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Windmill.

Description: Patent for an improvement to the "construction of windmills and to provide means for varying the stroke of a windmill with the velocity or force of the wind, to increase the length of the stroke as the velocity of the wind increases, and to reduce the length of stroke as the force of the wind abates." (lines 10-16)
Date: November 18, 1902
Creator: Tinney, James R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing Machine

Description: Patent for a washing machine, that employs a rubbing belt and coacting rubbing-board, which allows for "effective adjustment of the rubbing-board to secure a heavy or light rubbing action without injury to the clothes" (lines 21-23)
Date: November 18, 1902
Creator: Haydon, William Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fireproof Floor.

Description: Patent for an improved fireproof floor, which provides a light, rigid fire- and sound-proof flooring that is simple in construction. In addition, the ceiling construction allow the walls of a building to be strengthened against sagging or bulging, and also provides a continuous concrete-ceiling surface, allowing plaster coating or other material to be securely held without the need of another surface to support it.
Date: November 18, 1902
Creator: Shields, Patrick T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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