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Cistern.
Patent for an upright cylindrical cistern made from sheet-metal. This patent "consists in the application to and around the upper open end of the cistern and also if desired at different places around the body of the cistern, of a strengthening ring made of either wrought iron or steel or other suitable metal tubing or piping, to stiffen the cylindrical cistern, said piping or tubing being suitably fastened to the cistern and being arranged around the outside or inside of the same, but preferably around the outside and closely hugging said cistern" (lines 10-20).
Date:
January 22, 1895
Creator:
Schaefer, Henry P.
System:
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Clamp
Patent for a clamp. This device is employed to use a hoisting line attached to well casing or tubing. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1910
Creator:
Athey, Earl
System:
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Clock Striking Mechanism.
Patent for a new and improved clock-chimes. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the chime of bells in the clock case, of the wheel having the lateral pins, the rock-shaft, a lever extending from the rock-shaft and engaging the said pins, and the hammer arms respectively connected with the rock-shaft by the short arm" (lines 21-26).
Date:
September 22, 1885
Creator:
Witherspoon, Frank.
System:
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Clothes Pin
Patent for clothes pins. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1904
Creator:
French, Alfonso Claude
System:
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Clothes-Pin
Patent for new and useful improvement to clothes pins to automatically lock themselves against accidental disengagement from the clothes line.
Date:
April 22, 1913
Creator:
Ingersoll, Charles J.
System:
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Clothes-Rack
Patent for Clothes Rack. This helps dry clothes indoors when the weather is bad outside.
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Wells, Lillie Bell
System:
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Clothes Washer.
Patent for a new and improved clothes washer "in which air is driven by the action of a piston through the clothing and the water surrounding it"(lines 9-11), includes instruction and illustration
Date:
September 22, 1885
Creator:
Gardner, James D. & Brumbelow, James N.
System:
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Clutch and Transmission Device
Patent for new and useful improvements in the development of clutch and transmission devices.
Date:
February 22, 1921
Creator:
Hubbard, Adra M.
System:
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Coaling Device.
Patent for coal colliers that breaks the coal into small pieces and lifts the coal to pour the coal into the ship's bunkers.
Date:
June 22, 1920
Creator:
Buchanan, Stewart Harold
System:
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Coffee Urn
Patent for a coffee urn. Illustration included.
Date:
March 22, 1904
Creator:
Peterman, Bert
System:
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Coin Sorter.
Patent for a new and improved coin sorter. This design "consists of a cabinet or coin-receptacle divided horizontally by a vertical series of drawers, each of which, except the lower one, is formed with a bottom that is provided with closely-set rows of circular openings that communicate with the drawers beneath, the openings in the bottom of each drawer being smaller than those in the bottom of the next drawer above, whereby the larger coins are retained in the upper drawer or drawers, while the smaller coins will pass successively through the several drawers to the bottom" (lines 15-27).
Date:
September 22, 1885
Creator:
Harcourt, Guy M.
System:
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Collar-Form
Patent for a device that will hold soft shirt collars in position, giving them a neater appearance.
Date:
July 22, 1919
Creator:
White, William D.
System:
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Combination Box And Stock Car
Patent for "a new and improved box and stock car which is simple and durable in construction and arranged to permit of readily transforming the car to carry either box-freight or live stock." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Russell, Charles Henry
System:
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Combination-Tool
Patent for a combination-tool which includes a putty-knife and hammer and claw. The idea is that when one tool is in use, the other portion can be closed away.
Date:
May 22, 1906
Creator:
Carlton, Thomas R.
System:
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Combination Tool.
Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "consists in a combination-tool embodying in a single implement a nail and staple-puller, pinchers, nail-straightener, and wire-cutters, the device being more particularly designed for use in constructing, taking down, and resetting wire fencing" (lines 7-12).
Date:
July 22, 1884
Creator:
Beazley, James Harvey
System:
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Combined Corn and Cotton Planter
Patent for an adapter to be added to corn and cotton planters to convert them from one to the other while still being fully functional.
Date:
November 22, 1892
Creator:
Knight, Thaddeus W.
System:
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Combined cotton and corn planter
Patent for new and useful improvement Combined cotton and corn planter to provide at a slight cost a machine which will be simple in its construction
Date:
September 22, 1885
Creator:
Loafman, John E.
System:
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Combined Cotton Chopping, Planting, and Cultivating Machine
Patent for "an improvement in combined cotton chopping, planting, and cultivating machines," (lines 9-11) including illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1888
Creator:
Pilond, David Winfield
System:
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Combined Cotton Seed and Corn Planter.
Patent for a new and improved combined cotton seed and corn planter. This design is especially "for seeding cotton; but the machine is converted into a corn-planter by detaching the bottom of the hopper, removing the space-block, disconnecting the pitman, and then removing the slide, and substituting in lieu thereof a device composed of a bottom, having a seed-opening, and a bridge-form metallic striker, arranged across the same, and a dropper-slide, having dropper holes" (lines 95-2).
Date:
March 22, 1881
Creator:
Evans, William V. & Moore, Edgar
System:
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Combined Door-Bell and Mail-Receiver.
Patent for a door-bell joined with a tray or card-receiver, which is installed in a door. "When pulled out it will bring said tray outside the door to receive a card, letter, or package or any mail-matter, and when released will carry it inside the door again" (lines 11-15). The bell goes off when the tray, which has a toothed edge that engages the bell-hammer, is released.
Date:
September 22, 1896
Creator:
Key, Joseph H.; Brevard, Horace & Purifoy, William R.
System:
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Combined Harrow, Seed-Planter, and Cultivator
Patent for a combined harrow, seed-planter, and cultivator to increase the speed of planting and cultivating plants, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
May 22, 1883
Creator:
Ellis, Robert Fuller
System:
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Combined Hoe and Planter
Patent for improving on the design of devices that combine a hoe and a planter for the purpose of properly placing a seed at the cutting edge of the hoe.
Date:
October 22, 1918
Creator:
Combs, Asa Z.
System:
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Combined Ironing Board and Washstand
Patent for a combined ironing-board and washstand. This invention is a combination of ironing-boards and wash-stands that can be mounted to the wall. Illustration included.
Date:
February 22, 1910
Creator:
John H. Havecotte, of Somerville, Texas
System:
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Combined Mop and Window-Cleaner.
Patent for an improved mop and rubber holder meant to clean windows, walls, and similar surfaces. It is adjustable, and the operator can put the mop or the rubber on the end of the handle.
Date:
August 22, 1893
Creator:
Wiebush, Charles
System:
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