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Railway Signal and Crossing-Gate.
Patent for an improved railway signal meant to be used at crossings. It consists of a rotary signal post, operating mechanism, a lamp, an arm extension, the signal hanging from the arm, a bearing for the bottom of the rotary post, a box where the bearing sits, a sleeve that holds a cap plate for the box, a ladder from the post to the cap plate, and a brace.
Date:
August 1, 1893
Creator:
Berry, John S.
System:
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Stripping-Plate Molding-Machine
The Patent is for a Stripping-Plate Molding-Machine. The purpose of this invention is "to provide a simple and efficient apparatus for forming sand models" (Kimball, lines 11-12 of patent).
Date:
August 1, 1911
Creator:
Kimball, Herbert E.
System:
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Blind-Stop.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive blind stop that adjusts and locks "the slats of window blinds in any position desired for the purpose of regulating the light, and to prevent the rattling and wear and tear on the slats, and to lock the slats so that they cannot be opened from the outside at all" (lines 8-13). It is easy to operate and does not use screws.
Date:
August 1, 1893
Creator:
Hoskins, William Wharton
System:
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Folding Coop
Patent for folding coop. Illustration included.
Date:
August 1, 1905
Creator:
Franke, Herman R.
System:
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Food-Tongs
Patent for
Date:
August 1, 1911
Creator:
Wheeler, William H.
System:
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Folding Penholder
Patent for a foldable penholder. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 1, 1911
Creator:
Splettstosser, Fritz
System:
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Reading-Stand.
Patent for a simple, durable, and economic reading stand that has two desks, one of which is adjustable so that a person can read while sitting at any angle. The second desk is capable of holding heavy books. Both stands are vertically adjustable. The stand can be constructed to hold a lamp in addition to books.
Date:
August 1, 1893
Creator:
Anderson, Francis John & Irick, William Madison
System:
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Penholder.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in penholders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 1, 1899
Creator:
Thurman, William
System:
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Powder-Dividing Machine
Patent for a machine used primarily by pharmacists to divide medicinal powders. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 1, 1911
Creator:
Brown, Patrick H.
System:
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Portable and Foldable Support for Weighing-Scales
Patent for a portable and foldable support for weighing scales designed to hold the scale at any given height from ground level. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 1, 1911
Creator:
Roten, Owen Y.
System:
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Mason's Jointer
Patent for jointers used by stone masons and brick masons which can be used to cut out mortar to a predetermined depth between courses of bricks and smooth the mortar surface for a neat and attractive joint.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Downs, Anthony Wayne
System:
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Plaiting Machine.
Patent for a new and improved plaiting machine. This design "is to make the plaits with less labor and in less time than could be done by the plaiting-machines heretofore known or used" (lines 9-11).
Date:
August 1, 1882
Creator:
Shane, Oscar G.
System:
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Horse-Detacher.
Patent for a new and useful horse detacher, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 1, 1899
Creator:
Haines, Samuel Alfred
System:
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Electric Prod-Pole.
Patent for a simple, strong, and durable prod-pole which is also cheap and effective.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Martin, Budolph E.
System:
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Cotton-Press.
Patent for a cotton press that has a stationary plate and a steam or hydraulic powered plate and produces a continuous folded bat. This invention combines "advantages of the quick but not extremely powerful pressure of the ordinary steam press, and the powerful but slow pressure of the hydraulic press" (lines 14-17).
Date:
August 1, 1893
Creator:
McCutcheon, Joshua L.
System:
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Sash-Holder
Patent for an improved window-sash lock.
Date:
August 1, 1882
Creator:
Carson, William C.
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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Shaft-Iron.
Patent for a new and useful shaft iron, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 1, 1899
Creator:
Boynton, Willie Amos
System:
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Improvement in remedies for constipation, &c.
Patent for a new medical compound to treat constipation and related illnesses which lists the ingredients and dosages.
Date:
August 1, 1876
Creator:
Coleman, George S.
System:
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Horse Power.
Patent for a new and improved "horse power" (engine). This design "convert[s] the force expended by the horse—in pushing as well as in pulling—into power by the use of a solid shaft turned by the revolving platform and working inside of a sleeve-shaft, which is turned by the lever. . . . by means of which all the force expended by the horse is utilized" (lines 11-18).
Date:
August 1, 1882
Creator:
Tumey, Charles Henry
System:
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Sewing Machine.
Patent for sewing machine having an embroidering or darning spring presser foot attachment.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Moses, Edward Isac & Kellar, William Edmond
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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Pipe-Wrench.
Patent for improvement of the pipe-wrench by simplification in structural details.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Stone, John E.
System:
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Cut-Off for Concrete-Mixers
Patent for a cut-off valve for rotary concrete mixers. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 1, 1911
Creator:
Shero, Clarence E.
System:
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