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Trunk.

Description: Patent for a trunk that is usual except for its multiple trays, "a series of levers connecting the trays, and a second series of levers connecting the first-mentioned series of levers with the trunk-lid" (lines 56-59). The levers raise the trays and move them outward, and they can lock in place.
Date: May 12, 1896
Creator: Giraud, Paul
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Cotton Gin

Description: Patent for a cotton gin. This is an improvement over previous gins. The invention uses air blasting methods and dispenses with brush drums. Illustration included.
Date: May 12, 1908
Creator: Lumpkin, Robert B.
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Cotton-Gin Feeder

Description: Patent for a new "Cotton-Gin Feeder, Drier, and Cleaner" (line 6.) for the purpose of disintegrating "dry, and clean damp and dirty seed-cotton" (lines 10-11).
Date: May 12, 1900
Creator: Brown, Charles William
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Automatic Track Sweeping and Oiling Attachment for Street-Cars.

Description: Patent for improvements in automatic track sweeping and oiling attachments to street cars by having a transverse shaft carries a hub which has a series of brushes. When “the street car moves forward, the brushes on the transverse shaft are revolved, which sweep the rails and keep them clean.” (Lines 90-93) Illustration is included.
Date: May 12, 1891
Creator: Nesmith, Robert Henry
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Composition of Matter for Treating Concrete Flooring

Description: Patent for improvements to treating concrete flooring. The process described for mixing animal, mineral, and vegetable waxes to produce a treatment which renders already poured concrete floors (or other cement or stone) dustless and waxy to prevent disintegration of the floor's components.
Date: May 12, 1917
Creator: Annan, Alfred H.
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