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Water Wheel

Description: Patent for an "iron water-wheel made in sections, which may be readily taken apart for convenience and transportation" (Lines 10-12).
Date: May 12, 1885
Creator: Dunn, William Washington
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Machine for Cutting off the Soiled Butts of Grain Stalks.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cutting machine for grain stalks. This design consists in a "table slotted in its middle part and slotted and recessed at or near one edge, the parallel endless bundle-carrying chains working in said slots and having arms, the chain-wheels, the shafts thereof and their supports, the circular saw in the recess at the edge of the table, the mandrel and the gage-plate" (lines 98-105).
Date: May 3, 1887
Creator: Becker, Lothar
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Log-Turner

Description: Patent for "that class of log-turners which is operated by power, and has for its object to provide a device that will be quick and positive in its operation" (lines 39-42).
Date: May 10, 1887
Creator: Ferris, Henry Murry & Gallon, William
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Machine for Putting Ties on Bales.

Description: Patent for a new and improved machine for putting ties on bales. This design consists in a "frame-work which is to be placed across the bale . . . a shaft journaled in the frame and provided with a reel at each end, and pawls and ratchets with hooked ropes or chains . . . a double rope which is to be passed around the bale . . . and suitable U-shaped hooks . . . to provide a machine whereby cotton and other bales can be compressed at that point where the tie has come off, so as to allow another… more
Date: May 1, 1888
Creator: Dunbar, William E.
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Machine for Shucking and Shelling Corn

Description: Patent for improvements in the design and construction of machines for shucking and shelling corn.
Date: May 1, 1888
Creator: Whiting, Louis Rossell
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Machine for Packing Cotton.

Description: Patent for a new and improved packer. This design consists "[i]n a cotton-packer, the combination of the frame, guides mounted therein, rack-bars moving in the said guides, a press-box and steam-cylinder, and heads secured to the rack-bars and moving in the press-box and cylinder, respectively, cog-wheels of different diameters journaled in the frame and meshing with the rack-bars, and anti-friction rollers pivoted in the guides and bearing against the rack-bars" (lines 4-13).
Date: May 21, 1889
Creator: Brady, Farley
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well Lining.

Description: Patent for a new and improved well lining. This design "has for its object to provide a seamless lining extending from the bottom of the well to the surface of the ground and designed to exclude all foreign or impure substances from the well-water—such as pass through the cracks of the brick or stone lining now commonly employed—and also to exclude ants and other insects and prevent the damage frequently cause through this source" (lines 9-17).
Date: May 13, 1890
Creator: Blackmon, Albert
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Log-Carrier.

Description: Patent for a log-carrier that improves on a patent previously granted to Robert E. Terry (No. 481,314). The adjusting lever is made to be more powerful so the log chains can be moved with less friction and will not slip from their guides. Ratchets and pawls prevent the tongue from moving.
Date: May 14, 1895
Creator: Carroll, Joseph Alexander
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle Wheel.

Description: Patent for a wheel attachment of "combined purposes of tire, felly and safety guard" (lines 15-16), with slight wing-like widening between spokes to prevent sinking into ruts, with optional cutouts to reduce weight, including illustrations.
Date: May 7, 1895
Creator: Laube, Godfried
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Brake.

Description: Patent for improved vehicle brakes, and the "object is to arrange the brake shoes so that when applied they will bear on the wheels slightly below a point on a line drawn horizontally through the center of the wheel, whereby a greater brake power is obtained with less force exerted, and further, to so construct and arrange the brake shoes that during the backing of a team for any purpose the brakes will automatically release themselves and not bear upon the wheels to interfere with said backing… more
Date: May 7, 1895
Creator: Christian, John R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Wheel.

Description: Patent for a strong, durable, and inexpensive vehicle-wheel with an improved design that is meant for light vehicles. The wheel will "provide novel means whereby the wheel will be prevented from slipping into ruts in the road, thus overcoming the jar that would otherwise be caused" (lines 14-18).
Date: May 21, 1895
Creator: Laube, Godfried
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Kitchen-Cabinet.

Description: Patent for "a more complete and convenient kitchen cabinet... with an effective and desirable sink attachment, whereby dirty water may be easily disposed of." (Lines 9-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 28, 1895
Creator: Brooks, John M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lifting-Jack.

Description: Patent for "an improved lifting-jack designed expressly for track-levelers, although the construction may be varied for other purposes." (Lines 9-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 12, 1896
Creator: Arnold, Raiford A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trunk.

Description: Patent for a trunk that is usual except for its multiple trays, "a series of levers connecting the trays, and a second series of levers connecting the first-mentioned series of levers with the trunk-lid" (lines 56-59). The levers raise the trays and move them outward, and they can lock in place.
Date: May 12, 1896
Creator: Giraud, Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Index for Books.

Description: Patent for "... improvements in indexes for books which receive the freight tariffs or schedules of railroads and the agreements between one road and others a to division of freight charges where the traffic is handled by more than one" (lines 11-16 ) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 4, 1897
Creator: Kerr, Warren Dunlop
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Walking Cultivator

Description: Patent for a walking cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Roper, Andrew Washington
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Tube-Clamp

Description: Patent for a tube clamp for holding pipe sections in wells.
Date: May 21, 1912
Creator: Krauskope, Oscar
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Leather-Working Machine.

Description: Patent for a leather working machine, which fully finishes leather straps.
Date: May 18, 1909
Creator: Russell, Frank K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insecticide

Description: Patent for a type of insecticide for cotton and vegetable plants. Particularly effective for use against the "boll-weevil" of cotton plants.
Date: May 26, 1903
Creator: Bourlon, Eugene A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Index

Description: Patent for "a simple and compact index in which the available space will be utilized as perfectly as possible". (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Hausinger, Henry August
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Loading and Dumping Device.

Description: Patent for a loading and dumping device for use in road building projects to load gravel or other materials onto wagons.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: Byler, Tilden J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lock

Description: Patent for a lock used to secure the openings of grain bags. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Chambless, James A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fence

Description: Patent for
Date: May 6, 1900
Creator: Titsworth, Dock Lee Marion
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ink-Bottle Holder for Desks.

Description: Patent for an ink bottle holder for desks, which prevents the ink from quickly evaporating.
Date: May 31, 1910
Creator: Maney, Virginia D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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