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Word Counting Device for Type-Writers

Description: Patent for a word counting device to be used with a typewriter. Illustrations included.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Girand, Wilberforce D.
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Mail-Bag Catcher.

Description: Patent for an improvement to devices that receive mail bags from moving locomotion.
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Ryan, Augustus M.
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Wire-Fence-Stay Machine.

Description: Patent for wire working machines, specifically for automatically making wire fence stays. This machine can be operated manually and it is portable.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Alverson, Lewis
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Trap.

Description: Patent for a trap for catching animals alive.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Jones, Rufus A. & Grant, Wilburn C.
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Post Hole Auger

Description: Patent for an improved post-hole digger/auger with multiple blades that cut in a spiral pattern and has the blades adjust and lock on the base. The blade shanks form a cage and keeps dirt from clogging the blades.
Date: May 22, 1915
Creator: Hoover, Orville M. & Ardery, Sarah, J.
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Process of Removing Ink from Paper.

Description: Patent for a process of removing ink from paper that uses three chemical solutions that the paper is soaked in after an initial water bath to remove all the ink and produce paper pulp that can be recycled into new paper.
Date: November 14, 1911
Creator: Bonser, John Edward
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Quilting-Machine

Description: Patent for a machine to assist with making quilts that is equipped with vertical needles and horizontal shuttles. It also has a "take up and feed mechanism" (lines 13-14) to dispense material evenly while stitching.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Britter, Andrew W.
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Railroad-Tie

Description: Patent for a railroad-tie. This is a "railroad track supporting device a practically indestructible clamp for the securing of rails" (lines 12-14). Illustration included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Stephens, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Jeweler's Pliers

Description: Patent for jewelry pliers. These pliers can hold multiple sizes in jewelry and makes improvements on the ease of cleaning.
Date: March 21, 1916
Creator: Sanders, Ira A.
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Plant-Protector.

Description: Patent for a cloth device that protects plants from wind, while admitting sufficient light to the plant, including illustrations.
Date: September 29, 1914
Creator: Campbell, Singleton
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Elevator

Description: Patent for an elevator which locks itself should the hoisting cable break. Illustrations included.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Ballard, Silas
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Draft Appliance

Description: Patent for a draft appliance. This invention is designed for plows, movers, and other farm implements drawn by horses. Illustration included.
Date: February 15, 1910
Creator: Dudley, Thomas J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Heading-Machine.

Description: Patent for a Heading-Machine for maize, Kafir corn, and cane. It can pass through a field of these crops, cut off the heads, and pass them into a receptacle that is attached to the rear of the machine.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Grant, Wilburn C.
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Display Rack

Description: Patent for a display rack for bananas and other fruits for improved mobility.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Stoneham, John A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Display-Rack for Wall-Paper and Other Merchandise.

Description: Patent for display rack for wall paper and other merchandise. The rack displays wallpaper and other merchandise similar.
Date: November 10, 1914
Creator: Ralph, Sidney L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fruit-Picker.

Description: Patent for a fruit picker that allows the user to stand on the ground and separate fruit from its stem and that allows the fruit to fall in such a way as to prevent bruising. Additionally, the cutting teeth are adjustable.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Young, Valner W.
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Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for a cotton chopper, which can shop two rows at the same time and performs the work faster than it can be done manually.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Martin, Joseph W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spring-Wheel.

Description: Patent for wheels in which spring-spokes are utilized to provide resilience. Provides design in which spokes are curved to correspond with the curvature of the hub allowing fastening to the rim.
Date: August 5, 1913
Creator: Martin, Vol
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Railway Telephone and Signal Sign

Description: Patent for Railway Telephone and Signal System (with illustrations).
Date: September 30, 1915
Creator: Neel, George E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn

Description: Patent for a new and improved churn and cooler which allows for easier removal of the cooling liquid and includes illustrations and description.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Sibley, William P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Indicator

Description: Patent for a numbering indicator used to mark the status of stored batteries.
Date: May 29, 1919
Creator: Carter, James William, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clothes-Pin.

Description: Patent for improvement on clothing pin by using a single wire.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Neal, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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