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Wheel-Tire.
Patent for improvement in automobile tires, resulting in more resilient tires that utilize internal spring coils that are encased in an elastic casing to protect against direct contact with the rubber tire.
Date:
September 9, 1919
Creator:
Dalwigk, Hermann
System:
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Wind and Bug Shield for Lamp Chimneys
Patent for lamp to protect the flame from wind and insects. It was meant to prevent the lamp being extinguished.
Date:
November 19, 1918
Creator:
Sinclaire, Agnes S. L.
System:
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Window-Screen
Patent for "a new and improved window-screen which is simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and arranged to permit of readily placing the screen in position on the window or removing it therefrom and without requiring special runs or guideways and to allow of using the screen either inside or outside of the window, as desired" (lines 8-16)
Date:
November 27, 1900
Creator:
Holden, Elbridge G.
System:
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Window-Shade.
Patent for a new and improved window shade that has a roller which allows the shade to be adjusted by moving the roller and then locking into place.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
Pepple, John W.
System:
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Window Shutter Worker And Latch
Patent for a window shutter and latching system. Illustration included.
Date:
August 8, 1905
Creator:
Richardson, Horace G.
System:
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Wire-Cloth Fan for the Destruction of Insects.
Patent for an improved fly-swatting fan that employs wire mesh to create less of a shadow so that the user has more of a chance to hit the insect. This improved fan also allows for easier flow of air that creates less of an air flow that might blow the insect away from the fan and allow for the insect to avoid injury or death. Included are instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 18, 1880
Creator:
Taylor, Morse K.
System:
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Wire-Screen Frame.
Patent for a more economical, foldable wire screen frame for doors with removable wire mesh, and included illustration.
Date:
December 18, 1917
Creator:
Carroll, Houston Monroe
System:
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Wire Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date:
January 1, 1907
Creator:
Miller, Alexander & Leonard, George
System:
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Wire-Working Tool.
Patent for wire working tool for attaching couplings to hoses.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
Glenn, Dan
System:
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Wireless Break-Key
Patent for a wireless break key that allows a station to just have one aerial line and prevents burn out of the machinery and injury to operators while transmitting messages faster than other wireless devices.
Date:
December 31, 1912
Creator:
Mobley, Grier P.
System:
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Wireless-Telephone System.
Patent for a wireless telephone system that does not require the user to flip a switch in between receiving and sending a message.
Date:
June 27, 1911
Creator:
Johnson, Maurice Bernays
System:
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Wood Screw.
Patent for a new and improved wood screw. This design "consists of a screw-head having on the underside . . . cutting-edges alternating with flat and deep interspaces or notches, said notches completely filling the circuit of the screw-head and the notches gradually increasing in width and depth from the screw-shank to the crown of the head, thus enabling the cutters to clear themselves" (lines 12-20).
Date:
November 23, 1880
Creator:
Eckford, John
System:
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Work-Box for Sewing-Machine Tables
Patent for a work box for sewing machine tables that can be readily placed or removed from position without any damage. Illustrations included
Date:
May 12, 1908
Creator:
Daniel, Annie Holliday & Daniel, Robert Patrick
System:
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Wrapper.
Patent for the creation of a file made of cardboard, canvas, and cords made for sending articles such as drawings, fabrics, and such through the mail.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Page, Harvey L. & Burnett, Robert L., Sr.
System:
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Wrench
Patent for a tool to enable its user to turn certain objects, such as nuts and bolts, efficiently.
Date:
January 9, 1917
Creator:
Bonelli, Liborio C.
System:
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Wrench
Patent for a wrench designed for right and left-handed users, makes for simpler use of tool by having fewer components than other more standards wrenches.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Wulff, William F. & Wulff, M.
System:
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Wrench.
Patent for "removable-jaw wrenches which can be converted into a pipe or monkey wrench at will." (Lines 12-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1896
Creator:
Ezzell, Fletcher
System:
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Wrench.
Patent for "wrenches; and it consists in the improved means for operating the movable jaw thereof." (lines 12-13) including illustrations.
Date:
July 1, 1902
Creator:
Boozer, George W.
System:
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Wrench.
Patent for a new ratchet-wrench with "improved construction and combination of parts" (lines 26-27), including illustrations.
Date:
February 2, 1886
Creator:
Rettberg, Ernest Frederick & Ellis, Charles Carroll
System:
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Wrench and Cutter.
Patent for a simple, durable, and economic wrench and cutter that is easily used to turn nuts, pipes, or to cut pipes. The wrench does not need to be removed while cutting.
Date:
April 18, 1893
Creator:
Fletcher, Theodore
System:
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Yardstick Calculator.
Patent for a new and useful yard stick calculator for linear measurement. Yard stick is use in connection with dry goods and or business where items are sold by linear measurement including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 1, 1899
Creator:
Praeger, Ewald
System:
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Yardstick-Calculator.
Patent for "a calculating-yardstick adapted for use in connection with the dry goods or any other business in which goods are sold by linear measurement, the object in view being to provide, in connection with a linear measuring scale or rule, an indicating device provided with a plurality of price-scales having relation to the measuring-scale and adapted to indicate the price of a given length of an article at a given price per unit of measure, and also adapted to indicate the length of an article of a given price which may be sold for a given amount." (Lines 8-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1896
Creator:
Praeger, Ewald
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