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Hoe.

Description: Patent for improvements in hoes, the inventor designed the handle of the hoe to carry two shanks; the shanks diverging form the handle and bent to be parallel with each other. A connecting-rod at the end of two shanks is being threaded and provided with locking-nuts, which used to secure the hoe blades. The hoe blades can be adjusted laterally. Illustration is included.
Date: May 19, 1891
Creator: Brown, Henry M.
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Fork for Handling Cotton and Other Substances.

Description: Patent for a new and improved pitchfork. This design "relates to a hand-fork for handling cotton in the seed and cotton-seed at the gins, as well as for other useful purposes; and it consists in the novel construction of the teeth and tines or head, together with the means for fastening the teeth to the head" (lines 9-15).
Date: August 19, 1884
Creator: Shannon, Joel J.
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Skirt-Supporter.

Description: Patent for skirt supporter that consists of a waist belt, skirt supporter, and shirtwaist holder for use under the outer skirt to hold the skirt up in wet weather and keep shirtwaists in place.
Date: January 19, 1909
Creator: Mader, August W.
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Rotary Steam Engine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved rotary steam engine. This design "first, provide[s] a novel form of valve for regulating the induction and eduction of steam to and from the cylinder; second, [it] provide[s] novel devices for reversing the movements of the rotating pistons; and, third, [it] provide[s] novel combinations of the parts of which the engine is composed"
Date: July 19, 1881
Creator: Cross, David L.
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Clothes-Pin.

Description: Patent for a wire clothes pin that is attached to the clothesline and is easily opened or closed to attach or remove clothes.
Date: March 19, 1907
Creator: Burleson, Pleasant Wright
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Apparatus for Cooling Journal-Boxes on Railway-Trains

Description: Patent for an apparatus for cooling journal boxes on trains by sending water to the journal boxes from a water system installed in each car.
Date: April 19, 1910
Creator: Andrews, Walter P.
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Ant-Trap.

Description: Patent for ant traps that has a body portion with upper and lower inlet chambers. The trap is connected with the upper inlet chamber by a passage-way through which the ants may pass.
Date: December 19, 1911
Creator: Seifert, Adolf R. R. & Campbell, Bertha
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Process of Producing Pictures

Description: Patent for a process of producing pictures. Illustration included.
Date: July 19, 1904
Creator: Fields, Moses M.; Edwards, J. W. & Winn, W. M.
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Nut-Lock.

Description: Patent for a nut-lock that holds the nut more securely in place than previous ones. Used primarily in railroad joints, but can be used in a variety of other applications.
Date: February 19, 1907
Creator: Baldwin, John H.
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Box Car Door Fastener and Spark Arrester.

Description: Patent for a new and improved box-car door fastener and spark arrester. This design consists in "the door, the screws extending therefrom, the strips having the inclined slots received on the screws, and provided with the projections, the lever pivoted on the screws outside the strip, stops on the lever to engage the projections, and means--such as cord--for locking the lever" (lines 4-11).
Date: October 19, 1886
Creator: Lynch, Hubbard Calhoun
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Saddle Bags

Description: Patent for improvements in saddle bags
Date: April 19, 1881
Creator: Elliot, George W.
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Motor-Bicycle.

Description: Patent for a motorized bicycle with pedal gears.
Date: March 19, 1901
Creator: White, Edward Y.
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Bale Band Buckle

Description: Patent for bale band buckle.
Date: December 19, 1916
Creator: Ragsdale, William C.
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Sample Taking Device.

Description: Patent for a device that takes samples of the strata or formation through which a well is being drilled without mixing the soil with water within the reservoir.
Date: September 19, 1919
Creator: Rembert, William E.
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Rail Fastener

Description: Patent for rail fasteners. This invention is meant to eliminate the use of railroad spikes in railroad construction.
Date: March 19, 1918
Creator: Gee, Alexander H.
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Collar Fastener and Supporter

Description: Patent for an object that provides the collar support and is hidden.
Date: July 19, 1921
Creator: Hudson, George J.
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Ice-Carrier.

Description: Patent for an adjustable ice carrier which can be attached to and removed from the running board of an automobile, including illustrations.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Cronin, John J.
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Automatic Train Signal

Description: Patent for new automatic train signal. It was invented to improve train signaling systems for automatic trains.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Bulla, Melburn Bernie
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Artificial Fuel

Description: Patent for artificial fuel made from coal.
Date: July 19, 1904
Creator: Thomas, Adelaide M.
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Liniment.

Description: Patent for an antiseptic liniment comprised of flaxseed oil, turpentine, and sulphuric acid.
Date: February 19, 1889
Creator: Bates, David
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Liquid Dispensing Machinemm

Description: Patent for a machine can dispense potable liquids to several customers at the same time.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: Ogden, Clayton N.
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Indicator for Pressure Gages

Description: Patent for an indicator for pressure gages. Illustration included.
Date: July 19, 1910
Creator: Fields, Roberts E.
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Telephone Attachment

Description: Patent for device that eliminates the waste of current from batteries by eliminating batteries entirely, as well as preventing interference with other telephones.
Date: September 19, 1916
Creator: Rainwater, Wiley W.
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Nut Lock

Description: Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date: April 19, 1910
Creator: Bradshaw, Richard A.
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