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Improvement in Pen-Holders.
Patent for new improvements on the design of the pen-holder, including illustrations.
Date:
January 24, 1871
Creator:
George, Alfred M.
System:
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Patent for claw hammer.
Date:
October 3, 1916
Creator:
Walton, John F.
System:
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Improvement in Plows.
Patent for an improvement in plow design, including illustrations.
Date:
February 25, 1873
Creator:
Nichols, James R.
System:
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Mechanical Telegraph-Sounder
Patent for "a sounder wherein a finger-lever and sounding-lever are combined together with a spring" (lines 13-15) and is "adapted for the use of learners for practicing the manipulation of a telegraph finger-key" (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 22, 1880
Creator:
Clopton, John B.
System:
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Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.
Patent for improvements in cotton choppers.
Date:
April 28, 1868
Creator:
Kidd, I. J.
System:
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Pneumatic Conveyer
Patent for pneumatic conveyor to handle cotton seeds that are being discharged. This particular conveyor uses air currents to operate it.
Date:
November 6, 1917
Creator:
Caffey, Charles B.
System:
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Switch-Stand.
Patent for a switch stand that automatically switches to danger when unlocked and has independently rotating switch operating spindles and target spindles.
Date:
October 19, 1915
Creator:
Praetorius, Richard P.
System:
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Milk-Strainer and Support Therefor.
Patent for a milk strainer that prevents splashing and spilling of milk. The strainer will rest on top a separate supply tank that collects milk without the need for a person to hold the strainer.
Date:
January 30, 1912
Creator:
Ebner, Hermann J.
System:
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Measuring Device
Patent for a measuring device that measures fabric. Illustration included.
Date:
November 3, 1908
Creator:
Teykl, John F. & Wagener, Kenny
System:
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Press for Forming Hollow Articles
Patent for a press for forming hollow objects such as furnace pots. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 13, 1909
Creator:
Williams, Robert Lucius
System:
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Pneumatic Cotton-Conveyer.
Patent for a combined cotton elevator and feeder "having exceedingly few parts and which can be easily operated and kept in running order, and which will be cheap, strong, and durable," (lines 34-40) including illustrations.
Date:
November 3, 1891
Creator:
Clopton, John B.
System:
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Plow.
Patent for an attachment for plows or cultivators "whereby it may be converted into a sweep plow, adapted to be operated between rows of growing crops and capable of being adjusted in width in accordance with the distances apart from said rows" (lines 12-16).
Date:
November 8, 1892
Creator:
Baggett, Charles L.
System:
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Paper-File.
Patent for improvements in paper-files by using a "combination of a base board and a clamp provided with a jaw, a presser-foot provided with a bearing, a crank-shaft journaled in the bearing with its cranked portion under the clamp, and a hinged support or flap under the presser-foot." (Lines 75-80, p. 2) Papers can be held in position or remove by the raising or lowering the presser-foot. Illustration is included.
Date:
August 18, 1891
Creator:
Clopton, John B.
System:
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Stump-Puller
Patent for stump puller.
Date:
April 28, 1903
Creator:
Garrett, Irvin H.
System:
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Hay-Press.
Patent for a hay bailing machine. "The invention relates to bailing-presses, and more particularly to that class adapted for bailing hay, straw, &c.; and it has for one object to provide a simple and efficient construction in which a continuous rotation of the bailing-lever will act in conjunction with a retractile spring to reciprocate the plunger" (lines 7-13). "A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient construction of detent for holding the gate after the hay or other material has been compressed and while the piston is retracted" (lines 14-18). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Garrett, Irvin H.
System:
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Gin Saw Gummer.
Patent for a new and improved gin saw gummer. This design "consists in constructing a gin-saw gummer of a base-block, having a slot to receive the saw, and carrying the dics or stationary cutters, the guide-bar and shoe, the weight-bar, the pivoted bar, carrying the cutter and the gage, the lever and cam for operating the cutter-bar, and the feed mechanism" (lines 23-29).
Date:
March 1, 1881
Creator:
Clopton, John Benjamin
System:
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Washing-Machine.
Patent for an improved washing machine: "The invention consists in combining a lower cylinder having longitudinal spiral grooves with an upper cylinder having longitudinal straight grooves and holes" (lines 14-17).
Date:
January 20, 1880
Creator:
Dorris, George W.
System:
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Railway-Track Brace
Patent for a brace for railway tracks. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 24, 1912
Creator:
Reid, John M.
System:
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Spring Seat
Patent for a spring seat. Illustration included.
Date:
December 12, 1905
Creator:
Peeple, Samuel
System:
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Rein Holder.
Patent for a new and improved rein holder. This design "relates to rein-holders, the object being to provide a device of this character which will firmly and securely hold the reins in place and prevent their forward movement and yet allow them to be readily drawn in a rearward direction to allow of detachment; and, further, to provide a rein-holder which may be readily and easily attached to or detached from the front gate of a wagon or the dash-board of a buggy" (lines 8-17).
Date:
February 16, 1886
Creator:
Young, James D.
System:
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Rein Holder.
Patent for a new and improved rein holder. This design consists in "the combination of the plate or part secured upon the dash-board, the T-head thereon extending a proper distance above the dash-board, and the spring-actuated arm pivoted to the side of [the plate] at a suitable distance down its length and having the clamping-head to act in conjunction with [the] head in holding the rein, said arm having a bearing upon the dash-board in its forward movement, and a stop . . . to limit its backward movement" (lines 12-22).
Date:
June 1, 1886
Creator:
Zevely, Van Neiman
System:
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Folding Lamp Shelf for Pianos.
Patent for a new and improved lamp shelf for pianos. This design "consists in an arm pivoted to the back of a music-rack and carrying a lamp-shelf, the arm being arranged to swing outward into a horizontal position, and the shelf being connected with the end of the arm by a pivotal connection, which permits of turning it outward and downward into a horizontal position in front of the plane of the music-rack" (lines 22-30).
Date:
August 31, 1886
Creator:
Prause, Reinhard
System:
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Rug-Hanger.
Patent for the improvement of rug-hangers. The invention consists of multiple rollers that facilitate both the mounting and disengagement of rugs or other large flexible articles of merchandise from the hanger.
Date:
May 11, 1915
Creator:
Griffin, James S.
System:
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Saw Gummer.
Patent for a new and improved saw gummer. This design "is to improve the action and prolong the usefulness of the bit and dies, and to prevent the clippings from interfering with the operation of the machine" (lines 26-29).
Date:
July 28, 1885
Creator:
Clopton, John Benjamin
System:
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