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Gate.

Description: Patent for an automatic gate at railroad crossings, adaptable for use in "farm gates and automatic gates for carriage roads" (page 1, lines 11-12) using "an inclined cam disk, of a spring actuated lever" (page 4, lines 27-28), trip devices, and a bell or other signal, with illustrations.
Date: January 24, 1893
Creator: Neeb, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fred Regulator for Cotton Gins

Description: Patent for a feed regulator for cotton gins. This invention is arranged for distributing and guiding cotton into the feeder. Illustration included.
Date: May 12, 1908
Creator: McCreary, Lorenzo A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fish Catching Apparatus

Description: Patent for a fish catching apparatus which will move artificial bait in the water to attract more fish.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Beyer, Albert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rein-Holder.

Description: Patent for a new and useful rein holder, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1900
Creator: Sewell, John S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sheaf-Carrier for Binders

Description: Patent for sheaf carrier for binders which allows sheaves to be gathered without danger of them being dumped or dislodged and allow for automation of sheaf carrier arms.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Pillow, James Gid
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Washing Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design consists in "a boiler, a cylinder journaled therein and having closed ends, its outer periphery composed of a series of open troughs arranged in pairs, the troughs in each pair opening toward each other, a series of open-ended funnel-shaped tubes arranged in a line drawn centrally around the periphery of the cylinder, [and] the said tubes extending inwardly from the outer face of the cylinder and having their contracted discharge ends n… more
Date: February 25, 1890
Creator: Rose, Horatio
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Folding Box

Description: Patent for paper box formed from a single blank which can be folded into compact form.
Date: May 8, 1906
Creator: Hale, Lawrence F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pipe-Wrench

Description: Patent for a self-adjustable pipe wrench that actively adapts to the material it is applied to by means of a moveable portion of the gripping jaw, with illustrations and instructions.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Moore, Joseph D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Horse Detacher.

Description: Patent for a new and improved horse detacher. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the whiffletree-support, the whiffletree, the hinge connecting such parts having its upper and lower plates secured, respectively, to the whiffletree and its support and jointed at their rear edges, and the arm or lever extended forward from the upper plate, whereby upward draft on said arm or lever will turn the whiffletree backward from its normal position to release the traces" (lines 91-100).
Date: June 10, 1890
Creator: Harrison, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rotary Plow.

Description: Patent for improvements in rotary plows which can be used as a subsoil-plow or it can be converted into a cultivator. The “purpose is to provide a novel gang-plow capable of cutting the soil at different depths, as circumstances may require, and in which the angle at which the plows enter the soil may be varied.” (Lines 18-23) Illustration is included.
Date: June 30, 1891
Creator: Cleveland, George P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Bag Emptier

Description: Patent for a portable derrick, that can be easily lifted and emptied.
Date: January 30, 1917
Creator: Brown, Odis A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rotary Plow

Description: Patent for a gang-plow to be used when gangs of disks are used to turn over the soil so that it generates minimal friction and thus increasing efficiency.
Date: November 15, 1892
Creator: Cleveland, George P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Planter Attachment.

Description: Patent for a planter attachment, which allows seeds to be covered with varying depths of soil, that is operated from the seat of the planter.
Date: October 20, 1908
Creator: O'Brian, John B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gage.

Description: Patent for a measuring gage for measuring rafters that clamps on the wood, has a saw guide line, and eliminates the use of multiple calculation instruments thus making the process simpler.
Date: April 2, 1907
Creator: Morrison, Andrew
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Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design is "for cultivating stubble, sugar-cane, cotton, corn, and other plants planted in rows or drills, which will remove the soil from the sides of the rows without injuring the roots, and will throw soil around the plants, and which shall be simple in construction and convenient in use" (lines 15-21).
Date: May 10, 1881
Creator: Brenner, August William & Fraser, James
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Cotton Planter

Description: Patent for a cotton planter. Illustrations included.
Date: July 5, 1904
Creator: Guton, Isaac
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Attachment for Planters

Description: Patent for attachment for planters, provides a simple, inexpensive, easily-applied, and effectively operating attachmentc for cotton, corn, or other seed-planting machines in which is included a truck or a carriage whereby a sweep-plow can be connected with the planter truck or carriage for laying out a furrow and covering the seed (Johnson, 1902).
Date: June 14, 1909
Creator: Johnson, Major
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gang-Plow.

Description: Patent for improvements in gang-plows in which the “disks” would contain a flared annulus and, it is formed by the truncation of a conical shell of large base and small altitude. This disk-plow “will penetrate the soil to the desired depth by its own natural draft with the minimum degree of friction and outlay of force.” (Lines 21-23) Illustration is included.
Date: June 30, 1891
Creator: Cleveland, George P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Safety-Valve for Pneumatic Tires.

Description: Patent for a safety valve for pneumatic tires that prevents the tire from exploding from excess pressure.
Date: October 3, 1911
Creator: Burkett, Bruce
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seed-Cotton Cleaner

Description: Patent for a seed cotton cleaner which cleans out foreign matter and defective cotton while the seed cotton is going on a conveyor belt to the cotton gin.
Date: April 23, 1912
Creator: Thompson, Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Heater

Description: Patent for "a heater of the above-described character which may be used in connection with a stove or furnace or a fire built on the ground in the open air and be more effective and economic in its heating and more convenient in operation than the usual methods heretofore pursued in such instances where an inexpensive and portable device of this kind could be used to great advantage" (lines 13-22).
Date: June 4, 1901
Creator: Harrison, John B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dressmaker's Skirt-Measuring Device.

Description: Patent for a measuring device and stand to locate the proper placement of tucks, ruffles, and trimmings on a woman's skirt.
Date: January 19, 1909
Creator: Putney, Maggie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dental Instrument.

Description: Patent for a new dental instrument that extracts "swollen portions of the gum where it extends over the tooth" (lines 11-13), including illustration. Use of the instrument is meant to replace the common, but "objectionable" (line 56), practice of lancing the gum.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Knox, Eldon Lemoin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cutting Mechanism for Display-Racks

Description: Patent for a cutting mechanism for cutting various fabrics such as oilcloth and the like.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Lanford, David L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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