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Fan Attachment for Bicycles.

Patent for an overhead fan that attaches to a bicycle and derives power from the front wheel including illustrations.

Date: March 13, 1900

Creator: Mills, John Andrew

Patent for a new and improved fence. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the bevel-end lap-joint top rails connected to and supported by the posts, the pendent panels consisting of series of horizontal rails interwoven in wire slings connected to the top rails, and links connecting the lower parts of the panels and the intermediate posts" (lines 20-27).

Date: May 8, 1883

Creator: Sevier, Moses Nimrod

Fence Post.

Patent for a new and improved fence post. This design is for a "fence-post molded of a cement and sand or gravel, with a transverse vertical slot . . . a vertical opening in its top communicating with the vertical slot [designed] for the wire fastening . . . openings [found] in its sides or edges for the wires [as well as] a flange" (lines 51-56).

Date: October 10, 1882

Creator: McGee, William

Fire-House Supporter.

Patent for a fire-hose supporter that can be stretched out, washed, and dried easily. The invention also has a hose-carrying frame that elevates the hose and allows for the hose to be quickly and easily used.

Date: August 20, 1895

Creator: Bramble, James Elworth

Fishing-Tool for Oil-Wells.

Patent for improvements in fishing tool for oil wells: "in connection with oil well drilling and pumping apparatus" (lines 9-10).

Date: September 7, 1897

Creator: Mills, John Andrew

Floating Body.

Patent for improvements to balloons or floating bodies in order to provide for a floating body "consisting of a flexible air or gas receiver, made to imitate or resemble animate or inanimate objects, so as to assume when inflated the shape of a human head or bust, birds, statues, animals, or any other desired object" (lines 14-19), including illustrations.

Date: November 20, 1900

Creator: Bailey, Edward Gray

Flour Sieve.

Patent for a new and improved flour sieve. This design has an "upwardly-flaring outer wall . . . and the inner more flattened conical guide-wall, provided with the wire-cloth stretched across its top and about its upper edge, said guide-wall being sprung into or secured to the crease of the outer wall, the latter extending downward to the level of the discharge" (lines 19-27). This results in "more accurately directed . . . deposit than if the opening were as large as that of the outer wall" (l… more

Date: August 29, 1882

Creator: Lowe, Joseph Alfred

Flying Machine

Patent for a flying machine. Illustrations included.

Date: April 4, 1911

Creator: Love, James L.

Gang-Plow.

Patent for a new and improved gang plow, which employs "disks turning in the soil and serving to form the furrows therein"(line 8 - 10).

Date: April 26, 1898

Creator: Gordon, Frederick W.

Gas-Engine

Patent for a gas engine designed with "both reciprocating and rotary motor elements" (line 10) and to minimize back pressure. Illustrations included.

Date: February 23, 1909

Creator: Patterson, John E.

Gate.

Patent for a new and improved gate. This design "consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the posts, the latch-bar pivoted to the main rail by inclined braces and operated by a rock-shaft and push-arms inclined in a direction opposite to that of the inclined braces, weight-box, and cranks for operating the rock-shaft to open and close the gate" (lines 19-25).

Date: October 25, 1881

Creator: Smith, Robert B. & Curry, William

Govering-Machine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in rag joiners, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: July 4, 1899

Creator: Vining, Lucinda

Grain-Door For Freight-Cars.

Patent for a new and useful grain door for freight cars, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: March 6, 1900

Creator: Boyers, Thomas A.

Guard-Rail Clamp

Patent for a simple, durable and adjustable guard rail clamp for securing guard rails to the main rails of a railroad track "as at bridge approaches and opposite to frog points" (lines 11-12) without the use of drill bolt-holes.

Date: November 28, 1905

Creator: Butcher, Jasper; Thomas, James L. & Butcher, Jasper

Gymnastic Apparatus

Patent for "improvement in aerial revolving ladders for gymnastic purposes for use in theaters, circus-tents, etc." (lines 13-15) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: May 22, 1900

Creator: Delmore, George E.

Hame-Fastener.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in hame fasteners, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: August 22, 1899

Creator: Rankin, Frank N.

Hay Knife.

Patent for a new and improved hay knife. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the forked frame, the lever pivoted thereto, slotted at one end and carrying at the other end a cutting-blade working through bearings in the fork, the crank pivoted to the frame and engaging the slot of the lever, and the pressure-head or cross-bar connected to the outer end of the frame" (lines 18-26).

Date: May 29, 1883

Creator: Moss, John C.

Hay Pitching and Stacking Machine.

Patent for improvement to hay pitching and stacking machines "to provide a device for pitching and stacking hay, the parts of which can be easily and quickly taken apart or adjusted, and which may be employed in making stacks of hay or straw" (lines 18-22).

Date: February 1, 1887

Creator: Donald, Frank

Hay Stacking and Loading Device.

Patent for "improvements in hay stacking and loading devices, the object of the invention being to provide means for erecting penannular stacks; and the same consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts, which includes a crane, its supporting means, and a hay-fork" (lines 10-16) including illustration.

Date: August 27, 1901

Creator: Nichols, Robert J.

Heating Railway-Cars

Patent for improvements in the construction and design of car heaters for locomotives.

Date: May 29, 1888

Creator: Townley, Carter Shepherd

Improvement in Bale-Ties

Patent for an improved bale-tie whose frame is provided with an end bar having wedge-shaped catch.

Date: January 29, 1878

Creator: Andrews, Thomas S.

Improvement in Buckles

Patent for a new and improved buckle for use with hame-straps, breech-straps, etc. The patent contains an explanation of the buckle and various illustrations.

Date: March 20, 1877

Creator: Melton, Benjamin F.

Improvement in Faucets.

Patent for a faucet "which is inexpensive in its construction, easily repaired, and efficient in operation" (lines 7-8), including illustrations.

Date: August 7, 1877

Creator: Andrews, Thomas A.

Improvement In Fences.

Patent for a new and improved fence, the materials for which would could be easily obtained by farmers and the results would be strong enough to contain livestock.

Date: August 10, 1878

Creator: Lenox, John S.