Apparatus for Steaming and Cleansing Barrels, & c.
Date: May 5, 1873
Creator: Lee, Archibald K.
Description: Patent for an improved apparatus for steaming and cleaning barrels for the reception of resin, turpentine, oils, molasses, sirups, and other like liquids.
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Bee Hive.
Date: May 21, 1878
Creator: Walton, George Slaughter
Description: Patent for improvements to "that class of bee-hives or bee-houses having a series of compartments..." (lines 15-17) with instructions and illustrations.
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Boiler Washing Machine.
Date: June 28, 1870
Creator: Cottingham, Gideon W.
Description: Patent for "Improved Washing Machine" in combination with a boiler, "and with a furnace on which the boiler rests".
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Improvement for Machines for Washing Photographs.
Date: February 6, 1877
Creator: Miller, Noah J.
Description: Patent for an improved machine for washing photographic prints allowing metallic or other rigid plates to be washed in addition to flexible prints.
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Improvement in Animal-Traps.
Date: June 10, 1879
Creator: Milby, Frank Whitson
Description: Patent for an improvements in animal traps. It is similar to a hook and proper for mouse and rat.
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Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meats and Vegetables
Date: January 30, 1872
Creator: Maxwell, William
Description: Patent for "improvement in apparatus" for the use of "preserving meats, vegetables, fruits &c." (lines 5, 16-17) including construction specifications and illustrations.
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Improvement in Bailing-Presses.
Date: January 2, 1872
Creator: Randolph, Jeremiah
Description: Patent for an improved bailing press consisting of "a novel arrangement of levers, connecting-bars, and cords, in combination with the follower and windlass, whereby the follower is worked in the downward direction for pressing, and in the opposite direction for elevating it to recharge the press, by the said windlass" (lines 5-11).
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Improvement in Bale - Ties.
Date: December 29, 1874
Creator: Cain, Washington G.
Description: Patent for new and improved bale - tie, and to be applied to other things, such as barrels, tubs, bracelets, and ladies' garters.
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Improvement in Brick-Machines.
Date: November 2, 1875
Creator: Fisher, Charles N.
Description: Patent for an improvement brick machines that includes "an endless chain of molds at the bottom of the press box [...] in combination with a pressing plate and a cut-off plate" (lines 18-22).
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Improvement in Car-couplings
Date: August 24, 1875
Creator: Harper, Peter
Description: Patent for "an automatic car-coupling, that may also be readily coupled with the common pin-and-link and other couplings, and be adjusted without going between the cars, so as to avoid all danger" (lines 14-18).
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