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Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in stalk cutters to "product chopper in which the cutter-wheels may be adjusted with relation to each other to accommodate rows of varying widths" (line 13 - 16).
Date:
August 15, 1899
Creator:
Terrell, Joseph E.
System:
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Square.
Patent for a a carpenters square, which has tables printed on it for calculating the length and angle that rafter boards should be cut to.
Date:
January 17, 1911
Creator:
McCormick, Terrill William
System:
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Ice-Box
Patent for an ice box. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 18, 1910
Creator:
Elder, Thomas J.
System:
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Muzzle
Patent for a muzzle designed for horses. Illustration included.
Date:
February 22, 1910
Creator:
Lipscomb, James H.
System:
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Gravel Conveyor and Roller
Patent for gravel, sand, or rubble conveyor to use in grading, repairing, and surfacing roads.
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Whitfield, William
System:
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Metal-Cutting Shears.
Patent for simple and effective metal-cutting shears that cuts hot or cold metals. The shears are mounted on a frame, and a hand-operated lever forces the upper shear down.
Date:
November 20, 1894
Creator:
Autrey, Benjamin P.
System:
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Toy
Patent for a toy. Illustration included.
Date:
November 21, 1905
Creator:
Whitefield, William
System:
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Process of Brazing
Patent for a process of brazing. Illustration included.
Date:
January 15, 1907
Creator:
Hornsby, Charley C. & Bell, Robert F.
System:
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Improvement in Adding-Machines.
Patent for an improved adding-machine design.
Date:
December 7, 1875
Creator:
Butt, Dennis, L. R.
System:
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Measure
Patent for a measure. Illustration included.
Date:
May 15, 1906
Creator:
Turpin, Thomas L.
System:
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Process of Skinning Fruit.
Patent for skinning fruit chemically without the use of Alum to avoid harmful health effects resulting from Alum residue on fruit.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Thompson, Jovita Boyd
System:
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Spinning Top
Patent for a spinning top. Illustration included.
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
Whitefield, William
System:
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Plow-Cleaner.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in plow cleaners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 1, 1898
Creator:
Yeagley, Jacob B.
System:
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Plow Foot
Patent for a plow or cultivator foot.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Williams, Budicille B.
System:
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Motor-Driven Header and Binder
Patent for a mechanically driven header and binder tool that can be mounted to a tractor for use in large-scale agricultural harvesting, with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 16, 1918
Creator:
Swofford, Marvin L.
System:
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Mud Shoe.
Patent for a new and improved mud shoe. This design has for its object "to provide a device adapted to be worn over the ordinary boot or shoe and afford a convenient means for keeping the same out of the mud, dirt, or water; and the novelty consists in the detail of the construction and combination of the several parts" (lines 18-24).
Date:
November 13, 1883
Creator:
Carroll, Samuel T.
System:
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Padded Underwaist.
Patent for a new and improved padded underwaist. This design "has for its object to provide a waist to be worn by persons who are thin or emaciated, to beautify the appearance, to increase the breadth from shoulder to shoulder, and to make the form look plump and round" (lines 14-18). To this end it is "provided upon its inner surface with pockets extending down the middle of the back, on the breasts, around the lower edge, down the sleeves, and down the sides beneath the arms, the pockets down the sleeves and beneath the arms being united together" (lines 90-95).
Date:
June 18, 1889
Creator:
McDowell, Mary D.
System:
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Muzzle.
Patent for a muzzle for horses that can be easily applied. It prevents the animal from eating while its head is upright, and opens while the horse lowers its head to graze. This prevents the horse from damaging orchards.
Date:
February 5, 1895
Creator:
Lipscomb, Cicero D.
System:
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Stock Car.
Patent for an improved stock-car for transporting cattle and horses on railways.
Date:
June 28, 1881
Creator:
Jones, Jeremiah C.
System:
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Hay Press
Patent for a hay press. Illustration included.
Date:
June 6, 1905
Creator:
Gurley, John Mark
System:
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Washing-Machine.
Patent for a new and useful washing machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 6, 1900
Creator:
Biggs, Daniel
System:
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Hay-Press.
Patent for an inexpensive and efficient hay-press that has an improved plunger mechanism. The mechanism is simple, inexpensive, durable, and easily operated.
Date:
May 1, 1894
Creator:
Pearce, William J.
System:
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Shoe Holder for Boot Blacking Stands
Patent for a shoe holder for boot blacking stands. This invention is to provide an inexpensive tree stand to firmly hold in place shoes for polishing. Illustration included.
Date:
July 21, 1903
Creator:
Hann, Edmund Lyne
System:
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Power Plow
Patent for a plow "operated by power, such as traction-engines, with which such plows may be readily connected, and which are usually so constructed as to conveniently transmit motion to the operating mechanism of the plow." (line 8-12)
Date:
June 2, 1903
Creator:
Parker, John L.
System:
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