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Improvement in Cotton-Gin Flues

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton ginning appartatus using a set a valves to throw lint-cotton into different rooms without stopping the gin (line 2), including illustration.
Date: August 13, 1872
Creator: Gaines, James W.
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Valve.

Description: Patent for a new and improved valve. This design consists in "[t]he improved valve comprising the casing, having a horizontal passage reduced at its central point . . . and a vertical bore intersecting said reduced portion above the point of intersection to its lower end and being screw-threaded its entire length, a stem having a tapered lower portion, the entire stem being screw-threaded to engage the threads in the bore, and a plug removably inserted in the lower end of the bore" (lines 1-11). more
Date: August 13, 1889
Creator: Forniraseo, Domenico
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Machine for Stuffing Mattresses.

Description: Patent for an improved and simple automatic machine for stuffing mattresses that is similar to previous patents granted to the inventor (Nos. 376,399 and 399,093). The mattresses can be of different widths.
Date: August 13, 1895
Creator: Stephenson, Edwin N.
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Lifting-Jack.

Description: Patent for a strong, simple, and easily-operable lifting-jack meant for use in railroad car-axle boxes. It is a lifting bar with ratchet teeth, a lever that pivots against the lifting bar, a mechanism that holds and releases the bar, a pawl, and a double-arm spring connected to the pawl.
Date: August 13, 1895
Creator: Hough, William S.
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Improvement in Twine-Holders

Description: Patent for improvement in twine-holders to help hold twine, cloth and wrapping to counters for ease of cutting, with illustration.
Date: August 13, 1878
Creator: Turner, John William
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Improvement in Flower-Baskets

Description: Patent for an improvement in flower-baskets to be hung in residences without making a mess, with illustration.
Date: August 13, 1878
Creator: Tennyson, Fannie C.
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Wheel Sulky Plow

Description: Patent for wheel sulky plow. Illustrations included.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Renfro, William T. & Renfro, William C.
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Wheel-Tire

Description: Patent for a wheel tightener. Illustrations included.
Date: August 13, 1907
Creator: James, Adoniram Judson
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Improvement in Plows

Description: Patent for the improvement of plows, with illustration.
Date: August 13, 1878
Creator: Johnson, Felix
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Improvement in Insect-Destroyers

Description: Patent for an improvement of insect-destroyers in the form of spraying poisonous liquid forced over plants, with illustration.
Date: August 13, 1878
Creator: Ruhmann, Julius Paul
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Improvement in Bale-Ties

Description: Patent for improvement in cotton bale-ties, with illustration.
Date: August 13, 1878
Creator: Roeber, Alexander
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Improvement in Cotton-Cultivator.

Description: Patent for improvements in cotton cultivators.
Date: August 13, 1867
Creator: Adams, Jesse
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Improved Mode of Extracting Essences.

Description: Patent for improvements in extracting essences from objects inserted into a new contraption. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: August 13, 1867
Creator: Walker, James C.
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Triple Valve

Description: Patent for a triple valve for air brakes on trains that gives the engineer more control over the brakes.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Anderson, Williamson D. & Shearer, Edward J.
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Mold.

Description: Patent for a mold for viscous materials that are meant to be hardened in the mold or afterward. It is designed to be easily removed from the cast without damaging it.
Date: August 13, 1901
Creator: Parker, William Sink
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Milk Cooler

Description: Patent for improvements to milk coolers; to reduce the temperature inside the cooler by "evaporation of moisture from an enclosing canopy of fabric cloth" (lines 16-17)
Date: August 13, 1902
Creator: Daniel, W. S. & Shackelford, W, O.
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Spout for Railroad Water Tanks

Description: Patent for improvements to railroad water tank spouts which allow for valve shut-off. The valve shut-off function controls the flow of water by suction force into the spout which will prevent wasting water.
Date: August 13, 1918
Creator: Metzger, Frederick
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Pump-Valve Mechanism.

Description: Patent for a pump valve mechanism for use in deep wells, which can be easily removed for cleaning and repair,
Date: August 13, 1907
Creator: Sheen, Davis
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Press

Description: Patent for "a press adapted particularly for forcing tie-plates into railway-ties" (lines 8-10).
Date: August 13, 1901
Creator: Peter, John S.
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Ticket-Distributer

Description: Patent for improvements of Ticket-Distributers in telephone offices and similar establishments.
Date: August 13, 1918
Creator: Mendeck, Fred C.
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Oil-Purifier

Description: Patent for "a construction wherein the oil may be quickly and economically heated to cause the impurities to separate from the oil" (lines 9-12).
Date: August 13, 1901
Creator: Carter, George Fitzhugh
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Protecting Device for Tires

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements protecting tires in the provision of a pad held over the tread.
Date: August 13, 1918
Creator: Harmon, William Oliver
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Rope Attachment.

Description: Patent for a new and improved rope attachment. This design "relates to a novel and useful device which is adapted to be rigidly and substantially secured to the end of a rope, and which is constructed with a curved lip on its protruding end, so that when pressed over the loop of a snap-hook it will form a link or jointed connection of the snap-hook with the rope, ferrule, or clamp" (lines 12-19).
Date: August 13, 1889
Creator: Powell, John Seymour
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Rail Coupling Device

Description: Patent for a rail coupling device. This invention is for coupling together parallel rail sections. It is designed to prevent the tracks spreading. Illustration included.
Date: August 13, 1907
Creator: Gee, John Wharton
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