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Cotton-Chopper Attachment for Cultivators

Description: Patent for a chopping device that can be attached to an existing cultivator, allowing for the use of the cultivator to become a more versatile farm vehicle.
Date: December 24, 1901
Creator: Vickers, John J.
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Harvester Attachment.

Description: Patent for an attachment that cleans and scrapes the drive wheels of mowing machines and harvesters, to keep them free of accumulated mud and running smoothly.
Date: December 24, 1901
Creator: Marshall, John Henry.
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Wire-Fastener.

Description: Patent for a wire fastener for telegraph poles, which connects to the poles without the use of other wires to tie the fastener to the pole.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Wilburn, Sylvester & Smith, Thomas E.
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Valve.

Description: Patent for improvement in valves, by means of assuring a tight operating stem. The stem is comprised of two movable sections incorporated into a design purposed to prevent leakage by the stem. Additional mentions include acknowledged awareness of susceptibility to change and modification, convenience and facility, and simplicity as related to cost.
Date: December 24, 1918
Creator: Pratt, Robert L.
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Well-Drilling Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a well-drilling apparatus meant "to provide improved means for adjusting and withdrawing drill-tools without removing the drill-rod to provide a folding reamer and means for adjusting the blades thereof, and to provide means for conveying water to the drill, whereby the drillings are carried up outside of the drill-rod or barrel" (lines 9-16).
Date: December 24, 1895
Creator: Horton, Stephen A.
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Insulator and Protector for Electric Conductors

Description: Patent for a casing for electric wires made to protect them from wear, abrasion, or contact from other objects. Illustrations included.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Copping, Thomas Cary
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Improvement in Picket-Fences.

Description: Patent for a new design for a picket fence which is simple in construction and inexpensive in manufacture.
Date: December 24, 1872
Creator: Willhite, Joseph
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Water-Conveyer.

Description: Patent for a water conveyer for irrigation, which has a series of buckets on a conveyer belt which pour over a waterwheel to power the motor of the machine. This model has streamlined the buckets water flow to minimize the power used from the motor.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Dove, John Oliver & Wirsing, Charley
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Stalk-Cutting Attachment for Plows

Description: Patent for a stalk cutter attachment for plows. Illustrations included.
Date: December 24, 1912
Creator: Osborne, John E.
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Paper Bag Machine.

Description: Patent for an improved paper bag machine, which rapidly converts continuously moving paper into bags.
Date: December 24, 1901
Creator: Tyson, F.
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Hydraulic Pressure and Time Indicator

Description: Patent for hydraulic pressure and time indicator for "recording the times when hydraulic cylinders are in operation and to indicate when the cylinders commence work or reach the required pressure" (lines 10 - 14).
Date: December 24, 1918
Creator: Helm, Clyde D.
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Punch.

Description: Patent for a metal punch for use on cold metal. It is designed to sit atop a blacksmith's anvil.
Date: December 24, 1901
Creator: Tevebaugh, Henry C.
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Plastic Fence-Post.

Description: Patent for a plastic fence post that wire fencing or wooden rails can be attached to that has the connection areas on the post hollowed out to protect the parts from the weather.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Libhart, Hugh P.
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Plunger-Operating Means of Hay-Presses

Description: Patent for "new and improved horse-power, which will operate four or less hay-presses by the movement of one operating-lever, and which can be used for a great variety of other purposes" (lines 8-12).
Date: December 24, 1889
Creator: Mayo, William A.
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Mechanism for Hanging Car-Doors and The Like

Description: Patent for a mechanism for hanging car doors and similar objects. The tool reduces the amount of people needed to install a car door or similar object, providing a more efficient installation.
Date: December 24, 1918
Creator: Hartough, Edward W.
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Lamp Chimney and Burner.

Description: Patent for securely fastening the lamp chimney when it is placed on top of a burner to prevent the two from coming detached. Includes illustrations.
Date: December 24, 1918
Creator: Anderson, Laura
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Rail-Fastening.

Description: Patent for a rail fastening for padding the connection between the rail and the tie, which has a stronger connection than previous versions of this type of device.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Percival, Herbert E.
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Percolator.

Description: Patent for a simple and inexpensive water-bath percolator meant to extract "the soluble constituents of various substances" (lines 11-12). "The lid or cover may be sealed hermetically whenever it is desirable to exclude the air or prevent the escape of vapor or volatile constituents" (lines 19-22). It has an inner vessel, the outer vessel containing water. The two vessels are easily disconnected.
Date: December 24, 1895
Creator: Riley, David L.
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Dredging-Machine

Description: Patent for "a dredger which shall in an improved manner co-operate with and utilize the current in removing accumulations from the bed of channels" (lines 13-17).
Date: December 24, 1889
Creator: Fletcher, William A.
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Curtain Fixture.

Description: Patent for a new and improved curtain fixture. This design "consist[s] of the brackets secured to the window-frame, and a frame consisting of a single continuous integral U-shaped bar having its arms bent outward from its shoulders . . . and having the end of one of its arms pivoted to the adjacent bracket and the end of the other arm bent laterally and journaled in the other bracket, the curtain-roller being journaled in and extending between the arms" (lines 60-69).
Date: December 24, 1889
Creator: Bomar, Mattie A.
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Baling-Press

Description: Patent for an improved baling press including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 24, 1901
Creator: Tom, Joseph C. & Walker, Hiram F.
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Cotton Elevator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton elevator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a frame, a suction-pipe having one end bent downward to receive the seed cotton and the other end terminating in an upwardly-extending dust flue, and a suction-fan having its suction and discharge at the periphery, of a perforated screening-cylinder, an endless belt which co-acts with the cylinder to deflect the cotton into the discharge pipe, and a blowing-fan in the latter for forcing the seed-cott… more
Date: December 24, 1889
Creator: Swinnerton, James
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Sash Fastener

Description: Patent for a sash fastener. The invnetion is designed to be of durable use as a window sash fastener. Illustration included.
Date: December 24, 1912
Creator: Flaniken, William F.
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Saw-Swage

Description: Patent for " a certain new and useful Saw-Swage." (Lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date: December 24, 1901
Creator: Davis, James E.
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