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Box-Cabinet
Patent for cabinets which are "adapted to hold boxes of the kind used by druggists, as containers for medicines and small objects" (lines 9-11).
Date:
February 4, 1919
Creator:
Hines, Bascom L. & Johnson, Mannon G.
System:
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Showcase or Screen.
Patent for a cabinet that holds pictures that are easily viewable and free from dust and debris. There is one movable side for storing and removing the photos, with the remainder of the cabinet staying immobile.
Date:
September 6, 1921
Creator:
Praytor, William B.
System:
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Terrace-Marker.
Patent for a terrace-marker that has "improved means for quickly and conveniently marking or laying out and leveling terraces which shall be light and consequently easily portable, durable and inexpensive to manufacture" (lines 13-17) including an illustration.
Date:
January 15, 1918
Creator:
Norris, William C.
System:
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Railroad Cattle-Gate
Patent for a gate or guard to be positioned on a railroad track to prevent cattle or persons crossing the railroad track from turning up or down the track, and so avoid injury or death to cattle or persons. It is designed to be automatically activated by the passing train, and is of a simple design that is inexpensive to construct.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Seay, Thomas A.
System:
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Railway Frog
Patent for railway frog which "will tend to minimize the danger of train derailment at switch crossings" (lines 12-13).
Date:
July 30, 1918
Creator:
Jackson, George Ferris
System:
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Straw Rack for Threshing Machines
Patent for a rack that will separate the grain, straw, and chaff to the fullest extent.
Date:
October 3, 1916
Creator:
McGraw, Walter A.
System:
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Oil-Burner.
Patent for a device which effectively burns "kerosene, gasoline, naphtha or crude oil" (lines15-16) in a bunsen-burner fashion that is also easy to manufacture and cheap to maintain.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Veach, Joshua H.
System:
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Combined Broom and Cloth Hanger.
Patent for a combined broom and cloth hanger, which allows a broom to be quickly engaged and supported at any desired elevation above the user's floor. It can also be folded against the wall when the broom is not in use, "...whereby the ordinary broom cover...can be conveniently clamped and held securely in position between the lower end of the bracket and against the support by passing the broom cover over and through the rods when the hanger is in a receiving position" (lines 24-30).
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Ussery, Walter R. & Cook, Enoch J.
System:
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Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1900
Creator:
Kirby, Richard W.
System:
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Bottle-Washing Machine
Patent for a machine that washes bottles. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Greer, Jesse Wade
System:
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Churn-Cover.
Patent for "new and Improved Churn-Cover" (line 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
Hogue, James C.
System:
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Baling-Press.
Patent for baling-press which is to "provide a rotary sweep,..., which is connected in a novel manner to the compressing-plunger, whereby said plunger is operated twice to each revolution of the sweep" (lines 12-16). Illustrations included.
Date:
November 4, 1902
Creator:
Fitz Water, Marshall V.
System:
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Carriage Top Stop
Patent for "carriages or other vehicles, and more particularly to that portion of a vehicle which is known as the 'prop stump or stop,' which usually projects outward on each side of the vehicle-body at the rear end of the seat for support of the vehicle-hood props when the hood or top is lowered." (lines 9-16). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 1, 1905
Creator:
Smith, William Lee
System:
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Crate-Fastening
Patent for crate fastening to secure the top firmly but also allow it to be easily removed. It was designed for an egg crate but is applicable to crates in general, including illustrations.
Date:
September 25, 1900
Creator:
Damon, Sylvester Will
System:
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Insect Gathering Machine
Patent for a insect gathering machine. Illustration included.
Date:
May 16, 1905
Creator:
Stiles, Alfred Closure
System:
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Plow Attachment
Patent for plow attachment. This invention relates to the handling of young plants. Illustration included.
Date:
August 22, 1905
Creator:
Pate, Miles M. & Ellison, Harrison L.
System:
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Stone Dressing Machine
Patent for a stone dressing machine. Illustration included.
Date:
December 11, 1906
Creator:
Rhea, Learner T.
System:
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Washing Machine
Patent for a washing machine. This invention consists of cooperating rotary rubbers.
Date:
January 4, 1910
Creator:
Hollingsworth, James Hollis
System:
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Rotary Engine
Patent for "a simple and efficient construction of engine including two parallel series of piston-heads and wherein steam will be supplied to the heads of each series alternately" (lines 9-13).
Date:
July 9, 1901
Creator:
Keith, Jonathan
System:
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Desk
Patent for a desk. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
Thompson, Thomas Henry
System:
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Attachment for Plows.
Patent for a new and improved attachment for plows. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the rear of the land-side of a turning plow, of an attachment for dirting the plants, consisting of a shank having a rearwardly and upwardly extending blade diagonally attached thereto, having a sharp curved lower edge and a curved upper edge, said edges forming a point on the outer end of the blade, said blade having a concaved upper face" (lines 7-15).
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Tennison, James B.
System:
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Cotton Chopper and Cultivator
Patent for "a machine of this class which shall be simple in construction, durable, and effect ive in operation, and which may be easily manipulated" (lines 11-14).
Date:
March 11, 1890
Creator:
Porter, William Daniel
System:
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Method of Marking the Keys of Key-Boards for Musical Instruments
Patent for "a system of musical notation in which the several notes or note-symbols are shaped so as to approximate in appearance the shape of the letters from which they derive their appellations" (lines 37-41) especially in relation to piano-fortes, organs, and keyed instruments and in teaching music, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1880
Creator:
Black, Jane B. D.
System:
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Compound for Removing Grease and Stains.
Patent for a compound to remove grease and stains from wood and fabric. Includes instructions.
Date:
August 21, 1891
Creator:
Cox, George S. & Lewis, Georgia M.
System:
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