10-18). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: April 24, 1900
Creator: Brewer, Samuel H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Window-Screen.

Description: Patent for window screens with frames, side members and end members that can be fixed, detached and adjusted.
Date: April 18, 1905
Creator: McGlamery, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Joint.

Description: Patent for a rail joint that is made in sections that can be easily assembled on site and that locks in place better due to the addition of metal lugs that push against plates in the rails.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Stephens, Charles H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Description: Patent for a churn with a better support device than previous churns.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Hyland, George Tolifaro
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grave-Filler.

Description: Patent for a grave-filler device that holds dirt from the grave and can be shifted longitudinally from the grave and be titled vertically to refill the grave.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: Imhoff, Louis P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn Popper

Description: Patent for corn-popper improvement by connecting to the cover of the popper a rotating agitating blade which would prevent the corn within from burning.
Date: April 10, 1917
Creator: Zschiesche, William H. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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