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Truss
Patent for a truss for the use of alleviating abdominal hernias. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 5, 1911
Creator:
Baker, Littleton Lafayette
System:
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Lifting-Jack.
Patent for a simple and durable lifting jack for wagons that is easily operated and does not move the hoisting lever in the post.
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
Ball, Charles W.
System:
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File-Cabinet
Patent for a filing cabinet to be used in retail stores and business places. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 5, 1910
Creator:
Ball, William J.
System:
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Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the oscillating hopper having the opening in its lower side, the slides on the bottom of the hopper, having the slots, the set-screws engaging said slots and securing the slides in place, the seed-slide guided between the opposing edges of the slides, and the operating-lever pivoted on one of the screws and engaging the seed-slide" (lines 62-70).
Date:
February 5, 1889
Creator:
Ballard, Johnathan J.
System:
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Saw-Filing Device
Patent for an improved saw filing machine. Illustration is included
Date:
October 5, 1920
Creator:
Barger, Bernard J.
System:
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Portable Hitching-Block
Patent for a portable hitching block that is retractable and is able to hold a hitching rein at any length. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 5, 1908
Creator:
Barnett, John B.
System:
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Hydrocarbon Burner
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner. The invention is designed to provide certain new and useful improvements for utilizing crude oil as a fuel and for conveniently (line 10-12). Illustration included.
Date:
April 5, 1904
Creator:
Barton, Charles H.; Henrichsen, Henry E.; Cousins, Jullious & Matthews, Cranmer L.
System:
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Electric Fire and Burglar Alarm
Patent for new and useful improvements to fire and burglar alarms. The invention includes improvements so that frequent battery changes are not necessary.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Bates, Lewis E. & Hanks, Vollie V.
System:
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Cotton Stalk Cutter and Insect Killer
Patent for improvements to mechanical cotton stalk cutting and insect destroying apparatus. The machine's object is "cutting the stalks into small pieces, and the crushing the stalks so as to crush and destroy insects which may be upon the withered stalks." (lines 26-29).
Date:
September 5, 1922
Creator:
Batla, Thomas H. & Holan, Heny J.
System:
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Automobile Running-Gear
Patent for a new automobile running gear that uses the front and rear wheels to propel the vehicle through rough, uneven terrain.
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Beaman, Fred.
System:
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Flexible Stay Bolt
Patent for Flexible Stay Bolt
Date:
September 5, 1916
Creator:
Bearicks, Charles F
System:
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Stamp and Envelope Moistener.
Patent for a new and improved moistener for stamps and envelopes. This design "is to provide apparatus for moistening stamps and adhesive envelopes; and it consists in certain improvements in that class of stamp-moisteners in which a roller carrying an endless belt of cloth is journaled on a box or a cup containing water, into which the endless band projects" (lines 8-14).
Date:
August 5, 1884
Creator:
Beaumont, David Greenleaf
System:
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Saw-Filing Machine.
Patent for a gin and linter saw filing machine that is fully automatic and can sharpen multiple saws in succession and then stop when finished without resetting the device or manually stopping it. It also can sharpen saws of varying sizes and thicknesses to different levels of sharpness.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Beaver, John M.
System:
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Brooder
Patent for a brooder which prevents chicks from entering after a certain number have gone through the door.
Date:
November 5, 1912
Creator:
Becker, August B.
System:
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Riding-Saddle
Patent for a riding saddle.
Date:
May 5, 1903
Creator:
Beckerman, Fred John
System:
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Coin Holding Post Card
Patent for a postcard that hold coins. This can be used to transport or collect coins.
Date:
June 5, 1914
Creator:
Bedinger, S.B.
System:
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Hip Form and Stocking Supporter
Patent for hip-forms and stocking supporters. This "invention pertains to hip-forms and stocking supporters for ladies wear; and it consists in combined hip-form and stocking-supporter the novelty, utility, and practical advantages" (line 8-12). Illustration included.
Date:
April 5, 1904
Creator:
Beeler, Gertrude
System:
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Rocking-Chair Clamp
Patent for converting standard chairs into rocking chairs, including illustrations.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
Bell, Silas, D.
System:
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Safety-Razor
Patent for a razor held in place by a guard that protects the user against injury and the razor against dulling. The safety razor is easy to clean and is designed to be "cheaply and easily manufactured" (lines 21-22).
Date:
July 5, 1921
Creator:
Benton, Columbus A.
System:
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Improvement in Hay and Cotton-Presses.
Patent for improvements in presses for hay, cotton and similar substances, by making the machine portable and the box that holds hay or cotton is adjustable vertically and horizontally. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 5, 1869
Creator:
Berkeley, John
System:
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Advertising Device.
Patent for an advertising machine that is motor-operated and will display a succession of slides that can be shown during the day or at night. It includes a light to help show slides to the public, a shutter that automatically and intermittently displays slides, a lens for projecting slides on a distant screen, and a master slide to be shown with each slide. The patent includes illustrations.
Date:
August 5, 1913
Creator:
Bernard, Oscar C.
System:
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Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate-latch. A latch-pin secured in a beam, another latch secured to the inside of another post, with two pivoting hangers, and plates come together to form this latch.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Berry, John S.
System:
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Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate latch that works by having stop-pins secured to the gate, while a rod goes through the post, with a handle on one end and a latch on the other end. The latch is shaped so that it catches the pin.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Berry, John S.
System:
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Automatic Switch Throwing Apparatus
Patent for a device that will automatically throw a switch upon the presence of an on-coming train, and switch it back after the train has passed.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Bida, Frank
System:
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