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Insect Trap.

Description: Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design "consists in forming the trough of a quadrangular form, and V-shaped in cross-section, with the plates of the opposite sections of the trough forming wedges adapted to be forced into the ground around the mouth of the ant-hill and securely anchor the trap in the ground" (lines 41-46).
Date: June 26, 1883
Creator: Bunnell, James F.
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Low-Pressure Tire-Signal.

Description: Patent for a device that attaches to the valve of an automobile tire and creates a warning noise if the tire pressure is too low. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 5, 1911
Creator: Collins, Joseph M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Windmill Attachment.

Description: Patent for windmill attachment to improve the construction allowing windmills to function without a sufficient amount of wind through the use of pumps and rods, including illustrations.
Date: October 21, 1913
Creator: Vaught, Silas W.
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Insect-Proof Roller or Pedestal.

Description: Patent for "a caster or pedestal for beds, sofas, tables, &c.; and it primarily has for its object to provide an article of this character having means for destroying chinches and other insects or vermin, whereby to prevent same from passing up the post or leg into the bed, sofa, or table." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 7, 1897
Creator: Curry, William Henry & Curry, Amey Marshall
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Lever-Operated Cutting Mechanism

Description: Patent for lever-operated cutting mechanism, that used leavers to provide a cutting surface that is both adjustable and can be reversibly held, including illustrations.
Date: August 21, 1900
Creator: Orr, William Oliver
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Table.

Description: Patent for a table with sections that are rotatable and vertically adjustable, including illustrations.
Date: February 19, 1901
Creator: Jolly, William C.
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Toy Grasshopper

Description: Patent for a toy grasshopper that is able to jump on surfaces once it is set down to simulate the propelled jumping of a grasshopper. Because of its design, primarily of rubber bands and levers, the movement is unique. It is also able to be formed into other animals or insects, as the body is made of wood.
Date: December 14, 1920
Creator: Ford, George E.
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Portable Forge

Description: Patent for a portable forge adapted for use in oil well drilling. Used to create a compact form of a forge for easy breakdown and storage, while also making it easier to transport.
Date: March 1, 1921
Creator: Wright, Samuel E.
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Hobble-Arch for Cultivators.

Description: Patent for a new hobble arch that laterally adjusts shovel beams of cultivators without stripping shaft threads.
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Rutledge, Robert P.; Boland, Randsome G. & Devault, John A.
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Soldering-Iron

Description: Patent for a soldering-iron, which is used to feed a "molten solder directly to the point of the iron," and to keep the flow steady.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Rodger, Don E.
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Hay-Press.

Description: Patent for hay presses with "a construction operable by horse-power in which the plunger will be operated as the sweep is moved in both directions and in which, furthermore, there will be an efficiency of operation and an economy of power" (lines 11-16).
Date: December 18, 1900
Creator: Bryant, Edward R.
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Harrow Tooth.

Description: Patent for a new and improved harrow-tooth apparatus, which is attached to a tractor during farming. It will not injure the growing plants while still managing to break the crust of the furrow on each side of the row of plants, thus the improvement to the existing machinery allows the furrow crusts to be broken more effectually.
Date: May 13, 1913
Creator: Rutledge, Robert P. & Boland, Randsome G.
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Fertilizer Distributer

Description: Patent for a device with a mechanism that will aid in soil preparation and efficiently distribute fertilizer over a field and prepare for the immediate planting of grain.
Date: February 29, 1916
Creator: Duke, Luther H.
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Rotary Moving Picture Machine.

Description: Patent for motion picture machine with interchangeable heads, allowing for change of one reel while the other continues to play undisturbed from same machine.
Date: November 16, 1920
Creator: Hansard, Robert L.
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Seed-Planter

Description: Patent for a seed planter that has a revolving set of cups that are filled with seed and then planted as the seed planter crosses a field.
Date: August 20, 1912
Creator: Adams, William M.
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Rotary Churn.

Description: Patent for a new and improved rotary churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the supporting frame, the walking-beam, two crank-shafts journaled in the rear part of said frame, means for connecting the walking-beam with said shafts, a balance-wheel and dasher carried by one of said shafts, a larger balance wheel connected to the other shaft, and a churn-body secured to said balance-wheel" (lines 50-57).
Date: September 21, 1886
Creator: Stafford, George A.
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Folding Chicken-Coop.

Description: Patent for a simpler and less expensive chicken coop "capable of being compactly folded for shipping or storing and adapted to easily and quickly arranged for use" (lines 18-20), including illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Welty, Elbert E. C.
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Shoe-Dauber

Description: Patent for a shoe dauber "in which the polishing solution will be automatically supplied to the daubing head as it is moved over the shoe" (lines 13-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Dover, Devoe
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Sash Fastener

Description: Patent for a sash fastener. The invnetion is designed to be of durable use as a window sash fastener. Illustration included.
Date: December 24, 1912
Creator: Flaniken, William F.
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