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Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a wire stretcher that is safer to use than other wire stretchers.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Stewart, James Andrew
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Wire Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the side bars having a toothed wheel journaled between them and provided with a crank, a set of cross bars or bolts connecting the two side bars, a pawl hung upon one of the cross-bars and having its toothed end arranged to abut against the teeth of the wheel, and a chain passing over the toothed wheel and underneath the pawl" (lines 67-76).
Date: May 21, 1889
Creator: Stiles, Frederick
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Tuning-Hammer.

Description: Patent for improvements in tuning-hammers by using a handle having a central square hole closed at its upper end, a ferrule around its lower end adapted to receive a tool. The tool is a T shaped head having holes in the ends of its cross-bar and the end of its shank adapted to fit into the handle that can be used to tune pianos. Illustration is included.
Date: September 1, 1891
Creator: Fuchs, Benjamin F.
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Washing Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design consists of "the rotating disk or circular-washboard, faced with radial ribs and operated by a crank which is supported in a plane parallel to the bottom of the box, so that the circular board shall rotate at a right angle thereto; the galvanized-sheet-iron inner box, made with a semi-cylindrical bottom to receive the circular wash-board; and the separate detachable wash-board, provided with a semicircle of radial ribs, and which fits i… more
Date: May 30, 1882
Creator: Fuchs, Benjamin F.
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Weight-Motor.

Description: Patent for a weight motor for powering various machinery.
Date: June 14, 1910
Creator: Wilson, James A.
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Improvement in Wedges for Spitting Rock &c.

Description: Patent for improvement for a wedge. This design hollows the middle in two areas to make it easier to handle and more economical.
Date: July 27, 1875
Creator: Cosbey, Thomas
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Improvement in Turbine Water-Wheels.

Description: Patent for a new turbine water wheel, which is said to alleviate past problems with older model turbines. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 11, 1870
Creator: Chadwick, H. A.
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Improvement in Washing-Machines

Description: Patent for "... an improved washing-machine which shall be simple in construction, convenient in use, easily operated, and effective in operation." (lines 12-15)
Date: September 2, 1879
Creator: Fuchs, Benjamin F.
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Well Cleaning Machine.

Description: Patent for a new well cleaning machine.
Date: April 24, 1900
Creator: Cowan, Elias H.
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Steam Engine, &c.

Description: Patent for a new and improved engine. This design "connect[s] the piston-rod of the steam-cylinder with the disk or crank that is attached to the fly-wheel shaft by means of a lever, or a disk acting as such, in a manner that enables the piston-rod to operate upon its connecting-bar in a longitudinal direction . . . thereby [avoiding] angular vibration of the connecting-rod and reduc[ing] friction of sliding surfaces" (lines 15-25).
Date: December 11, 1883
Creator: Barton, Alexander M. & Davis, Philip Z.
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Nut Lock

Description: Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date: August 22, 1905
Creator: Marx, Ernest Max & Moses, Ealy J.
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Milk Cooler.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cooler. This design "consist[s] of the main vessel adapted to contain the substance to be cooled, having its upper end open and the walls of said open end drawn or inclined inward, as described, the water vessel supported on said main vessel, with a space between its bottom and the top of the main vessel, and made larger at its bottom than the upper open end of the main vessel, and the enveloping-sheet arranged to be wet by the contents of the water-vessel and exte… more
Date: June 10, 1890
Creator: Stiles, Frederick
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Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.

Description: Patent for an improvement in cotton-choppers by way of vertical rock-shafts.
Date: May 25, 1876
Creator: Burnham, Theodore O.
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Horse-Detacher.

Description: Patent for a horse-detacher "which can be readily applied to any buggy, and one which will be adapted for quick and easy manipulation to effect detachment of the shafts from the buggy." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 2, 1897
Creator: Turner, John F.
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Refrigerator.

Description: 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 h… more
Date: August 26, 1890
Creator: Laman, Nancy A.
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Piano-Tuning Hammer.

Description: Patent for "a combination tool adapted for turning, driving, extracting, and otherwise manipulating tuning-pegs and other parts of a piano-action, whereby one tool is capable of performing the functions of a series of ordinarily independent instruments." (Lines 10-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 30, 1894
Creator: Fuchs, Benjamin F.
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Peanut Planter

Description: Patent for a peanut planter utilizing a belt and pulley system.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Crider, Julius Washington
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Rail-Joint.

Description: Patent for a rail joint, which will be brought closer together when more weight is put on it.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: Bailey, John P. H.
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Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists, "with the beam consisting, essentially, of the forwardly-converging branches at their forward ends and having the downwardly and forwardly curved branches at their rear ends and rack-teeth" (lines 100-104). It further consists "of the feet comprising parallel branches pivotally connected to the ends of the downwardly and forwardly curved branches of the beam branches, the gravitating pawls pivoted between the upper ends of the feet… more
Date: April 12, 1892
Creator: Ponton, William E.
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Cotton Gin.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton gin. This design "is to provide certain means whereby the breast and guard can be readily and quickly moved and held out of their normal position for the purpose of clearing or freeing the cotton-roll from the saws, and preventing injury to the operator by said saws" (lines 7-13).
Date: June 26, 1883
Creator: Rogan, David Smith
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Safety-Truck for Cars

Description: Patent for safety trucks for railway cars to help prevent the derailment of cars.
Date: November 22, 1892
Creator: Moore, George Wash.
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Improvement in Car-Trucks.

Description: Patent for the improvement of car-trucks, consisting in the arrangement of each wheel of a car-truck upon the outer end of a separate short axle, the bearings of each axle being both located on the inner side of the wheel and the bearing at the inner end of the axle provided with a sliding-box and springs. It includes a description and illustration.
Date: July 9, 1872
Creator: Onley, Joseph
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Display-Rack for Ax-Handles and the Like.

Description: Patent for a "display rack, for holding ax handles and the like on display." (lines 12-14) to prevent them from warping.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Wall, John
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Device for cooling milk, meat, vegetables, &c.

Description: Patent for an early fridge, a device that will cool meat, milk and vegetables. It comprises a container of ice cold water, and a place to store the foodstuffs in.
Date: July 12, 1892
Creator: Smart, J. W. & Cheatham, T. C.
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