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End Gate Fastener

Description: Patent for gate on the back of a wagon. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: Clarke, William K.

Feed Water Heater.

Description: Patent for a new and improved feed water heater. This design "provide[s] a system of levers and a float which will automatically regulate the feed or supply of water to such heaters and lime-extractors . . . and further, that by securing a uniform supply of water the steam acts more equally upon the water, and thus secures a more uniform deposit of the lime" (lines 22-33). This allows for fewer accidents and less damage to the engine.
Date: August 10, 1880
Creator: Annear, John Henry

Figure Toy.

Description: Patent for a figure toy, which attaches to phonographs and has figures which dance to the music.
Date: October 26, 1909
Creator: Hall, George T.

File Case.

Description: Patent for a new and improved file case. This design "[t]he combination, with a case, of the pockets constructed in a series of a single piece of material having partitions formed by long folds connected at the bottom by short folds . . . [and t]he combination, with the folded pockets, of the file case having its sides constructed to overlap a part of the ends of the pockets, and an elastic follower with thumb-pieces arranged to bind with the sides of the case by straightening" (lines 9-24).
Date: July 31, 1888
Creator: Altfather, William F.

Fire-Escape.

Description: Patent for a fire escape consisting of a basket that goes up and down the building to evacuate people from the building.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Stuart, William C.

Folding Coup

Description: Patent for "a folding coop or crate, which may be readily folded into a compact form for transportation or storage when empty, and which may be conveniently adjusted to open position for use and secured in such position when so desired" (lines 7-12).
Date: February 7, 1888
Creator: Tate, William Elbert

Garden-Plow.

Description: Patent for a garden plow to till soil.
Date: May 31, 1899
Creator: Stove, William A.

Gate Latch

Description: Patent for a gate latch. Illustration included.
Date: January 17, 1905
Creator: Crawford, Jim; Cherry, Benjamin F. & Rentz, Joe

Gin Saw Gummer

Description: Patent for gin saw gummer. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Frantz, Ezra Allen

Grain-Drill.

Description: Patent for an improved grain drill that is simpler and more efficient than other grain drills. It consists of a disk with a central hub, an annular recess around the hub, segmented washers, radial slots, radial seed apertures, gravity slides, and stems on the slides.
Date: June 6, 1893
Creator: Lawrence, William G.

Harrow

Description: Patent for an agricultural appliance that incorporates spring teeth allowing for the easy removal of small vegetable growths by cutting close to and below the surface of the soil.
Date: August 20, 1913
Creator: Owens, James Powell

Hay Press

Description: Patent for a hay press. This invention uses a toggle lever that becomes active after each stroke of the plunger. Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Pickard, William Moad

Hay Press

Description: Patent for a Hay-Press, for the purpose of bailing hay. Illustrations included.
Date: May 28, 1907
Creator: Hamilton, James William

Hydrant

Description: Patent for fire hydrant to help with easy and quick coupling with fire hose and thus to effect prompt release of water from hydrant at full pressure when being coupled.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Duey, Otus E.

Hydrant.

Description: Patent for hydrant with plurality of hose attachments. Attachment of hose opens head for egress of water, detachment closes head for egress of water.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Duey, Otus E.

Improvement in Beef-Steak Tenderers.

Description: Patent for improvement in beef-steak tenderer by mounting “two studded or pointed rollers on to a stand; the rollers are arranged one above another, in order to mash the steak by rolling the meat between the rollers.” (Lines [6-9]) Illustration is included.
Date: October 11, 1875
Creator: Billington, Theophilus

Improvement in Harrows.

Description: Patent for a new and improved harrow for more flexible use and easier cleaning.
Date: December 15, 1914
Creator: Buckley, James William

Improvement in Running-Gears.

Description: Patent for running-gear on carriages that "consists mainly in improvements in the connections of the axles with the springs, perch, and other parts" (para. 5), with illustrations.
Date: February 1, 1876
Creator: Gilmore, George W.

Improvement in Wardrobe-Beadsteads.

Description: Patent for a new and improved office-furniture that combines a desk, bookshelf, folding bed, hat-rack, and wash-basin, including descriptions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1877
Creator: Sutcliffe, Wilson

Insulator.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and durable insulator meant for protecting wires for telephones and telegraphs. The insulator has two sections with recesses and locking apertures.
Date: June 18, 1895
Creator: Patterson, James M.

Internal-Combustion Engine.

Description: Patent for "improved construction and arrangement of parts of two cycle motors" (lines 15-17) of gas engines involving the compression and introduction of additional explosive material into the explosion chamber at the end of each cycle of movement. This invention intends to improve the efficiency of gas use, cool the motor's cylinder walls more easily, and delay the wearing of piston rings.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Brevard, Procter

Jack.

Description: Patent for a vehicle jack that has a support leg built into it.
Date: December 6, 1910
Creator: Chatwell, Edward I.
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