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Stalk-Chopper

Patent for a stalk chopper that chops weeds, vines, and stalks into smaller pieces or kills them in order for the ground beneath to be readily cultivated.

Date: September 30, 1902

Creator: Adamson, William Levi

Patent for improvements to Patent No. 1113528. Invention provides a fuse block where the fuses can be replaced by a lineman without being in close proximity to the primary circuit wires. Invention also allows various types of fuses to be used.

Date: May 3, 1921

Creator: Anderson, Lou Belle

Washboard

Patent for an improved washboard, that will be "simple, inexpensive, and efficient" while allowing water to fully drain from it after washing is finished, including illustrations.

Date: July 17, 1900

Creator: Bailey, Robert E.

Plow.

Patent for an improvement in plows by using a series of spring-tines that are secured above the mold-board, when in operation these independently-moving tines “serve to jar and break the clods, thus not only pulverizing the clods to a certain degree but also insuring the freeing of the tines of all dirt” (lines 90-93), including illustration.

Date: March 3, 1891

Creator: Ball, Alfred Fine

Display Advertising-Machine.

Patent for an advertising display that carries a number of large advertisement sheets that are revolved and held stationary to periodically display each advertisement in repeating succession.

Date: October 9, 1917

Creator: Barnett, John B.

Cotton-Picking Machine.

Patent for a cotton-picking machine that arranges the picking elements at different elevations and spaces them apart "so that while several plants will be picked at the same time, only one portion of a plant will be worked on at a time," (lines 14-17), minimizing disturbance of the plant.

Date: June 28, 1921

Creator: Becknell, George T.

Gin Attachment for Bolly Cotton

Patent for gin attachment for bolly cotton. This seeks to make the gin stands have automatic control and for disposing of hulls and waste products from the gin.

Date: October 9, 1917

Creator: Becknell, George T.

Improvement in Compound Engines.

Patent for "a series of engines for working the steam over by exhausting it from the first into the second, and so on, for utilizing the pressure lost when steam is exhausted from a single engine into the air..." (lines 7-11) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: February 16, 1875

Creator: Bell, Jackson W.

Loose Leaf Binder

Patent for a loose leaf binder. The invention consists of two adjustable sections in order to lengthen or shorten the post. Illustration included.

Date: January 28, 1913

Creator: Bickley, William P.

Draft Equalizer.

Patent for improvement to draft-equalizers.

Date: April 17, 1900

Creator: Billington, Wesley E.

Ink Fountain for Printing Machines.

Patent for a new and improved ink fountain for printing machines. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the shell-shaped frame having an inclined bottom, a hole in the lower part of the front end wall, and a socket provided with a thumb-screw, a vertical arm passing through the said socket and provided with a clamp at its lower end, a roller for distributing ink, journaled at the front of the shell and vertically adjustable therewith, and the removable reservoir having a gate, an inclin… more

Date: September 29, 1885

Creator: Bomar, Thomas E.

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretchers. Illustration included.

Date: December 18, 1906

Creator: Bradshaw, Richard A.

Harness.

Patent for a new, reinforced harness made of rubber, a metal chain, and leather, including illustrations.

Date: May 7, 1918

Creator: Brecheen, Samuel H.

Leveling Device for Traction Engines

Patent for a leveling device for traction engines. Illustrations included.

Date: January 10, 1911

Creator: Brown, Daniel T.

Grinding Attachment

Patent for a grinding attachment. This attachment is a grindstone that is turned via the hand-car. Illustrations included.

Date: April 12, 1904

Creator: Brown, Mik

Compress.

Patent for "surgical instruments which are used for stopping the flow of blood during an amputation or other similar operation." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: January 12, 1897

Creator: Burton, Edwin L.

Fence Post

Patent for a fence post for use with line wires. Illustration included.

Date: December 25, 1906

Creator: Bury, Thomas J.

Grain-Scale.

Patent for “improvements in grain-scales, especially adapted for location at the rear end of a trashing-machine and for receiving therefrom the thrashed grain, weighing and subsequently bagging the same in predetermined quantities” (lines 7-12), includes illustration.

Date: March 17, 1891

Creator: Butts, Alexander W.

Railroad-Spike.

Patent for a railroad spike, which is securely anchored in the tracks.

Date: September 14, 1909

Creator: Butts, Carl K.

Rotary Engine.

Patent for a simplified rotary engine which uses steam, compressed air and other elastic fluids which act as motive fluid. This patent is special in that it is light and compact. This patent helps the engine start easily, reverse, and stop, as well as other types of motion.

Date: January 8, 1919

Creator: Campbell, William L.

Device for Making Vessels Invisible.

Patent for improvements in "air and water craft" (line 13) invisible including illustrations. These improvements include invisibility through "plurality of plates or sections" (lines 18-19) and diffuse light, disguising the vessels.

Date: July 15, 1919

Creator: Chaddick, Mark

Gate Latch.

Patent for a new and improved gate-latch. This design consists "[i]n a latch, the combination of the case having at its lower end a guide ledge or flange with its bearing face arranged laterally in from the inner face of the side plate of the case, a loosely suspended ring held and movable against the said ledge or flange, and means whereby the said ring may be operated" (lines 5-11).

Date: August 7, 1888

Creator: Charleville, George W.

Grain-Car Door

Patent for a grain-car door.

Date: May 19, 1903

Creator: Church, Josiah W. & O'Gorman, M. J.

Stalk-Rake.

Patent for new stalk rake design, “especially applicable as a rake for gathering corn or cotton stalks from the ground preparatory to plowing the same or otherwise fitting it for use”, (lines 13-17) including illustrations.

Date: July 15, 1902

Creator: Clark, Joesph Lauson