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Automatic Weighing-Machine
Patent for an automatic weighing machine for weighing and dispensing certain weights of grain into hoppers.
Date:
February 1, 1910
Creator:
Ball, Andrew J.
System:
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Boll-Weevil or Other Insect Destroyer
Patent for
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
John S. Doak & Alexander G. Farrington
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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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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Combined Hay Press and Horse Power.
Patent for a combined hay-press and horse-power with illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1884
Creator:
Randle, William, Sr
System:
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Converting Reciprocating into Rotary Motion
Patent for converting reciprocating into rotary motion by using “two vertically moving racks with a cog wheel on a small shaft between them which gears into the teeth of the racks” (lines 16-19), includes illustration.
Date:
November 1, 1859
Creator:
Harper, C. A.
System:
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Electric Bath.
Patent for an improved electric bath apparatus. Electrodes are immersed into the water which allows for passage of current throughout the body of water. Improvements provide shielding to the electrodes and clamps capable of attaching to bath tubs with irregular structure.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Howard, Mentor
System:
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Elevated Railway, &c
Patent for improvements "to provide an improved track having provisions for readily tightening the track, each span or section being tightened by means of a single tightening device arranged, preferably. . . second, to provide an improved truck with guiding rollers or pulleys, the weight of the truck being carried upon yielding supports; third, a simple and improved swivel or turning device or connection between the car and track, whereby the turning of curves is more easily accomplished with a minimum of friction; fourth, to so mount the truck upon the track that displacement or removal thereof sidewise is impossible fifth, to provide an improved switch; sixth, to provide for a road-bed upon a span in crossing a stream or other analogous obstruction" (lines 14-31).
Date:
April 1, 1890
Creator:
Turner, Ephraim M. & Taylor, James P.
System:
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Fence Post
Patent for a fence post. Illustration included.
Date:
November 1, 1904
Creator:
Narsh, Joseph Maxfield
System:
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Guitar.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in stringed musical instruments, such as harp guitars, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 1, 1898
Creator:
Ward, George Cooper
System:
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Holder for Car and Locomotive Replacing Frogs
Patent for improving railway car frog replacement and holding. The improvements include greater strength and durability and low cost manufacture.
Date:
November 1, 1921
Creator:
Keith, Darwin E.
System:
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Improvement in Hats
Patent for "a new and improved ventilated hat...which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification" (lines 3-5). including instructions and an illustration.
Date:
September 1, 1868
Creator:
Watkins, M. S.
System:
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Improvement in Smoothing and Fluting Irons.
Patent for improvement in smoothing and fluting irons, which combines a sad-iron smoothing-plate and mechanical fluting iron in one device which includes a heat shield and rollers through which fabric is advanced. The rollers are mechanized via a latch and rack-wheel that are actuated by moving the handle of the device up and down.
Date:
June 1, 1875
Creator:
Mayfield, William Dudley
System:
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Machine for Shucking and Shelling Corn
Patent for improvements in the design and construction of machines for shucking and shelling corn.
Date:
May 1, 1888
Creator:
Whiting, Louis Rossell
System:
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Pencil-Lighting Attachment.
Patent for improvement in pencil-lighting attachments. This is meant to combine an electric lamp with a pencil, pen, etc. within a mounted casing so that the surface being written on may be lighted.
Date:
October 1, 1918
Creator:
Bennett, Jerrell
System:
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Powder-Ejector.
Patent for a powder medicine ejector for discharging medicine into patients body cavities, which allows a dose of the medicine to be discharged from a larger quantity stored in the ejector.
Date:
February 1, 1910
Creator:
Kline, Charles W. & Long, Harley A.
System:
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Pump
Patent for a pump whereby for use with deep wells. Pump uses relate to oil, water, sand and other articles. Illustration included.
Date:
January 1, 1907
Creator:
Butler, Thomas
System:
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Puncture-Proof Tire
Patent for improved armor in tires so they do not puncture as quickly or as easily, including illustrations.
Date:
April 1, 1913
Creator:
Hibbs, Cassell De
System:
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Saw-Set
Patent for a saw set. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 1, 1911
Creator:
Adams, Theodore C.
System:
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Seed Planter
Patent for a seed planter that can plant seeds for corn, cotton, or grain.
Date:
October 1, 1912
Creator:
Robbins, Henry W.
System:
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Silo.
Patent for a new, water-tight silo that can be easily assembled without skilled labor and can be set up anywhere, including illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Brookshire, Samuel N.
System:
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Tractor
Patent for improvements to tractors which are designed with the driver's seat positioned on the trailing unit. The improvements allow for tools to be attached in such a way cultivating may be done near fences and other common obstructions.
Date:
July 1, 1918
Creator:
Chenoweth, William B.
System:
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Valve-Motion.
Patent for "a variable cut-off valve-motion, and has for its object to provide simple and efficient and at the same time readily adjustable means for varying the points at which the ports communicating with the cylinder of a locomotive or other engine are opened and closed, in accordance with the load, the desired speed, &c." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1895
Creator:
Shelb, Peter J.
System:
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Walking-Cane.
Patent for a walking cane which is made of two intertwined sections of spiral steel wires, which can be painted different colors creating a noticeable object that can be used by sports fans to show support for their team at games,
Date:
February 1, 1910
Creator:
Alverson, Lewis
System:
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