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Holder for Ink-Bottles.

Description: Patent for a holder for mucilage bottles, ink bottles, or similar containers. "The invention consists of a wire rest or holder bent to form a horizontal base and upwardly projecting clamping-arms" (lines 16-18).
Date: February 21, 1893
Creator: Corley, Daniel B.
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Elevated Electric-Car Line.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in elevated electric car lines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 26, 1899
Creator: Cooley, Joe H.
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Fire-Escape.

Description: Patent for a new and useful fire escape, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 2, 1898
Creator: Buck, Sterling P. & Meaker, Charles L.
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Ice-Machine

Description: Patent for an icebox that can be combined with a refrigerator. The icebox will spray the ammonia compressor coil with water, as well as inducing a forced circulation of water in the icebox's freezing tank.
Date: May 22, 1920
Creator: Grant, Willburn C.
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Seed-Planter.

Description: Patent for "a construction of seed-planter providing a positive and efficient means for planting any desired number of rows at one time, while at the same time having means for opening the furrow, dropping the seed, and covering up the furrow in one operation." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Mannewitz, Maximilian
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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.
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Roof Screw.

Description: Patent for a new and improved roof screw. This design consists, "[a]s a new article of manufacture, [in] a screw consisting of a threaded shank having an integral head, an enlarged collar or flange on said shank below the head thereon, and an elastic cushion on the shank immediately below the enlarged collar or flange, for the purpose described" (lines 60-66).
Date: September 23, 1890
Creator: Corley, Daniel B.
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Washing-Machine.

Description: Patent for washing machines that are "capable of thoroughly and rapidly washing clothes and other fabrics without wearing, tearing, or otherwise injuring them and at the expenditure of a minimum amount of labor." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 31, 1897
Creator: Raley, Sylvester B. & Raley, Timothy M.
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Wire-Handling Tool.

Description: Patent for a wire handling tool for stretching wire netting that adjusts to different size wire widths.
Date: August 31, 1909
Creator: Totten, Milo
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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.
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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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Electric Light Hanger

Description: Patent for an electric light hanger. Illustration included.
Date: October 30, 1906
Creator: Carter, James William
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Electric-Light Hanger.

Description: Patent for an electric light hanger that attaches to the wall or ceiling and has a pulley system for moving it up and down.
Date: January 19, 1909
Creator: Carter, James W.
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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.
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Draft-Equalizer.

Description: Patent for "devices for equalizing the draft where three or more draft-animals are used" (lines 8-10) to pull machinery, carriages, or wagons with illustrations included.
Date: September 16, 1902
Creator: Hayden, Jefferson B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Earth-Auger.

Description: Patent for an earth-auger that allows a hole to "be bored in ordinary soil in much less time than with the ordinary auger. It readily bores in ground in which the ordinary auger will not bore - viz., dry, hard, and packed soil, gravel, and concrete beds."
Date: September 12, 1882
Creator: Porter, Thomas & Gillilland, George Washington
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Earth-Auger.

Description: Patent for an earth auger.
Date: August 11, 1885
Creator: Porter, Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dish Drier.

Description: Patent for a new and improved dish-drier. This design consists in "[t]he body having perforations and having side projection and spout, in combination with the cover, false bottom supported from the main bottom of the drier, and having the uprights and cross-pieces" (lines 75-80).
Date: September 10, 1889
Creator: Wilson, Alice J.
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Cotton-Planter.

Description: Patent for a simple and efficient cotton planter that plants four or more rows at once. It works over rough, stony, and uneven ground; its operation is that it opens a furrow, drops the seed, and puts dirt over the seeds.
Date: August 20, 1895
Creator: Mannewitz, Maximilian
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Rubber-Extracting Machine

Description: Patent for a machine that extracts rubber from plants. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Kirk, Seth
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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