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Pinless Clothes-Line.
Patent for a pinless clothes line that consists of a series of links that have spring coils and spring clasps. The links also have a loop that is concave on one side.
Date:
January 16, 1894
Creator:
Kirk, John P.
System:
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Pen.
Patent for "an improved and simple pen which will be adapted to hold a large quantity of ink and to feed it regularly and more satisfactorily." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1897
Creator:
Robinson, Rochfort W.
System:
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Pencil.
Patent for a mechanical pencil, which allows the lead to be extended by turning the cap.
Date:
March 16, 1909
Creator:
Vasicek, John
System:
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Pencil Compasses
Patent for a compass connected to an ordinary pencil.
Date:
June 16, 1903
Creator:
Miller, James H.
System:
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Harrow.
Patent for a harrow that is constructed without frames, so it is lighter and easier to use. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 27, 1891
Creator:
Grisham, James Madison
System:
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Harrow.
Patent for a harrow that has "teeth bars or beams and teeth [that] may be readily cleared of rubbish and other obstacles which tend to clog the teeth and interfere with the efficient working of the harrow" (lines 16-20).
Date:
June 16, 1895
Creator:
Faris, John Wesly
System:
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Game Apparatus.
Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in game apparatus, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 16, 1898
Creator:
Hutches, Benjamin F. Jr.
System:
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Gas-Purifier
Patent for a device that separates impurities and contaminants from gas used in generators. A series of filters, and baffles are used to extract impurities to the gas supplied to a generator.
Date:
September 16, 1919
Creator:
Modlin, Frank E.
System:
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Improvement in Reversible Axle-Skeins.
Patent for improvements in reversible axle skeins: "My invention consists of cast mental axle skeins fitted on the axles, whether of wood or iron, so that they can be turned from time to time, as they wear away, to remove the worn place from the wearing position and bring a part not worn thereto." (lines 5-10).
Date:
April 16, 1872
Creator:
Smith, Andrew F.
System:
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Joint Means For Rails Or The Like
Patent for joint designed to bolt together rails so as to prevent accidental displacement of the nuts and bolts. Illustration included.
Date:
October 16, 1906
Creator:
Kline, William Bennet
System:
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Jetty.
Patent for a new and improved jetty. This design "is to provide structures . . . for protecting shores, and other similar work. . . . [The] invention consists, mainly, in the utilization of a central or interior core of clay, or clayey substance, about which is formed a retaining envelope in connection with suitable substructures, coping, walls, and tracks" (lines 15-27).
Date:
April 16, 1889
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
System:
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Plaiting-Machine.
Patent for "a machine upon which a dress-skirt or similar article may be easily placed and which is adapted to secure the plaits or folds in the skirts and hold them so that they may be conveniently ironed." (Lines 10-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 16, 1891
Creator:
Olson, Alfred
System:
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Elevating-Truck.
Patent for an elevating truck, which will improve the ability to use a hoist to lift heavy loads.
Date:
January 16, 1912
Creator:
Wadlington, David M.
System:
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Dry-Cleaning Machine.
Patent for a dry cleaning machine that cleans using gasoline. The invention reduces the amount of gasoline used; keeps the gasoline clean while in use; provides easy placement and access of garments in the drum while in motion; improves the construction of the drum and its rubbing action on the garments; and supplies moisture to the machine to prevent the gasoline from igniting.
Date:
June 16, 1914
Creator:
White, Edward Young
System:
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Draw Bar for Locomotives.
Patent for a new and improved draw-bar for locomotives. This design consists, "with the frame of the locomotive and pilot mounted thereon, of the draw-bar connected to the frame, devices for locking and holding the draw-bar on the pilot, and a counter-weight for automatically elevating the draw-bar when released" (lines 97-102).
Date:
August 16, 1892
Creator:
Heidelberg, Samuel H.
System:
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Draft-Equalizer.
Patent for "devices for equalizing the draft where three or more draft-animals are used" (lines 8-10) to pull machinery, carriages, or wagons with illustrations included.
Date:
September 16, 1902
Creator:
Hayden, Jefferson B.
System:
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Door-Stop.
Patent for a door stop, which is made of metal and attaches easily to the door.
Date:
March 16, 1909
Creator:
Snowden, Rene Ravenel
System:
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Elastic-Tube-Splicing Device
Patent for improvements in elastic tube splicing devices. Primary object being the provision of a novel form of device especially adapted for connecting the free ends of tubes, such as the inner tubes of automobile tires.
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
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Earth-Auger.
Patent for an earth-auger that is more effective than other augers and can be constructed to make different sized holes. It is operated by moving two blades back and forth.
Date:
April 16, 1895
Creator:
Smith, Wiston Allin
System:
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Draft Equalizer
Patent for Draft Equalizer with levers and pulleys for attaching a horse or team of horses.
Date:
March 16, 1913
Creator:
Dudley, Thomas J.
System:
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Direction-Indicator.
Patent for a direction indicator that is "extremely simple, durable, efficient in operation, and inexpensive to manufacture" (lines 20-22). It is "an improved electrically operated direction indicator, in the nature of an arm pivotally mounted in a casing and operated by an electro-magnetically controlled lever [...] for indicating the directions in which the vehicle to which the device is applied, is about to move" (lines 10-17), including illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Justus, Fred E.
System:
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Dish Washing Machine
Patent for "new and useful machine improvements for washing dishes and other articles" (lines 9-11).
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Randolph, Hallie H.
System:
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Dirt-Tamping Tool.
Patent for a dirt tamping tool, which is strong and simple to use.
Date:
November 16, 1909
Creator:
Sherman, Henry A.
System:
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Dirt-Tamping Shovel
Patent for a dirt tamping shovel. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 16, 1912
Creator:
Sherman, Henry A.
System:
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