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Washing-Machine
Patent for "a new and improved washing-machine arranged for use on any kind of tub and adapted to insure a perfect uniform washing of all the clothes in the tub by the use of yieldingly-mounted pounders, which intermittently change their position relatively to the clothes under treatment" (lines 9-16).
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Staggs, Henry F. & Staggs, Robert H.
System:
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Swimming Device
Patent for a device to be attached to a person's feet and/or hands so that the person can swim faster and further as well as dive deeper.
Date:
May 30, 1911
Creator:
Wells, John
System:
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Gate Latch
Patent for a new and useful improvements in gate latches.
Date:
December 7, 1897
Creator:
Turley, John Breckinridge
System:
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Storm-Cellar
Patent for a storm cellar. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 21, 1911
Creator:
Leddy, Herbert L.
System:
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Hand-Car.
Patent for "a hand-car with an auxiliary spring-actuated mechanism which can be used with or without the lever mechanism to propel at a rapid rate of speed." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1897
Creator:
Rousey, William N.
System:
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Hay-Press.
Patent for "a novel form of baling-press which will be readily transportable and owing to its peculiar construction can be manipulated by hand, a still further object being to provide such an improved baling-press that the wire ties can be wrapped around the bale after its formation easily and quickly and the bale can be readily removed from the press after it has been wired." (Lines 16-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 27, 1897
Creator:
Hawk, Nathaniel H.
System:
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Grain-Car Door
Patent for a grain-car door.
Date:
May 19, 1903
Creator:
Church, Josiah W. & O'Gorman, M. J.
System:
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Horse Collar
Patent for a horse collar. Illustration included.
Date:
August 15, 1905
Creator:
Cooper, Joseph P.
System:
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Grain-Door For Freight-Cars.
Patent for a new and improved grain door for freight cars, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 19, 1899
Creator:
Morten, Edward W.
System:
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Gin Attachment for Bolly Cotton
Patent for gin attachment for bolly cotton. This seeks to make the gin stands have automatic control and for disposing of hulls and waste products from the gin.
Date:
October 9, 1917
Creator:
Becknell, George T.
System:
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Gin Saw Gumming Machine.
Patent for an improved variation of a gin saw gumming machine with "an adjustable means for clamping the machine to varying diameters of space blocks on gin saws of varying diameters." (Lines 11-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 2, 1917
Creator:
Taylor, James E.
System:
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Hollow Auger.
Patent for a new and improved hollow auger. This design "consists in an adjustable hollow auger and an adjustable fore-auger, which are combined together for use with an ordinary brace, and constructed in such a manner that when applied to use the end of the spoke or other article is first beveled by the fore-auger, and the tenon then formed by the hollow auger. The cutters of the fore-auger are formed upon pivoted arms, which are automatically released, and then thrown open by a spring when the spoke is pointed, in order to give opportunity for the hollow auger to act" (lines 16-28).
Date:
October 16, 1883
Creator:
Rodman, James A.
System:
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Harrow or Rake Attachment for Plows and Cultivators.
Patent for a new and improved harrow and rake attachment for plows and cultivators. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a rake or harrow attachment for plows, of a clamp provided with a curved perforated shoe, and adapted to be secured to the standard of one beam, a rake or harrow secured at one end to said shoe, a bar, means for connecting the same to a second beam, the lower end of said bar being connected to the other end of the rake or harrow" (lines 94-102).
Date:
November 3, 1885
Creator:
Jarrett, Elisha T.
System:
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Harvester-Truck.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Trucks for Harvesters"(lines 5-7)
Date:
January 6, 1886
Creator:
Willcoxson, Coulmon W. & Hamilton, Samuel R.
System:
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Gate Latch.
Patent for a new and improved gate-latch. This design consists "[i]n a latch, the combination of the case having at its lower end a guide ledge or flange with its bearing face arranged laterally in from the inner face of the side plate of the case, a loosely suspended ring held and movable against the said ledge or flange, and means whereby the said ring may be operated" (lines 5-11).
Date:
August 7, 1888
Creator:
Charleville, George W.
System:
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Grain-Scale.
Patent for “improvements in grain-scales, especially adapted for location at the rear end of a trashing-machine and for receiving therefrom the thrashed grain, weighing and subsequently bagging the same in predetermined quantities” (lines 7-12), includes illustration.
Date:
March 17, 1891
Creator:
Butts, Alexander W.
System:
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Fire-Escape.
Patent for a simple and reliable folding ladder that is meant to assist someone in escaping a fire. It folds compactly and conveniently, and is adjustable. It sits away from the wall and another ladder can be attached to it when it is in use.
Date:
June 13, 1893
Creator:
Dobbs, Charles
System:
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Fire-Engine.
Patent for improvements to fire engines, designed for rural use and places where water may be scarce by the inclusion of storage tank and a pump.
Date:
November 15, 1910
Creator:
Minnis, Henry M.
System:
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Envelop.
Patent for an envelop adapted "as a cover or wrapper for valuable papers, money, and the like." (Lines 10-13) Illustrations included.
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Dennis, Millard Jefferson & Davis, William Clarence
System:
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Fence Post
Patent for a fence post for use with line wires. Illustration included.
Date:
December 25, 1906
Creator:
Bury, Thomas J.
System:
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Feeder for Cotton Presses.
Patent for a new and improved feeder for cotton presses. This design "consists in a feeder for cotton-presses, constructed with a box to receive the cotton from the gin, the said receiving-box being provided with a movable top board to force the cotton into the packing-box placed beneath the said receiving-box, and from which the cotton is forced into the baling-press by a follower" (lines 23-30).
Date:
February 14, 1882
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Robert Insley
System:
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Grinding Attachment
Patent for a grinding attachment. This attachment is a grindstone that is turned via the hand-car. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 12, 1904
Creator:
Brown, Mik
System:
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Rotary Engine.
Patent for a simplified rotary engine which uses steam, compressed air and other elastic fluids which act as motive fluid. This patent is special in that it is light and compact. This patent helps the engine start easily, reverse, and stop, as well as other types of motion.
Date:
January 8, 1919
Creator:
Campbell, William L.
System:
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Shingle Gage.
Patent for a new and improved gauge for the installation of roofing shingles. This design utilizes a set of metal brackets and joined metal bars to guide in the nailing of shingles to the roof. This eliminates the need for marking in advance the target of the nail.
Date:
April 5, 1881
Creator:
Gay, Edward R.
System:
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