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Cotton Cleaner

Patent for the invention of a machine used to clean cotton. The Machine employed for cleaning cotton in which the object of the invention is to produce a machine wherein the cotton may be thoroughly and effectively cleaned without damage to the staple or fiber of the material (10)

Date: February 1, 1885

Creator: Ralston, Joseph

Cotton Picker.

Patent for a new and improved cotton picker. This design "is to provide a light, simple, and easily constructed cotton-picking device, capable of being operated by hand, and which can be manufactured and placed upon the market at a low cost to the purchaser, who, by the employment of the same, is enabled to gather the cotton fiber from the bolls without regard to the height of the stalks, and at the same time such portions of the product that may have become detached from the bolls and fallen t… more

Date: March 3, 1885

Creator: Walling, Mary C.

Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "consists of a double plow-stock strapped to the beam, having a diamond-shaped point bolted thereto at the lower end, an inclined brace bolted to the beam and stock, and a sweep-stock attached by straps to the beam and brace" (lines 7-15).

Date: June 23, 1885

Creator: Wilhelm, Albert

Lock for Sliding Doors.

Patent for a new and improved lock. This design consists "[i]n a lock, the combination of the latch, the spring pressing upon it, and the trip-lever, provided with upper and lower arms and the former serving as a seat for the spring and the latter having a projection for the key to act upon" (lines 97-102).

Date: November 10, 1885

Creator: Hayden, Miles & Dixon, William Cason

Nut Lock.

Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design "consists in a friction roller held loosely between two nuts, or between a nut and any object to be held by a bolt, which roller, when the nut or lock-nut is screwed down upon it, binds the nut or nuts upon the bolt and locks them securely thereon" (lines 11-16).

Date: January 20, 1885

Creator: Campbell, James A.

Pattern for Bridle Blinkers.

Patent for a new and improved blinder. This design "is to provide improved patterns for bridle-blinkers whereby the latter can be made cheaply by utilizing waste scraps of leather" (lines 8-11).

Date: September 8, 1885

Creator: Hess, Christian W.