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Bed-Drawer Attachment for Bedsteads.
Date: September 22, 1891
Creator: Mabee, Leonia
Description: Patent for improvement in bed-drawer attachments for bedsteads by “having bed-drawer arranged to slide beneath the usual mattress-support.” (Lines 8-10) Illustration is included.
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Improvement in Vibrating Propellers.
Date: December 22, 1874
Creator: Macowitzky, Charles P.
Description: Patent for new and useful improvement in vibrating propellers.
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Fumigator for Grain-Bins.
Date: August 11, 1891
Creator: Manahan, Thaddeus Atheburt
Description: Patent for an improvement in fumigators for grain-bins by producing “an apparatus by means of which sulphur or other life-destroying fumes can be forced into the bottom of the bin, so as to drive out insects or animal life, and thus protects the grain from their depredations.” (Lines 22-26) Illustration is included.
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Marker Attachment for Plows.
Date: August 11, 1891
Creator: Marley, James D.
Description: Patent for an “improved device to be used upon plows, and the objects are to provide means whereby the succeeding row to be plowed may be marked, thereby giving a uniform plowing to the field; furthermore, to provide for an adjustment of the marker, whereby the distance between the rows may be adjusted.” (Lines 8-15) Includes illustration.
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Bottle-Case.
Date: February 10, 1891
Creator: Marlow, Claud E.
Description: Patent for a bottle holding case using wires to encircle the inner groove of the case as re-enforcement, then use metal bands or wires woven around the encircling wires; these metal bands or wires would then wove around the necks and bodies of the bottles to secure the bottles inside the case. Illustration is included
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Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Date: December 28, 1858
Creator: Marshall, Frank M.
Description: Patent for the improvement of seed planters using a gage-wheel "to regulate the depth of the furrow made by the plow" (lines 16-17), including illustration.
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Quilting-Frame.
Date: April 7, 1891
Creator: Martin, Enoch
Description: Patent for an improvement in quilting-frames by making one roller adjustable in which it can be turned in either direction from the opposite side of the device. Illustration is included.
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Improvement in Portable Fences
Date: October 3, 1876
Creator: Martin, Josiah
Description: Patent for an improvement to portable fences so that they can be "easily and cheaply constructed in sections, and then quickly put together and firmly braced and supported." (lines 14-17) Illustration included.
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Twine-Cutter.
Date: October 13, 1891
Creator: Maulden, Chester, Doctor
Description: Patent for improvements in rope-cutters by designing a “cutter having a slotted bracket with a lateral extension or bearing that has a longitudinal slot and a stop,” with a “combination of a lever-handle having a projecting knife-blade, registering with the slot in the bearing.” (Lines 81-86) This enable the rope to be cut in a single operation without sever the fibers. (Lines 74-76) Illustration is included.
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Stalk-Chopper and Cotton-Thinner.
Date: September 15, 1891
Creator: Mauldin, Columbus Scott
Description: Patent for improvements in stalk-cutters and cotton-thinners by making the cutting-blades and scraper-blades interchangeable, “so as to use the apparatus either as a stalk-chopper or a cotton-thinner; or may be changed to a dropper as may be desired.” (Lines 19-21) Illustration is included.
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