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Airship

Description: Patent for an airship that is equipped with gas bags to control the ascent and descent of the airship and make it float in case of landing in the water.
Date: June 11, 1912
Creator: Bradshaw, John F. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump-Operating Mechanism.

Description: Patent for a new type of pump operator mechanism with a "novel mounting for the air compressing pump" (lines 18-19) and a more compact form. Illustrations included.
Date: December 18, 1917
Creator: Feagin, Luther W.
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Wire-Reeling Apparatus

Description: Patent for a wheeled spool for commercial construction and telecommunications wire.
Date: May 5, 1903
Creator: Brooks, Jesse Watson
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Landside for Plows.

Description: Patent for a new and improved plow landside. This design "consists in a landside for plows made with a slotted flange to rest upon the forward side of the plow-standard, and a flange to rest upon the bottom of the furrow, whereby the plow will be made stronger, more durable, and more effective, and will be made to run steadier . . . The object of this invention is to increase the strength and durability of plow-plates, and obtain the efficiency and steadiness of ordinary turn-plows without thei… more
Date: August 21, 1883
Creator: Wherry, William B.
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Lubricating Axle

Description: Patent for a lubricating axle.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Birdwell, Joseph A.
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Ironing-Table.

Description: Patent for an improved folding ironing-table that has "its top pivoted to the longer of two pairs of legs, the shorter pair designed to hold a cross bar which is adapted to support the table top about midway its length, when the table is opened and set up for use" (lines 18-22).
Date: November 20, 1894
Creator: Coleman, Robert Franklin
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Lapel-Spring for Coats.

Description: Patent for improvements in lapel-springs for coats and similar articles of clothing by using a loop-shaped spring and a rod or bar pivotally connected with or hinged to both ends of the spring. It will hold the lapels of a coat or similar garment in proper position. Illustration is included.
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Crow, Robert Dlouglas
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Truck

Description: Patent for a conventional truck designed to lift heavy freight above the ground.
Date: September 17, 1901
Creator: Haltom, Samuel
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Improvement in Washing-Machines

Description: Patent for "a new and valuable Improvement in Washing-Machines" for which "the novelty consists in providing the tank with two separate apartments or boxes for containing, respectively, suds and clear water, and in arranging the separating partition so that an ordinary wringer may be attached thereto and used on the clothes as they pass from the suds-box to the clear-water box."
Date: July 16, 1872
Creator: Newman, Greer J.
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Improvement in Saw-Sets

Description: Patent for an improvement in a device which sets the teeth of a saw, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 18, 1879
Creator: Holton, Samuel
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Trap.

Description: Patent for impalement mouse trap that is intended to be manufactured and sold at a low cost.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Speed, Jefferson
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Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meats and Vegetables

Description: Patent for "improvement in apparatus" for the use of "preserving meats, vegetables, fruits &c." (lines 5, 16-17) including construction specifications and illustrations.
Date: January 30, 1872
Creator: Maxwell, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Description: Patent for a bale-tie designed to "provide a simple, strong, durable, and easily adjustable tie for bales of cotton, hay, etc." (para. 4), using a hook, a band, and a beveled eye. The hook has a barb attached to the end, and is described as a double hook.
Date: September 16, 1879
Creator: Hill, William
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Mail-Cart.

Description: Patent for a one-wheeled mail cart, which will not sink into muddy roads.
Date: November 1, 1910
Creator: Wherry, William B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for a plow that has an improved land-slide that can be "expeditiously and conveniently removed from the shank plate of the plow, and to so construct the shank plate that the share when placed thereon will be firmly held in position and be prevented from slipping vertically" (lines 10-15). The land-slide and shank-plate are firmly interlocked.
Date: May 23, 1893
Creator: Wherry, William B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow Attachment.

Description: Patent for a plow attachment that works especially for plowing around smaller plants.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Perkins, Simon F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motor.

Description: Patent for a churn-motor that provides "an improved churn-operating mechanism which shall be cheap and simple in its construction, easy to operate, and readily adjustable for all the purposes for which occasion may require" (lines 15-20).
Date: March 28, 1893
Creator: McAfee, Henry P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fence-Post

Description: Patent for a fence post
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Wherry, William B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Water Motor

Description: Patent for a water motor. This is an invention for a type of motor operated by tidal power.
Date: October 20, 1903
Creator: Brooks, Jesse W.
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Hammer for Overhead Nailing

Description: Patent for a hammer for overhead nailing. Created to make the nailing process easier and less expensive. The design of the hammer head allows a nail to be securely attached to the head before being driven into the desired object; this would allow for more accurate and consistent nailing to be completed.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Speed, Samuel
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Elevator for Cotton-Cleaning Machines

Description: Patent for improvements in the construction and design in elevators for machine for cleaning cotton.
Date: May 22, 1888
Creator: Wiggins, Ransome Hundley
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spring Motor.

Description: Patent for a new and improved spring motor. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a motor with a drum attached to one of its shafts . . . the spring which bears upon the stop and which is rigidly secured to the frame at its outer end, the stop being pivoted . . . [and] a rod provided with a cone bearing laterally against said spring for increasing or decreasing the friction of the spring against the drum" (lines 73-84).
Date: February 11, 1890
Creator: Wallace, James T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fanning-Machine.

Description: Patent for improvements in fanning-machines by making the fanning-machine portable, so that it “can be placed upon a table or other support or attached to a bed, chair, lounge, or seat of any kind;” (lines 18-21) it also can keep away flies and insects from people. Illustration is included.
Date: June 2, 1891
Creator: Wallace, James T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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