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Revolving Target.

Patent for "a revolving target of improved and simplified construction" (lines 15-17), with instructions and illustrations.

Date: October 5, 1886

Creator: Adams, William H.

Patent for an improved water-cooler by wrapping the outer surface of a water container with two layers of fabric; an imperforate projection–tube from a supplemental water reservoir arranged above the water container would moist the inner layer fabric and maintain its moisture; where the outer layer fabric prevents the water forcing through, thus keeping the water cool, illustration is included.

Date: February 3, 1891

Creator: Beacham, Alexander Thacher

Stamp and Envelope Moistener.

Patent for a new and improved moistener for stamps and envelopes. This design "is to provide apparatus for moistening stamps and adhesive envelopes; and it consists in certain improvements in that class of stamp-moisteners in which a roller carrying an endless belt of cloth is journaled on a box or a cup containing water, into which the endless band projects" (lines 8-14).

Date: August 5, 1884

Creator: Beaumont, David Greenleaf

Animal Shears.

Patent for new and improved animal shears. This design calls for a spring with eyes at the ends so that the handles of individual blades may be inserted through them. Then, nuts fasten the individual blades to the spring, which makes sharpening easier and breakage less likely.

Date: February 22, 1881

Creator: Benavides, Cristobal & Arthur, Joshua P.

Combination Tool

Patent for a combination tool. This invention combines tools for a variety uses and box to hold small items. Illustration included.

Date: July 14, 1903

Creator: Brunl, Louis

Irrigating Apparatus.

Patent for a new and improved irrigation apparatus. This design "pertains to improvements in irrigating apparatus, having for its object to prevent the choking or obstructing of the nozzle and to effect the proper distribution of the water; and it consists of the combination and construction of parts" (lines 13-18).

Date: May 27, 1884

Creator: Chisholm, William R.

Crate.

Patent for a fruit and vegetable crate that is collapsable to facilitate transportation, and has strong corners to enable heavy usage.

Date: August 29, 1922

Creator: Cobb, J.

Blind Stop.

Patent for a new and improved blind-stop. This design is "to provide a cheap and simple device designed to be secured to a window-casing and be interposed between any two adjacent pivoted slats, and thus support the same and the series in an open position and against accidental closing by their own weight or by the wind" (lines 9-16). It consists in the "holder for slats of blinds, consisting of a spring-metal strip bent at its center to form an eye and opposite terminals, the latter being adap… more

Date: April 19, 1892

Creator: Deats, Wallen S. & Brown, Daniel

Electric Battery.

Patent for a new and improved electric battery. This design consists "[i]n an electric generator, a receptacle for steam, and means for admitting steam thereto, in combination with electrodes consisting of two parallel disks suspended within said steam-receptacle, electrodes of opposite polarity to the aforesaid electrodes arranged between the disks of the first-named electrodes, a shaft extending through the said receptacle upon which the latter electrodes are mounted, and means for rotating t… more

Date: April 19, 1892

Creator: Emley, James Edward

Vehicle-Axle Bearing.

Patent for a strong and durable vehicle-axle bearing that reduces friction. "Oil may be admitted to the bearings [in the axle] without removing the wheel or exposing said bearings, thus preventing accumulations of dust or other foreign substance" (lines 17-20).

Date: June 11, 1895

Creator: Falk, Franz

Folding Cot

Patent for

Date: November 12, 1901

Creator: Follett, Charles J.

Automatic Weighing Scale

Patent for moving a pole along a beam that efficiently measures weight as a scale.

Date: June 29, 1918

Creator: Foster Jr., Samuel T.

Multiple Telegraph

Patent for "a simple device of this character by means of which any one of a number of instruments or translating devices at a distance may be operated over a single line-wire and by means of a single flow of electric current through said wire" (lines 10-15).

Date: May 7, 1901

Creator: Foster, Samuel T., Jr.

Water-Motor.

Patent for a water motor that is operated by the current.

Date: November 7, 1911

Creator: Gonzalez, José

Derailer

This is a patent for a railway Derailer. This new derailer is less expensive, easier to manufacture, and will be an improvement over older models. For example, it is easier to attach to the rail track and more efficient at stopping railroad collisions.

Date: April 22, 1919

Creator: Gravis, James. C

Music-Holder.

Patent for an adjustable, simple, inexpensive, and light music-holder that does not let the music slip and does not damage the music. The clamps will not get in the way of the music, and holds a book as easily as a sheet of music. Springs are not used, the staff is telescopic, and should be made from aluminum.

Date: April 30, 1895

Creator: Gross, Frederick D.

Rear Sight For Firearms

Patent for rear sight firearm. To help aid in the night with rear vision and align for better direction when used during the night.

Date: October 26, 1920

Creator: Kaempfer Effie May Wagner

Front Sight for Firearms.

Patent for a luminous rear sight for firearms of all types. Including Illustration.

Date: October 26, 1920

Creator: Kaempfer, Effie May Wagner

Rear Sight for Guns

Patent for a rear sight for firearms, particularly larger firearms such as service rifles or other field artillery and machine guns.

Date: November 18, 1919

Creator: Kaempfer, Effie May Wagner

Portable Gold - Washer

Patent for a new and improved portable gold-washer. This invention is to "provide an improved substitute for the crude forms of portable good-washing apparatus frequently employed" (line 8-10).

Date: November 23, 1897

Creator: Kahn, Felix

Cereal Food and Process of Preparing the Same.

Patent for improving cereal food processing by grinding corn and other grains into meal to convert starch into dextrin, and through drying grains to remove moisture and prevent fermentation (lines 17-23). Additionally, the processing will make the cereal appetizing and easily digestible.

Date: November 1, 1921

Creator: Kelly, Martha R.

Instrument for Breaking Car-Seals.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in instruments for breaking car seals, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: June 14, 1898

Creator: Leyendecker, Thomas A.

Torpedo-Controlling Apparatus.

Patent for improvements to a torpedo controlling apparatus. Electrically operated wings or vanes are added to the exterior of the torpedo, allowing remote control from within an airplane. The position and angle of the wings or vanes affect the depth of the submerging operation.

Date: August 12, 1919

Creator: Longoria, Nicholas

Towing Device for Vehicles.

Patent for "an attachment for self-propelled vehicles" (lines 9-10) and "a means for connecting two or more of the same together to tow a disabled vehicle." (lines 11-13)

Date: December 3, 1918

Creator: Loyer, Alfred A.