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Bag-Rack

Patent for a rotating bag rack for use in stores.

Date: February 27, 1912

Creator: James, Joseph E.

Cattle-Yoke.

Patent for a cattle-yoke that is economical to make and easy to take on and off of the cow.

Date: February 12, 1907

Creator: Dean, George J.

CHURN

Patent for the improvement of a churn. The churn has a detachable support and a closure for the upper end of the body of the churn.

Date: February 18, 1913

Creator: HARRISON, DAVID M.

Combined Cotton and Corn Planter.

Patent for a combined cotton and corn planter by having two wheel guards and graduators, one feed-wheel is mounted fixedly on the shaft, the other is removable; so that it can be easily converted from planting corn or cotton-seed, and vice versa, and regulating the planting of either. Illustration is included.

Date: February 3, 1891

Creator: Carter, Edward D.

Combined Cultivator and Planter.

Patent for a new and improved cultivator and planter. This design consists in "the combination of the box having the slot and the three apertures in the side of the slot . . . the reciprocating seed-slide, and the sliding and adjustable plate . . . having the slot near its end and engaging with the free leg of the staple" (lines 100-110).

Date: February 26, 1889

Creator: Carter, Edward D.

Cotton Scraper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton-scraper. This design "is to produce a cotton-scraper of economical construction that will cut a wider furrow with lighter draft, do the work more perfectly, and at the same time be more easily held to the row than the scrapers in the present general use" (lines 11-16).

Date: February 2, 1886

Creator: Cooper, Richard

Cotton-Seed Cleaner and Huller

Patent for a cottonseed cleaner and huller. Illustrations included.

Date: February 15, 1910

Creator: Vanlandingham, William Wallace

Curtain-Fixture.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and effective curtain fixture that allows for the curtain to be "easily and quickly raised or lowered bodily so as to admit more or less light through the window, and permit of proper ventilation without the admission of an undesirable amount of light" (lines 14-18).

Date: February 28, 1893

Creator: Villard, John

Improvement in Plow and Seeder.

Patent for a plow and seeder that has an added "rotating flanged drum composed of two perforated cylinders" (lines 10-11) including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.

Date: February 19, 1878

Creator: Elliott, Pinkney H.

Music-Leaf Turner.

Patent for an automatic page turner for an organ or piano. The pages can be turned right or left, and the mechanism is operated using foot pressure.

Date: February 27, 1894

Creator: Stinson, James C.

Oil-Heater.

Patent for an oil heater, which has a oil reserve and burner in the bottom and flues in the top through which the heat radiates.

Date: February 18, 1908

Creator: Ray, James T.

Rail-Joint.

Patent for rail joints that reduce "wear and tear on the wheels of rolling stock" (lines 12-13) and are more securely fastened than conventional rail-joints.

Date: February 5, 1907

Creator: Mertins, John L.

Seeder.

Patent for a new and improved seed-planter. This design "consists in the combination of the seed-hopper, the reciprocating seed-slide, and a sieve or screen suspended from the seed-slide and reciprocating therewith for sowing the seeds broadcast" (lines 10-14).

Date: February 9, 1886

Creator: Lovin, William Milton

Sorghum Boiler and Evaporator.

Patent for a new and improved boiler and evaporator for sorghum. This design consists in "[an] evaporating pan having the partition walls, the elbow-tubes pivoted in the lower edge of said partitions, and capable of being turned parallel to the bottom of said pan at any angle or perpendicular thereto, [a] copper coil laid in a serpentine groove, made in the bottom of said pan, one end passing through one end of said pan and connecting with a steam generator, and having a valve to regulate the f… more

Date: February 16, 1886

Creator: Wynn, John Clinton

Steam-Engine.

Patent for a steam engine which is more economical than other steam engines. "Steam is cut off in the earlier or later part of the stroke, according to the conditions of the work" (lines 15-17), according to a governor or engineer.

Date: February 2, 1897

Creator: Dickson, Henry L.

Tire Setting Machine

Patent for a tire setting machine. This invention is designed for setting tires that are cold. Illustrations included.

Date: February 5, 1907

Creator: Baker, Charles Walter

Trace Fastener

Patent for trace fastener. Illustration included.

Date: February 26, 1907

Creator: Simonds, John W.

Uterine-Supporter.

Patent for a new and improved pessary, or uterine supporter. This design "provides an easy and flexible support . . . and one that will adapt itself to the flexions of the body . . . and one that can be readily removed" (lines 36-40).

Date: February 10, 1880

Creator: Long, Cornelius Pruett

Well Bucket

Patent for a well bucket. Illustration included.

Date: February 21, 1911

Creator: Fleet, Charles B.