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Cooking Utensil.
Patent for a steam cooker with steam tight joints.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Daniels, Laura E.
System:
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Convertible Case.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in convertible cases, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 8, 1899
Creator:
Turner, Ephraim M.
System:
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Apparatus for Electroplating Small Metallic Articles.
Patent for "apparatus for electroplating small metallic articles, and more particularly certain small clamps used in building fences" (lines 8-11), including illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Shelton, John F.
System:
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Combination Couch
Patent for bed that transforms to a settee or a wardrobe. Illustration included.
Date:
August 1, 1905
Creator:
Brandt, August
System:
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Bedclothes-Clamp.
Patent for new clamping device that holds the mattress and bedding of a folding bed in place, is adjustable, and is not in the way when the bed is in use.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
Baley, Katie
System:
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Ballast Spreading Car
Patent for improvements on the ballast spreading car, including plows placed underneath for more efficient spreading of ballast material.
Date:
August 26, 1902
Creator:
Scott, William R.
System:
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Combined Socket and Switch for Electric Lights
Patent for a combined socket and switch for electric lights that allows different bulbs of a chandelier to be turned on separately.
Date:
August 20, 1912
Creator:
Bailey, Douglas A.
System:
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Clothes-Pounder.
Patent for an improved clothes washer that is made up of a cylinder, a piston that is two disks attached together with notches and flared edges, and a packing strip in the groove of the disk edges.
Date:
August 14, 1894
Creator:
Lewis, Nathan D.
System:
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Clothes Pin.
Patent for a new and improved clothespin. This design "has for its object to provide an improved pin that can be readily adjusted to any desired position upon the line, and which can be turned at any desired angle to clamp the clothes. The pin is constructed, preferably, of resilient wire—preferably galvanized or otherwise treated to prevent rusting of the same—and may be made in various sizes. [The design] form[s] the pin with an eye or ring portion, through which the line is passed, and with two sets of arms—one set having its two portions parallel with each other" (lines 11-22).
Date:
August 26, 1890
Creator:
Turner, Ephraim M.
System:
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Brake and Coasting Sprocket-Wheel for Velocipedes.
Patent for "a combined coasting and driving wheel with brake attachments for stopping velocipedes, whether coasting or whether the velocipede is being propelled by some kind of motive power, by which a person can coast by simply stopping the motion of the pedals and holding the pedals still with the feet." (Lines 9-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Wallerich, Nicholas
System:
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Combined Ink, Pen, and Penholder Carrier.
Patent for a combination case for ink, pens, and penholders or pencils. It is "an inkwell and pen-box with tubes parallel with the sides thereof to form a small compact parcel occupying the least possible space" (lines 10-13).
Date:
August 4, 1896
Creator:
Scougale, Malcolm
System:
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Churn.
Patent for an apparatus for operating churns and ice-cream freezers. To operate, one turns a handle, and through a series of gears, pulleys, and wheels, the cream is stirred. The churn container rotates and sits in a frame where the apparatus is fixed above it.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Martin, James W.
System:
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Angle-Cock.
Patent for "a new and improved angle-cock so constructed that the plug cannot be turned by an unauthorized person without the knowledge of the engineer in charge of the train." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1896
Creator:
Waldron, William J.
System:
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Car Fender.
Patent for a car fender "adapted to be fitted to an extremity of a street car, and adapted to undergo an automatic swinging motion when an obstacle is encountered, which motion will tend to sweep the obstacle from the track of the car" (lines 10-15). The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Russell, William D.
System:
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Cigarette-Paper-Holding Attachment For Tobacco-Boxes.
Patent for a cigarette paper attachment to be placed within the tobacco box for easier access to the tobacco paper.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Rose, Bertram A.
System:
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Automatic Change-Over Signal for Motion-Picture Machines
Patent for an automatic change-over signal for motion picture machines that signals the approach of the end of the film reel.
Date:
August 13, 1918
Creator:
Wood, Victor & Feegles, De Witt C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Signal.
Patent for a door-mounted automobile turn signal that swings out on an arm to appear at a right angle to the vehicle and is operated by the driver's knee or elbow. The signal is illuminated by an electric lamp and sounds the car horn when deployed.
Date:
August 31, 1920
Creator:
Carnes, Sam D.
System:
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Culinary Utensil
Patent for a culinary utensil designed as a unique fork which can retrieve articles from a boiling pot without having to expose the hands to the steam.
Date:
August 2, 1921
Creator:
Brown, Elmer D.
System:
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Garment-Hanger.
Patent for a garment hanger "for the support of outer garments...and which will also embody a rack for shoes, the hanger being so constructed that it will occupy a minimum amount of space..." also "to support a considerable weight without any likelihood of sagging or breakage...that the greater the weight imposed thereon, the more firm will be the connection between these parts" (lines 11-15, 21-28). It also includes an illustration.
Date:
August 9, 1921
Creator:
Fulford, Marcus F.
System:
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Involuting Drawing Instrument
Patent for drawing instrument intended for drawing involuting curves. Includes illustration and instructions.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
McCaskill, Oscar E.
System:
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Improvement In Water-Elevators.
Patent for improvements to water-elevators using water-vessels which are suspended from a chain or cord, also known as endless carriers.
Date:
August 18, 1877
Creator:
Wright, Martin Van Buten
System:
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Magneto-Electric Telegraphy.
Patent for a machine that telegraphs messages between distant points by means of induced currents that produce magnets without the use of battery current, including illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1885
Creator:
Brown, Fred H.
System:
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Valve.
Patent for an improvement in valves which "is adapted for connection with pipes or conduits for conducting water, steam, or other fluids; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient appliance of this character possessing the functions of both a globe and a check valve; and it is adapted to advantageously control the flow of liquid no matter what position or its casing may occupy" (lines 7-15). It includes instructions and illustrations..
Date:
August 15, 1899
Creator:
Thummel, John
System:
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Land-Breaking Plow.
Patent for an agricultural plow that mixes the soil of multiple layers while keeping the soil in its initial layer to conserve moisture and deliver nitrogen. Plow can be motorized or use animals to function.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Reed, Arthur
System:
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