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Revolving Cabinet.
Patent for a revolving cabinet that "shall constitute a counter or a part of the same, or that may be used as a kitchen-table, and at the same time serve as a convenient receptacle for the safe storage of general articles of merchandise and household supplies, which shall be maintained in a clean and fresh condition and be easy to access" (lines 12-19). There is an opening on the counter to access the trapezoidal trays that can rotate underneath.
Date:
September 26, 1896
Creator:
Smith, John D.
System:
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Harrow.
Patent for a new and useful harrow, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 26, 1899
Creator:
Blount, Blanton E. & Guice, Benjamen R.
System:
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Refrigerator.
Patent for a new and improved refrigerator. This design is "for use without ice, the cooling effect being secured by the evaporation of water. Consequently the apparatus will be most effective when exposed to a current of air. The apparatus is formed with a suitable framing, having its sides closed in with wire-gauze to permit the free circulation of air, and at the same time exclude insects and the like. At one side a door affords access to the interior of the refrigerator, and legs serve to hold its bottom above the floor or other support on which the refrigerator stands" (lines 16-28).
Date:
August 26, 1890
Creator:
Laman, Nancy A.
System:
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Plow.
Patent for improvement in plows by using a “combination of mold-board, land-bar, and share, which will effectually shed the land and prevent the latter from adhere to it.” (Lines 15-18) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 26, 1891
Creator:
Brown, William Franklin
System:
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Plow.
Patent for a plow. This invention relates to an improvement in plows, and more particularly to the means for securing the share to the plow.
Date:
January 26, 1892
Creator:
Hyer, Robert Stewart
System:
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Preparing Fruit for Canning and Preserving.
Patent for a process of skin removal from various fruits that leaves the peeled fruit in "good condition" (line 12) for making preserves or for use in other preparations.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
McDermett, Ida L.
System:
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Rotary Steam-Engine.
Patent for a rotary steam-engine that provides "a new and useful machine of this character wherein a head or pressure of steam shall be utilized to its fullest extent with a consequent increase in power over other engines worked under the same head or pressure of steam. To this end the main and primary object of the present invention is to provide a simple, economical and durable steam engine of the rotary type having few working parts, but one which shall run easily and steadily and will develop considerable power" (lines 9-19).
Date:
March 26, 1895
Creator:
Henderson, Robert L.
System:
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Retaining Wall, Bulkhead, &c.
Patent for certain new and improved invention for protecting the banker or face of the ground from erosion.
Date:
October 26, 1897
Creator:
Judson, William V.
System:
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Rack for Holding and Exhibiting Rolls of Goods.
Patent for a new and improved rack. This design consists in "[t]he rack comprising the sills, the crossed bars secured thereto and to each other at their intersecting parts and forming triangular sides, said crossed bars having the projecting ends, the cross-slats connecting the crossed bars and arranged in the angles thereof, and the extension comprising the inclined bars, the short crossed bars secured at right angles thereto, and the slats connecting the bars at the angles formed thereby, the said bars being detachably bolted to the projecting ends of the inclined bars of the rack" (lines 16-28).
Date:
August 26, 1890
Creator:
Chapman, Luna F. & Montgomery, James A.
System:
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Provision Safe.
Patent for a new and improved safe. This design "has for its objects, among others, to provide a simple, cheap, and economical safe, in which provisions may be kept cool during the hot season and from freezing during the winter weather. I provide a suitable post or support, from which extend brackets, shelves, or hooks or other provisions for the support of the various articles to be contained therein. [T]he whole [is covered] with a cloth and [has] a water tank or receptacle at the upper end and . . . ha[s] a stream of water flow[ing] or trickl[ing] down upon the cloth to saturate the same" (lines 14-25).
Date:
April 26, 1892
Creator:
Schrib, Juni
System:
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Quilting Frame for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved quilting-frame for sewing machines. This design consists, "with the track and the carriage consisting of the U-shaped bail formed from a single piece of metal, having the ends bifurcated and provided with grooved wheels" (lines 97-100). It also consists "of the screw-threaded rod having a head at its lower end, passing through an aperture in the bail, the burr or nut consisting of the interiorly-sccrew-threaded collar, with which said rod engages, the beam having an aperture, through which said rod loosely passes, the depending bars, the side bars, and the rollers" (lines 1-8).
Date:
July 26, 1892
Creator:
Moore, George McNair & Steen, George W.
System:
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Railroad-Crossing.
Patent for a simple and durable railroad-crossing that "consists of a center piece, and two side pieces for clamping the main track rails in place" (lines 12-14). It can be easily set up and connected with the rails.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Keenan, Michael J.
System:
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Railway-Bicycle.
Patent for a railway-bicycle that travels on one rail and needs two wheels with connecting frames. It has a forward double flanged wheel and a wheel behind the first wheel, and this machine is faster and lighter than other similar machines.
Date:
March 26, 1895
Creator:
Herz, Raymond
System:
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Pouncing-Machine.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in pouncing machines.
Date:
April 26, 1898
Creator:
Clarke, George R.
System:
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Pouncing-Machine.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in pouncing-machines.
Date:
April 26, 1898
Creator:
Clarke, George R.
System:
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Method of and Apparatus for Making Concrete Monuments.
Patent for "an improved method of and apparatus for making concrete monuments and tombstones" (lines 9-11) and makes harder and sets faster than other methods. The end result is meant to look like polished stone.
Date:
June 26, 1894
Creator:
Cameron, Neill C.
System:
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Method of Converting Mesquite Beans.
Patent for a new and improved method of treating mesquite beans. This is a design "whereby they are converted into a healthful easily-digestible article of food . . . or may be infused in liquid for producing a healthful or agreeable drink" (lines 8-13). It consists, "first, in a preliminary drying of the bean as a whole to eradicate moisture; second, breaking the thus-dried bean into short pieces to render it more readily affected by the heat . . . third, roasting the broken particles to render friable or more brittle; fourth, grinding the mass, and fifth, separating the powdered bean and outer pod from the hull" (lines 13-21).
Date:
July 26, 1892
Creator:
Jacobs, Thomas H.
System:
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Newspaper File.
Patent for a new and improved newspaper file. This design "is adapted and designed to be laid upon a table or placed in the usual rack or suspended by a hook, and . . . it may be held in one hand by means of its handle at the base while perusing the paper" (lines 17-22). It consists, "with a standard formed at or near its upper and lower ends . . . with a suitable perforation extending through the same from the back to the front thereof, of springs arranged upon the back of the standard, one near each end thereof and each formed at its free end with an eye" (lines 22-28).
Date:
July 26, 1892
Creator:
Jaehnig, Charles H.
System:
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Ox-Yoke Key.
Patent for an ox-yoke key that holds the bows in place. The key makes movement easy because of a swinging plate. "By this arrangement the plate may be swung so as to move the key away from the bow, and so as to move it toward the same; and in operation of advancing and retracting the key, the plate swings in the manner described abode" (lines 20-25).
Date:
March 26, 1895
Creator:
Johnson, Benjamin W.
System:
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Penholder.
Patent for a penholder that is worn on the finger and is an "open-ended hollow thimble with a detachable and reversible cap-piece" (lines 20-22). The pen-point can be unscrewed and screwed back in the opposite way so that the pen-point is inside the thimble, so the pen-point doesn't break in one's pocket.
Date:
January 26, 1897
Creator:
Ward, George C.
System:
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Jeweler's Stone-Setting Instrument.
Patent for new and useful improvements in Jeweler's Stone Setting instruments.
Date:
April 26, 1898
Creator:
Owens, John A.
System:
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Draft Attachment.
Patent for "an improved construction for draft attachments whereby we may dispense with the action of the ordinary doubletree or evener and throw the draft of each animal directly upon the axle-clips or fixed point of attachment on its side of the axle, thereby causing the draft of each animal to be independent of the other and avoid the tendency of the stronger, or in starting the quicker animal, pulling the weaker or slower animal backward and to one side of the line of draft." (Lines 14-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1895
Creator:
Harmon, William Ellis & Garwood, John L.
System:
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Draft Attachment for Doubletrees.
Patent for "a draft attachment which shall prevent the swaying of the pole or tongue sidewise, and cause the draft of the animals to be independent of each other." (Lines 19-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1895
Creator:
Harmon, William Ellis & Garwood, John L.
System:
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Educational Appliance.
Patent for an educational appliance that is meant to be used for teaching math mechanics and physics. It easily demonstrates principles of mechanics and physics that involve quantities.
Date:
September 26, 1893
Creator:
Macfarlane, Alexander
System:
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