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Vehicle-Wheel

Description: Patent for an improved wheel for vehicles, with description of parts and illustrations.
Date: April 6, 1886
Creator: Horrne, Henry M.
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Valve.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Valves" (lines 5-6) used in pneumatic inner tubes to stop leakage, including illustrations.
Date: December 14, 1920
Creator: Cheek, Alex L.
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Liquid-Indicator for Tanks.

Description: Patent for a liquid indicator to determine if the supply of oil has been depleted in the crank case of an automobile's internal combustion engine. Further purposes of this patent include the closing of an electrical circuit when the oil in the crank case becomes low in order to sound an audible noise that alerts the driver that more oil is needed. The patent intends to make the invention durable, easy to use, and inexpensive to manufacture.
Date: July 29, 1919
Creator: Pippin, William R.
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Linting Machine.

Description: Patent for a linting machine (Carver type) that contains an air pocket at the end of the passage to prevent cotton from clogging the machine.
Date: August 10, 1920
Creator: Woodrow, George N. & Bruce, Thomas D.
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Windmill.

Description: Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the radial arms of the wheel-frame and the vertical pivot-posts thereon, the sails or fans pivoted to said posts, the pivoted detents, and the pivoted governing-levers to which said detents are connected, said levers carrying adjustable weights" (lines 16-23).
Date: June 5, 1883
Creator: Witherspoon, Frank
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Windmill.

Description: Patent for improvements to windmills.
Date: April 29, 1884
Creator: Witherspoon, Frank
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Water-Heater

Description: Patent for a water heater which operates by connecting to the smoke stack of a furnace. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Miles, Joseph Furnas
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Wire-Fence Support.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wire fence supports, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1899
Creator: Mayo, Robert P.
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Machine For Perforating Checks And Printing Thereon

Description: Patent for a machine for perforating checks and printing on said check. The printing application of the press represents dollar amounts rendering it impossible to change the type. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1903
Creator: Robertson, George Francis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tug-Clip.

Description: Patent for a new form of tug clip which will not damage the collar to which it is attached.
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Duncan, Walter B.
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Machine for Pulling Stumps.

Description: Patent for a new and improved stump-puller. This design consists, "with the main beam, of the rigid crosstree arranged transversely of the same and provided at its end with loose casters, and a pivoted axle or tree terminating in axle-bearings and provided with wheels, and means for adjusting the pivoted crosstree with relation to the beam and rigid crosstree" (lines 11-18).
Date: December 9, 1890
Creator: Perkins, Jesse Isaac
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Locking Joints for Railway-Rail Joints.

Description: Patent for a locking device for railway-rail joints. It improves how the meeting rail ends are fastened, and prevents accidental disconnection. It is "a locking fish-plate having keyhole bolt-slots, the narrow portion of the slots having inclined sides, the inclination diminishing gradually toward the end, and double-headed bolts, one of the heads being tapered, whereby the bolt is subjected to a double wedging action" (lines 56-61). A face-plate is perforated and receives the tapered heads an… more
Date: July 21, 1896
Creator: Anderson, Lee
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Washing-Machine.

Description: Patent for "washing-machines which combine in one structure means for heating the suds-water and maintaining the same at the required temperature, a suds-box having chambered or hollow bottom and sides to secure a circulation of the suds-water independently of the agitation resulting from turning the drum or clothes-receptacle upon its axis, and a drum removably journaled in the suds-box and comprising longitudinal slats or bars having bent edge portions for scooping up the suds-water and direc… more
Date: August 24, 1897
Creator: Roach, Henry B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ligthtning-Arrester.

Description: Patent for improving lightning arresters, an invention used to distribute electrical current over a large area and ground it at a different points should a building be struck by lightning.
Date: June 15, 1901
Creator: Wood, William D.; Roach, Henry B. & Pots, William M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Wheel.

Description: Patent for vehicle-wheels that "automatically" expand and contract (lines 8-10); including illustration and instructions
Date: April 24, 1900
Creator: Mabry, D. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Voting-Machine

Description: Patent for a voting machine whereby voters register their votes by pushing a button. Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1908
Creator: McClain, Eli
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Insect-Trap.

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements in insect-traps, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 30, 1900
Creator: Boyd, George H.
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Knockdown Crate

Description: Patent for material improvements to a knockdown crate, including an insertable locking board.
Date: September 19, 1911
Creator: Anderson, Lee
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Liquid Fuel Burner

Description: Patent for a liquid fuel burner. Illustration included.
Date: March 21, 1905
Creator: Richey, William F. & Daly, Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ironing-Table

Description: Patent for "an ironing-table of this class which may be used independently of household furniture and like means of support and at the same time provide a construction whereby the board may be used independently of its supporting-stand" (lines 16-21).
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Perry, Charles Albert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvements in Escapements for Time-Pieces

Description: Patent for inprovements in escapements for time-pieces involving levers and duplex escapements as a way of improving force and regularity in time-pieces. Patent gives instructions and provides illustrations.
Date: October 21, 1879
Creator: Laughlin, Abner G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Fire-Escapes and Extension-Ladders.

Description: Patent for a truck-mounted "portable extension-ladder that may be used by firemen in gaining access to buildings, and may also be used as a fire escape" (lines 15-17) including illustration.
Date: August 7, 1877
Creator: Hoyt, William A.
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Improvement in Devices for Use in Reciprocating Churns.

Description: Patent for a churn that has "the cylinder with angular perforations, in contradistinction to round perforations and long slots" (lines 18-20) including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date: February 12, 1878
Creator: Forsyth, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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