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Windmill

Description: Patent for "improvements in windmills." (lines 8-9) specifically a vertical windmill and includes five figures and an explanation of the device.
Date: January 15, 1901
Creator: Harris, Edwin
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Wire Stretcher

Description: Patent for a device that stretches wire, specifically for fence construction.
Date: March 24, 1903
Creator: Cox, Caine Lafayette
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Corn Planter

Description: Patent for a corn planter. This invention is simple and compact and does not require manual actuation of the drum for the dropping mechanism. It can be used for corn and similar seeds, including cotton and seeds with fibrous coating. Illustration included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Robinson, Charles William
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Churn.

Description: Patent for a churn with an improved "construction of working body churns, to effect a rapid production of butter, and to enable the temperature of the contents of the churn to be readily controlled and regulated to facilitate churning" (lines 11-15).
Date: April 11, 1893
Creator: Robert, Cumberland M.
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Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a wire stretching device employed in fence construction. This device temporarily holds and stretches the wire between fence posts, while being secured. Through the operating lever and gripping jaw, the operator can effectively stretch the wire with minimal effort, while safeguarding against slipping.
Date: August 30, 1921
Creator: Greer, Benjamin J.
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Wrench

Description: Patent for a wrench. Illustrations included.
Date: December 20, 1910
Creator: Smith, Henry D.
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Trunk.

Description: Patent for a trunk meant for traveling that holds clothes and small articles. The trunk has "novel adjunctive features, which will render it more convenient, and better adapted for the stowage and removal of various articles of wear and use" (lines 11-14).
Date: December 12, 1893
Creator: Warren, James L.
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Lock-Nut.

Description: Patent for a nut lock that secures two nuts of a pair within a tubular casing through opposing threading and rotation, where one nut is immobilized and the other remaining adjustable to meet situational need. Illustrations included.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Greer, Benjamin J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Fence Tool.

Description: Patent for a new wire fence tool for "applying binding members at the crossings of the strand and stay wires, and has for its object to simplify and improve the construction and increase the efficiency of devices of this character" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date: April 3, 1906
Creator: Harris, Edwin
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Variable Float-Shaft Bearing for Cotton-Seed-Linting Machines

Description: Patent for a shaft bearing designed to regulate and maintain the density of the cotton seed rolls in linting machines. Illustrations included.
Date: May 12, 1908
Creator: Rosson, Joseph Linville
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a mailbag catching and delivering apparatus for trains that can be used by a train going either direction on the tracks.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Tidmore, Irenaeus P.
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Mechanical Movement

Description: Patent for a mechanical movement. This invention is intended to producing more power. Illustration included.
Date: December 29, 1903
Creator: Stevens, Samuel David
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Trace-Carrier.

Description: Patent for "a simple, inexpensive, and efficient trace-carrier" (line 12) "capable of readily receiving and of securely holding the chain of a trace close to the back-band and of preventing the inner trace-chains form becoming hooked into each other when two horses are employed at a plow or the like" (lines 13-18).
Date: June 8, 1897
Creator: Brown, Lewis E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stew-Pan.

Description: Patent for improvement in stew-pan by using a large size of stew-pan which having three separate compartments with different dimensions, to allow for large quantities of cooking materials to cook at one time without using separate cooking utensils. The heater designed to have fire-box in the front and at the rear, and the top portion of the heater being almost completely open. The elongated stew-pan placed on top of the open fire acted as a closure for the open top of the heater when food is … more
Date: May 28, 1901
Creator: Dowell, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Method of Making Concrete Tombstones.

Description: Patent for a method of making concrete tombstones which are waterproof and don't require wetting during the drying process to prevent cracking, reducing the drying time from 30 days in the shade to 4 days in the sun. This is achieved by adding salt to hold water which prevents cracking while drying, and a paint coat of aluminum powder and gasolene to waterproof the concrete and add a shine to it.
Date: July 2, 1907
Creator: Hendley, Marion Jonathan
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Spittoon

Description: Patent for a spittoon for hospital use. Illustrations included.
Date: October 15, 1912
Creator: Grisham, Mattie
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Nut-Lock.

Description: Patent for a nut lock that keeps bolts attached extra tightly.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Greer, Benjamin J.
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Nut-Lock.

Description: Patent for a nut lock that is easy to manufacture.
Date: January 3, 1911
Creator: Dowell, Lawson H.
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Padlock

Description: Patent for a padlock. Illustration included.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Greer, Benjamin J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Horse-Arrester.

Description: Patent for a wagon tongue for horse-drawn wagons that is equipped with a spring triggered device that can be used to put the whole draft of the wagon on the horses bits to stop them if they are running away.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Lambert, James T.
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Harrow Attachment

Description: Patent for a harrow attachment. Illustration included.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Jackson, Merriott A. & Bristow, John A.
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Fire Extinguisher

Description: Patent for fire extinguisher improvements so as to use carbon dioxide to extinguish the flame.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Parker, Howard R.
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Harrow.

Description: Patent for a harrow for use in orchards that can be moved around easily to avoid trees.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Forkner, Charles E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Road-Grader

Description: Patent for an improvement or update to a device called a road-grader. This patented upgrade will make the use of a road-grader easier.
Date: January 18, 1916
Creator: Harris, Elie B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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