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Piano-Forte Tuning-Pin Lock.
Patent for a new and improved lock for forte-piano tuning-pins. This design consists "of an elongated or oblong metal plate provided with a slot in a part of its length and having one of its faces roughened into serrations . . . which, together with . . . correspondingly-toothed hooks bolted to said plate, form a clamp to bind two or more tuning-pins of a piano together, to prevent them from turning as a set or independently" (lines 16-25).
Date:
March 2, 1880
Creator:
Norcross, Levi W.
System:
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Child's Crib
Patent for new "suspended cribs or cradles for the use of children" (lines 17-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1880
Creator:
Brown, Fred Harvey
System:
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Water Elevator.
Patent for a new and improved water elevator. This design "is to provide each bucket with a weighted back; also, in the manner of connecting the chains thereto, so that the necessity of the employment of a weighted wheel is obviated" (lines 20-24). This means that individual buckets may be removed and replaced, and construction becomes more durable and simple.
Date:
December 28, 1880
Creator:
Mayfield, William D.
System:
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Oscillating Cradle.
Patent for a new and improved oscillating cradle. This design utilizes a hand-crank and gears to gently rock the wooden cradle back and forth. Also connected to the crank is a wooden rod at the bottom which gently strikes a xylophone underneath.
Date:
January 11, 1881
Creator:
Brown, Fred Harvey
System:
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Coffee Roaster.
Patent for a new and improved coffee roaster. This design calls for "a revolving cylinder; and the invention consists of a cylinder provided with a hollow trunnion, and of a semi-tubular tester introduced through said trunnion into the cylinder, which tester serves as a handle for revolving the cylinder, and can be withdrawn from time to time with samples of coffee to enable the operator to judge of the progress of the roasting process" (lines 11-19).
Date:
February 15, 1881
Creator:
Owens, Harrison
System:
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Child's Crib.
Patent for a new and improved child's crib. This design utilizes "a rock-shaft with inward-projecting arms, from the inner ends of which the cords are suspended, [and it] avoid[s] the friction and wear of the cords incident to the carrying of these through the screw-eyes, as shown in [a previous patent], making them last much longer, beside simplifying the construction of the crib" (lines 67-74).
Date:
March 15, 1881
Creator:
Brown, Fred Harvey
System:
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Railway Rail and Chair.
Patent for a new and improved railway rail and chair combination. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the reversible rail and chair-plates . . . so as to leave an open crescent-shaped space below the middle part of the rail and above the inwardly projecting lips" (lines 94-98).
Date:
August 2, 1881
Creator:
Brown, Frederick H.
System:
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Nut Lock.
Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the end-cleft screw-bolt, of the wedge which is made of the same width as the diameter of the bolt, and provided with serrations corresponding to the screw-thread, and the fastening-wire which is wrapped around both bolt and wedge and lies in their respective grooves and serrations" (lines 72-78).
Date:
August 23, 1881
Creator:
McAllister, Lewis Campbell
System:
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Brick Press.
Patent for a new and improved press for bricks. This design "relates to certain improvements in that class of brick-presses in which the clay is molded into shape by hand-power; and the object of [the] improvement is to form a cheap, durable, and effective machine for accomplishing the work" (lines 10-15).
Date:
September 6, 1881
Creator:
Thomas, John S.
System:
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Sulky Carriage for Plows.
Patent for a new and improved sulky plow. This design "furnish[es] a sulky-frame and plow supporting and adjusting devices of a simplified construction, and [provides] more effective means for gaging the depth of the penetration of the plow into the ground, and guiding or steadying the movement thereof" (lines 17-23).
Date:
September 20, 1881
Creator:
Ward, James & Washburn, Rufus
System:
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Safety Spout for Lamps.
Patent for a new and improved safety spout for lamps. This design is for an angled tube with a mouth to receive oil and a threaded end to screw onto an oil lamp. This allows for the lamp to be safely refilled while lit.
Date:
September 27, 1881
Creator:
Ingle, Ezra W.
System:
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Sulky Plow.
Patent for a new and improved sulky plow. This design "obviate[s] certain minor defects of the sulky-carriage for plows" (lines 15-17). More specifically, it "provide[s] simple and effective means for properly balancing the plow-carriage or frame and taking the weight off the horses' necks, provision being also made for using plows with or without guide-handles and of varying heights" (lines 39-44).
Date:
May 2, 1882
Creator:
Ward, James
System:
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Car Axle and Wheel
Patent for a new and improved wheel and axle for cars. This design calls for "providing each of the axle with a fixed ratchet-wheel and providing the car-wheels with spring-pawls adapted to engage with the ratchets" (lines 21-24). This overcomes the strain that the wheels place on the axles when making turns, which reduces the chance of the car leaving its tracks.
Date:
May 16, 1882
Creator:
Pendleton, William S.
System:
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Ventilating Attachment to Hearths.
Patent for a new and improved ventilating attachment for hearths. This design "consists in extending the ventilating box or casing . . . sufficiently below the floor of the room to the hearth to which it is applied to allow it to project into the room below" (lines 19-23).
Date:
June 27, 1882
Creator:
Howard, Joshua Eaffrom
System:
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Coffee-Roaster.
Patent for a coffee roaster, including illustrations. The purpose of the coffee maker "is to provide an improved apparatus by which green coffee may be evenly, quickly, and economically parched or roasted to the desired degree without burning" (lines 8-12).
Date:
October 31, 1882
Creator:
Dunn, William Washington
System:
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Sewing Machine
Patent for a sewing machine "wherein the shuttle rotates...whereby the shuttle-thread at a certain time in each revolution of the shuttle is rewound upon the bobbin, which prevents the thread from twisting or untwisting" (Lines10-17).
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
McAllister, Lewis C.
System:
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Miner's Lamp.
Patent for a new and improved miner's lamp. This design "may be attached to any wooden structure in the mine, to any crevice in the rock, or to the earthen wall of the mine, and when set upon any ledge or flat surface prevented from tipping over, and when attached to the hat or other garment of the miner kept from swinging or turning out of proper position; also, [it] provid[es] the lamp with a rod for adjusting the wick of the lamp for regulating the flame of the lamp" (lines 10-19).
Date:
September 11, 1883
Creator:
Lee, Charles A.
System:
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Ore Concentrator.
Patent for a new and improved ore concentrator. This design has for its object "to facilitate the removal of the lighter and worthless parts of the ore from the heavier and valuable parts" (lines 17-19).
Date:
November 6, 1883
Creator:
Mabry, Hinch P.
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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Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "has for its object the production of a coupling that can be easily and readily applied to the common construction of draw-heads for cars, in which the ordinary coupling link and pin are used, while combining simplicity and economy in construction and effectiveness in operation" (lines 13-19).
Date:
June 3, 1884
Creator:
Harrold, Mahlon
System:
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Tramping Attachment for Baling Presses.
Patent for a new and improved attachment for baling presses. This design "consists of a contrivance of trampers and a crank with power mechanism for working them, in a simple arrangement for beating in the cotton on the follower preparatory to closing the press and completing the pressing by the follower, the device being calculated to enable the bales of full size to be made in a smaller case, and with less range of movement of the follower and more economically than they can be made without the tramper" (lines 8-18).
Date:
June 10, 1884
Creator:
Thompson, Gedeon Philip
System:
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Whip.
Patent for a new and improved whip. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the spring-wire core and rubber-compound covering of the body of the whip, and the metallic coupling of the detachable screw whip-handle constructed to form a clasp-knife" (lines 85-89).
Date:
November 11, 1884
Creator:
Turner, Ephraim M.
System:
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Pipe Wrench.
Patent for a new and improved pipe wrench. This design consists "[i]n a pipe-wrench, the bar or lever having a lower curved and serrated end, in combination with the pivoted arm having reversely-hooked ends, one of said curved ends having a greater curvature than the other said hooked end" (lines 59-64).
Date:
December 2, 1884
Creator:
Morrison, William S.
System:
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Ink Blotter.
Patent for a new and improved ink blotter. This design "is to facilitate the process and shorten the time of the [writer] in blotting of the ink from his [or her] writing. [The design] attain[s] this object by so constructing the blotter that when in use it is always attached to and worn upon the hand holding the pen" (lines 8-13).
Date:
December 30, 1884
Creator:
Smith, L. Starr
System:
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