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Improvement in Circular-Saw Guides.
Patent for a new and improved arrangement of guides for circular saws. Includes illustrations.
Date:
June 9, 1868
Creator:
Milner, Thomas
System:
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Storage-Condenser and Lint-Cotton Conveyer.
Patent for an improvement on a previous patent application (Serial No. 552,724), of which Patterson was an assignee. The improved and simply designed machine has a variety of assets, the main goal being to produce bats of uniformly thick and clean cotton.
Date:
June 9, 1896
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
System:
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Tank.
Patent for improvements in the support structure wooden or metal tanks (portable or permanent) though sets of internal support composed of uprights, diagonal brace-rods, transversely curved plates, and tension rods, with descriptions of the structure and illustrations included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Clayton, Nicholas J., Sr.
System:
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Washing Machine
Patent for a washing machine. This invention has a basket for holding clothes contained within a tub with hot soapy water. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Hamilton, Walter Scott & Williams, James Rozier
System:
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Music-Rest for Pianos.
Patent for a music rest for pianos, which attaches to the piano case and can be adjusted to different heights.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Norcross, Levi Watson
System:
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Mail pouch
Patent for new and improved mail pouch, with particular emphasis on the top locking mechanism.
Date:
June 9, 1900
Creator:
Tabler, Jasper Newton
System:
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Spark Arrester
Patent for a spark arrester. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Bender, Rudolf A. & Schomburg, William F.
System:
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Stirrup.
Patent for an improvement in stirrups by using the horns of animals to make an ornamental serviceable stirrup. Illustration is included.
Date:
June 9, 1891
Creator:
Baker, Joseph W.
System:
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Extension Table
Patent for an extension table employed for dining that can be easily and quickly adjusted for different lengths. "When the table is closed or adjusted to its minimum length the leaves will be contained in the body of the table instead of having to be removed therefrom, as is usual" (lines 15-19) illustrations included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Palladino, Gaetano
System:
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Wire-Fence Stay
Patent for wire fence stay that is used for securing wire lines.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Senour, Charles Henry
System:
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Gin Saw Cleaner
Patent for a gin-saw cleaner. The invention "relates to gin-saw cleansers and tooth-straighteners, and has for its object to produce a device of this character which will be simple of construction, efficient in operation, and one in which the saw-engaging knives or members may be simultaneously adjusted to regulate them for operation upon saws which are spaced apart a greater or lesser distance" (lines 8-16) illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Stanifer, William D.
System:
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Sewing Machine Attachment
Patent for a sewing machine attachment that "aims to provide an attachment for use in connection with any sewing machine combining means for hemming, tucking, and braiding, the several parts being adjustable to admit of making hems any width and tucks any size and distance apart, the device being simple and comprising a minimum number of parts" (lines 9-16). Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Fain, Eliza Jane
System:
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Manual Motor for Churns
Patent for a manual motor for churns. The invention is to "provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one of great strength and durability capable of enabling a churndasher to be rapidly reciprocated, whereby butter is quickly produced" (line 11-16) illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Faubion, Thomas Daniel Arnold
System:
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Hay or Cotton Press
Patent for a hay or cotton press. "The invention consists, broadly stated, in a press mounted on wheels, adapting it to be hauled along a windrow in position to receive hay picked up with a fork by a man walking on the windrow side of the press." (lines 10-14). Illustrations included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Hamilton, Robert
System:
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Hay Press
Patent for a hay press as it "relates to certain improvements in hay-presses, and has for its principal object to improve the construction of the power-head and pitman connection" (lines 7-10). Illustrations included.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Dixon, Albert S. & Schneider, Jacob P.
System:
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Excavating Apparatus
Patent for an "improved excavating apparatus adopted for use in cleaning out tanks, for excavating cellars, for dredging streams, and for other similar purposes; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices hereinafter fully set forth and claimed." (line 9-14)
Date:
August 22, 1902
Creator:
Bump, James G.
System:
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Hook.
Patent for a hook that folds up for use in small spaces on garments.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Havens, Berthal Dale-Owen
System:
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Gate.
Patent for improvements in gates “which can be readily opened away from the person by simply pulling down upon a lever or cord, and which will then automatically close without any further care or attention.” (Lines 24-28) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 9, 1891
Creator:
Benson, Joseph Robinson
System:
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Electro Automatic Advertising Machine
Patent for electro-automatic advertising machine. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Myers, Clarence & Buchard, Alonzo H.
System:
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Street-Pavement
Patent for a street paving material made from limestone, limestone dust, and crude oil with layers of crushed rock in between which is waterproof and durable.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Walsh, John M.
System:
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Seals for Vessles Containing Liquids.
Patent for a simple, easily applied, and inexpensive seal for vessels containing liquids. The seal goes over the vessel's stopper and must be partly broken away before removing the seal totally. The seal cannot be replaced once it has been removed.
Date:
June 9, 1896
Creator:
Patterson, Nicholas C.
System:
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Sash Holder.
Patent for a new and improved sash-holder. This design "relates to improvements in window-sash supporters, the object being to provide a combined lock and support for sashes, either when closed or open, which shall be cheap and simple in construction, effective in operation, and strong and durable" (lines 8-13).
Date:
June 9, 1885
Creator:
Rust, Emory G.
System:
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Rope Clamp.
Patent for a new and improved rope clamp. This design "is intended to be used in place of selvagee-straps in any and all places where such straps can be used, and also for use on purchases in setting up rigging in place of cats'-paws; also in joining two ends of a rope together in place of splicing, or in any situation where it is desired to clamp or hold ropes" (lines 7-14).
Date:
June 9, 1885
Creator:
Magee, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint Chair.
Patent for a new rail-joint chair used in the connection between rails to prevent rail movement, including illustrations.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Williams, Charles C.
System:
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