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Reading-Stand.

Description: Patent for a simple, durable, and economic reading stand that has two desks, one of which is adjustable so that a person can read while sitting at any angle. The second desk is capable of holding heavy books. Both stands are vertically adjustable. The stand can be constructed to hold a lamp in addition to books.
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Anderson, Francis John & Irick, William Madison
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Railroad-Rail.

Description: Patent for an improved railroad rail that is "composed of track or running rails proper and supplementary rails bolted to the track rails and having a laterally-projecting top portion which serves as a wheel guard or lateral brace for the track rails" (lines 14-19).
Date: October 17, 1893
Creator: Keenan, Michael J.
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Refrigerator.

Description: Patent for a refrigerator that consists of a rectangular chest with "the inclosing casing provided at its upper end with a compartment or ice-chest having a space surrounding the same" (lines 28-30), a gap between the ice chest and the opening, a valved opening, and a food container below the ice chest.
Date: November 21, 1893
Creator: Baggett, Thomas A.
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Railway-Joint.

Description: Patent for a railway-joint in which "the chairs at the sides of the rails have a dovetail connection with a connecting block or tie extending through the webs of the rails" (lines 9-12). The invention has an improved construction, can be adjusted, and can be laterally removed from the rails.
Date: August 8, 1893
Creator: Brown, John S.
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Rotary Stock-Cutter.

Description: Patent for an improved rotary stock cutters "adapted for use as matcher heads, ship lap heads, and ogee bats" (lines 11-12). It has two disks with several curved blades sticking out from each disk.
Date: February 28, 1893
Creator: Hardee, Isaiah
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Railroad-Splice.

Description: Patent for an improved railway rail joints that consists of cross-ties, rails with the top flanges of the ends cut away, a joint plate, and bolts.
Date: March 21, 1893
Creator: Quinn, William & Berry, John S.
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Provision-Safe.

Description: Patent for a provision safe that keeps food cool that uses "a jacket of absorbent material inclosing a suitable frame provided with shelves for supporting the articles of food, and a vat for containing water and supplying it to the jacket by capillary action whereby the temperature is reduced through the process of evaporation" (lines 15-21). This patent improves the design of provision safes.
Date: November 21, 1893
Creator: Stephens, James Howell
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Railroad-Crossing.

Description: Patent for a simple and durable railroad-crossing that "consists of a center piece, and two side pieces for clamping the main track rails in place" (lines 12-14). It can be easily set up and connected with the rails.
Date: December 26, 1893
Creator: Keenan, Michael J.
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Pipe-Wrench.

Description: Patent for an improved pipe wrench that has "a pair of fixed but reversible jaws, attached to the shank of the wrench on each side thereof, and a movable, hooked jaw pivoted between the heels of the fixed jaws" (lines 15-18).
Date: May 2, 1893
Creator: Smith, Jay & Gage, Charles H.
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Metal-Banding or Bale-Wiring Tool.

Description: Patent for an improved "banding or bale wiring tool, especially adapted to be inserted in between the bars of a bailing press, to grasp and cut the wire, after said wire has been firmly drawn around the bale, and twist the two ends of the wire together to form a tie" (lines 20-25).
Date: August 15, 1893
Creator: Schubert, George
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Picture Hanger

Description: Patent for a new picture frame with adjustable hanger. Patent for "a new and improved picture frame with an attached hanger to support the top and bottom of the frame at any desire angle" (lines 14-19) including instructions and illustrations. Patent for a new picture frame hanger design, including illustrations.
Date: January 3, 1893
Creator: Hymans, Joseph
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Pinless Clothes-Line.

Description: Patent for "a new and useful improvement in pinless clothes lines" (lines 10-11) that uses spring-clamping fingers that are part of the line instead of detachable pins; including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 9, 1893
Creator: Lane, Fernando G. & Kelly, John W.
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Ore-Separator.

Description: Patent for an improved, efficient, simple, and durable ore separator that quickly separates precious metals from sand. The operator puts the unfiltered material in the top of the separator, the material goes down a slide, through a stirrer, and out the other end.
Date: August 15, 1893
Creator: Dilworth, Robert
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Gas-Governor.

Description: Patent for an improved gas governor that are used with gas-meters in supply-buildings and accurately regulates gas flow and pressure. The invention is a general improvement on gas governors, and is efficient in its operation.
Date: August 15, 1893
Creator: Martyr, Leonard W. & Eldridge, Hilliary
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Plant-Protector.

Description: Patent for an adjustable shade that protects plants from direct sunlight while still allowing some light to reach the plant.
Date: March 14, 1893
Creator: Gruetzmacher, Louis
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Electric-Current Meter.

Description: Patent for an electric-current meter that measures "the amount of electricity passing over a given branch of derived or (if desired) line circuit, thereby indicating the amount of electricity used for the translating or other consuming devices in the circuit, having for its object the construction of an apparatus which will respond more accurately to the variations in the said currents and indicate more exactly upon a dial or dials provided for the purpose, the quantity of electricity which pas… more
Date: November 28, 1893
Creator: Mottram, William T.
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Dredging Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an improved dredging apparatus "and it consists in combining with the well known bucket chain form of excavator a suction pipe provided with a hopper and a crushing or breaking device so that the material being deposited in the hopper by the continuously moving buckets will be carried under the action of gravity to the breaking or crushing device and thence through a suction pipe and pump and delivery pipe to the place of deposit" (lines 9-18).
Date: February 14, 1893
Creator: Douglas, William M.
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Educational Appliance.

Description: Patent for an educational appliance that is meant to be used for teaching math mechanics and physics. It easily demonstrates principles of mechanics and physics that involve quantities.
Date: September 26, 1893
Creator: Macfarlane, Alexander
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Curtain-Fixture.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and effective curtain fixture that allows for the curtain to be "easily and quickly raised or lowered bodily so as to admit more or less light through the window, and permit of proper ventilation without the admission of an undesirable amount of light" (lines 14-18).
Date: February 28, 1893
Creator: Villard, John
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Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a cultivator that is easily adjustable and works between rows of plants. It consists of two expansible side-beams, a fixed cross bar, sliding cross bars, pivoted rods, and a toothed lever latch.
Date: April 11, 1893
Creator: Robinson, Nelson B.
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Curtain-Fixture.

Description: Patent for an improved method of hanging and supporting window shades. It consists of a bracket with overlapping portions that form a sleeve, lugs that hold a roller, and end pieces to cover the end of the bar in the sleeve.
Date: October 10, 1893
Creator: Snapp, James F.
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Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a cultivator "in which all of the plow shanks will be adjustable to or from the center line of the frame in order that the cultivator may be adapted for working different kinds of plants" (lines 19-23). It is laterally adjustable, and the tongue is vertically adjustable.
Date: December 5, 1893
Creator: Mattijetz, Andreas
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