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Air-Gun
Patent for an air gun. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 21, 1910
Creator:
Heckman, George E.
System:
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Attaching-Ring.
Patent for an attaching ring to connect a boiler to a water heater jacket that is described in pending application Serial No. 304,041.
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Fowles, Alfred T.
System:
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Attachment for Motive-Power Machines
Patent for an attachment for motors "designed to prevent the loss of leverage and power which ordinarily obtains in such motors and in all machinery where the power is taken from cranks, and also to overcome what is known as the dead-center, and thus to greatly increase the power of the machine to which the attachment is applied" (lines 12-18).
Date:
June 21, 1892
Creator:
Weaver, John L. & Brenke, Henry, Jr.
System:
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Attachment for Riding Breaking-Plows
Patent for a seeder attachment for riding breaking plows.
Date:
June 21, 1910
Creator:
Harrell, Joab B.
System:
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Baling-Press
Patent for a bailing press. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 21, 1910
Creator:
Ball, William Rossem
System:
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Boring and Threading Tool.
Patent for an inexpensive, efficient boring and threading tool that "will enable a smooth and even surface to be produced with a minimum of skill on the part of the operator" (lines 18-21).
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Wells, Daniel Doolittle
System:
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Bridge Construction.
Patent for '' bridge improvements, especially for placement over gutters, ditches, and alike ''
Date:
May 14, 1920
Creator:
McKenzie, Philip A.
System:
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Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for cars. This design "relates to that class of couplers that are self-couplers; and it consists of an open-top hook-shaped draw-bar provided with a pivoted T-shaped vertically-moving coupling-bar, and provided also with an end socket for using the ordinary coupling link" (lines 7-12).
Date:
June 21, 1881
Creator:
McCray, John Henry Branic
System:
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Coin Operated Electrical Weighing Scale.
Patent for a new and improved coin-operated electric weighing-scale. This design consists in "the combination of the chute-section adapted to receive a coin or similar metallic piece, and having insulated electrical conductors, a weighing machine having its indicator disconnected from the main portion of the weighing mechanism, a stop on said main portion to limit the movement of the indicator when released, a latch for securing said indicator at the zero-point, and electrical connections between said chute-section and latch" (lines 114-123).
Date:
June 21, 1887
Creator:
Smith, William R.
System:
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Collar-Button.
Patent for collar-buttons made of inexpensive, non-metallic material that when applied to bands of unusual commercial form, can adapt itself to the curvature of the band without obstructing the free adjustment of a tie in connection with the folded type of collar.
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Baldwin, Lawrence G.
System:
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Collar Fastener or Clasp
Patent for a collar fastener "which will hold the flaps of a collar properly spaced from each other and insure a secure gripping of the flaps to avoid untidy appearance of the collar" (lines 14-17). Includes illustrations.
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Orson, Kelly N.
System:
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Collar Fastener or Clasp
Patent for a fastener to hold the flaps of a collar securely.
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Kelly, Orson N.
System:
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Collar Fastener or Clasp.
Patent for a collar fastener that will grip the flaps of a collar and maintain the curvature of the collar in a neat manner.
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Kelly, Orson N.
System:
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Collar Fastener or Clasp.
Patent for a collar fastener that grips the opposite edges of a soft fabric collar in a neat and presentable manner.
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Kelly, Orson N.
System:
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Combination-Tool.
Patent for a novel combination tool used to construct and maintain wire fencing, including design modifications that encompass the ability to stretch and tie wires without the need for an additional tool, including illustrations.
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Matsler, Columbus U.
System:
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Combined Battery-Receptacle and Bell-Support
Patent for a battery receptacle and bell support for doorbells and alarms. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 21, 1910
Creator:
Koerber, James L.
System:
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Confection.
Patent for confections with an edible packaging. These confections come in the form of a spherically shaped casing, simulating a baseball, which have been secured together and contain an edible filling.
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Cressey, John A.
System:
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Cotton Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "the wheeled frame, the two laterally and vertically movable drag-bars jointed thereto, and each provided with shovels, the horizontal rotary-shaft lying between the drag-bars and provided with a blade arranged to revolve between the shovels of the respective beams, the transverse shaft mounted on the frame and connected by driving devices with the ground-wheel, and the intermediate shaft connected to the [other] shafts . . . by universal joints" (lines 17-27).
Date:
June 21, 1887
Creator:
Hutchins, Charles Nelson
System:
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Cotton-Pest-Destroying Machine
Patent for a machine that destroys boll weevils and other agricultural pests. It distributes moisture and poisonous powder that adheres to plants.
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Saladiner, Joseph M.
System:
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Crude-Oil Burner
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner primarily used for stoves and furnaces. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 21, 1910
Creator:
Reed, Rufus C.
System:
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Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design is "first, to provide for use in such implements a sectional axle which shall be capable of being so manipulated as to cause the wheels to be placed at a greater or less distance from each other; second, to provide the necessary mechanism and suitable combinations thereof for moving the parts of the axle and the wheels into their desired positions" (lines 20-27). This enables the cultivator to adapt to different spacings of crops, marking an improvement over previous cultivators.
Date:
June 21, 1881
Creator:
Connor, Laurance H.
System:
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Detachable Overshoe For Horseshoes
Patent for a detachable overshoe for horseshoes. Illustration included.
Date:
June 21, 1904
Creator:
Harmon, William O. & Smith, Albert
System:
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Emergency Stop-Valve For Stopping Runaway Carriages In Sawmills
Patent for an emergency stop valve for stopping runaway carriages in sawmills. This "invention is designed to provide a new and useful improvement in mechanism for stopping a runaway carriage in a sawmill, where the carriage is moved back and forth by a piston in a long cylinder" (lines 11-15). Illustration included.
Date:
June 21, 1904
Creator:
Edwards, Daniel R.
System:
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Flushing Tank
Patent for a flushing tank. Illustration included.
Date:
June 21, 1904
Creator:
Walker, Benjamin, Jr.
System:
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