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Bed Bottom.

Description: Patent for a new and improved bed bottom. This design "consists in a spring-bed formed of two U-shaped spring-rods or frames formed by the rods, which frames have their end pieces crossed and secured at their free ends in the opposite ends of slates. To the longitudinal pieces of the spring-frames the side edges of a piece of canvas are secured, and spiral springs are secured on the slats below the canvas" (lines 11-19).
Date: April 21, 1885
Creator: Bentley, Travis C.
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Box for Matches, &c.

Description: Patent for a new and improved matchbox. This design "relates to boxes or cases of the class having folding securing flaps or covers . . . To this end [the] invention comprises . . . a box or case open at one extremity for insertion and removal of its contents, and provided with a slot or opening extending from its open extremity to or nearly to its opposite extremity to permit access to and removal of its contents, and having a folding flap or cover adapted to close its openings and be detachab… more
Date: May 21, 1889
Creator: Marshall, John F.
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Buckle and Back Band Hook.

Description: Patent for a new and improved buckle and back-band hook. This design "contemplates certain improvements in combined buckles and back-band hooks; and it consists of a buckle having, or to which may be separately applied, a peculiar hook or tongue" (lines 10-14).
Date: May 21, 1889
Creator: Munger, Ennis
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Bedstead Brace.

Description: Patent for a new and useful bedstead-brace. "This invention is an improved construction of bedstead-brace, the object being to provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and efficient device which can be applied to any and all beds" (line 7-11).
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Campbell, Ike W.
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Buckle Connection.

Description: Patent for a new buckle connection design "which is peculiarly adaptable to harness" (lines 10-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 21, 1911
Creator: Savage, John W.
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Buggy-Spindle

Description: Patent for a buggy spindle for "taking up lost motion in the axle box should it be too short or too worn" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Messer, Jeremiah Clark
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Automatic Train Stop

Description: Patent for an automatic train stop. Used to simplify the construction where fewer magnets and changeable switches are necessary. To provide an automatic train control mechanism with a normally closed circuit, the breakage or disarrangement of any part that would ensure the stopping of the train.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Bulla, Melbern B.
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Belt-Buckle

Description: Patent for belt-buckles that design "to be worn around the waist, without injuring or mutilating the ends of the belt (lines 13-15)."
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Hall, Cyrus M.
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Blacking Brush.

Description: Patent for a new and improved blacking brush. This design utilizes springs to move a blacking brush to and from a can of polish. This results in "evenness of wear of the bristles of the brush, economy of blacking, absence of spattering while extracting the blacking from the box, convenience in substituting the circular brush as a lid for the box in case of loss of the box-lid, and the saving of time in looking for a blacking-brush and a blacking-box separately" (lines 53-60).
Date: September 21, 1880
Creator: Wood, Edmund Lorenzo.
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Silo.

Description: Patent for new and various improvements in silos, the goal of which is to provide an invention that is "strong, durable, efficient and simple, and comparatively inexpensive to produce"(lines 23-25) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 21, 1915
Creator: Moad, John S.
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Compensating Pump-Spring.

Description: Patent for improvements in compensating pump-springs by “storing up in the downward or idle stroke of the suction-rod, a power which is expended during the upward stroke to assist the crank in lifting the rod; and at the same time reducing the power required to drive the pump, equalizing the resistance, increasing the efficiency and generally prolonging the life of the entire mechanism.” (Lines 36-40) Illustration is included.
Date: April 21, 1891
Creator: Black, William L.
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Bath-Cabinet

Description: Patent for improvements in hot air bath cabinets in which it can employ for a foot or body bath, and be able to control or regulate the hot air current. (Lines 14-18) Illustration is included.
Date: February 21, 1911
Creator: Ballard, Silas
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Automatic Railway-Switch.

Description: Patent for new and useful Improvements in Automatic Railway-Switches, "particularly to automatic railway switches for use in street railways or steam railways" (lines 13-15), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Eisenberg, Louis
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Fan Attachment for Chairs.

Description: Patent for a fan that attaches to rocking chairs which turns one direction when the chair rocks forward and the opposite direction when the chair rocks backward.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Dorris, Joseph F.
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Crude-Oil Burner

Description: Patent for a hydrocarbon burner primarily used for stoves and furnaces. Illustrations included.
Date: June 21, 1910
Creator: Reed, Rufus C.
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Bit.

Description: Patent for a bridle bit that helps a handler to hold or guide an animal without harming its mouth. Illustration included.
Date: August 21, 1900
Creator: Castro, Alberto
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Bat-Former

Description: Patent for a cotton bat former that produces a bat of uniform size and weight.
Date: March 21, 1911
Creator: Ball, Samuel M.
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Boring-Bar.

Description: Patent for improvement in boring-bars, particularly in the ability to hold the tool securely "in place during operation and which will prevent the cutting tool from becoming loose in its socket or holder" (lines 12-15). Additional operations include the boring bar turning off or cutting on the outside in instances "where the lathe will not swing over the carriage" (line 19) and the cutting on both "the inside or outside of the work equally as well" (lines 16-18).
Date: January 21, 1919
Creator: Bird, John M.
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Break-Out Pin.

Description: Patent for a modified break-out pin on an oil derrick which makes it easier to release a wrench for unscrewing pipes when done, but still holds the wrench in place while in use.
Date: October 21, 1919
Creator: Headrick, James O.
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