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Fence.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fence. This design "compris[es] the main end and intermediate posts anchored in the ground, the longitudinal wires connected to said main end posts and let into said intermediate posts, said end posts being suitably braced and said longitudinal wires being connected together by tie-wires, and the supplemental posts, to which are also bound or secured said longitudinal wires, having the horizontal feet of approximate figure-8 shape resting squarely on the ground or … more
Date: May 27, 1890
Creator: Kerr, James, Sr.
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Fifth Wheel.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fifth wheel for vehicles. This design "consists of improvements in the construction and arrangement of the fifth-wheel apparatus of carriages, the object of which is to enable the parts to be made more cheaply, also to be more readily removable, and also to be more durable in use than as such apparatus is now made" (lines 7-13).
Date: July 11, 1882
Creator: Weber, Robert
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Figure Toy.

Description: Patent for improvements in figure toys which "includes a base or support having figures mounted thereon the said figures being preferably in the form of men and having jointed legs connected with their bodies there being means provided for swinging the legs to cause the figures to have the appearance of running" (lines 13-19); includes illustration.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Salter, Conway
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Folding Crate

Description: Patent for a crate that will fold into a compacted shape when not in use in order to maximize space or to create a way to use a crate as an open container without physically removing the top (or cover).
Date: May 8, 1906
Creator: Green, George F.
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Fuse for Shells.

Description: Patent for a new and improved shell fuse. This design "relates to that type of percussion-fuses wherein a fuse-tube is secured in the point or end of a shell and contains a plunged connected with a friction-wire embedded in the fulminate in such manner that when the flight of the shell is suddenly arrested the friction-wire is drawn forward by the plunger, thereby igniting the fulminate and setting fire to the powder-charge for bursting the shell. The objects of [the] invention are to . . . pro… more
Date: April 22, 1890
Creator: Phillips, George
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Gas Producer.

Description: Patent for improvements to gas producers of the type in which combustible gases are evolved from coal, lignite, etc., during the incomplete combustion thereof.
Date: April 11, 1922
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
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Guard for Gin Saws.

Description: Patent for a new and improved guard for gin-saws. This design consists in "the combination of the saws, the breast, the grate formed by the ribs and hinged at its upper edge in the frame, guides upon the inner sides of the side pieces of the gin-frame below the saws, and a curved plate or guard hinged to the lower edge of the grate, formed by the ribs, folding inward, and having its edges guided by the guides so that it covers the lower portions of the saws below the lower edge of the breast" (… more
Date: September 28, 1886
Creator: Wallace, John C.
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Hinge.

Description: Patent for gate-hinge that will attach to gate and supporting-post and will "retain the gate normally in closed position." (lines 11-12), including description and illustrations.
Date: October 15, 1901
Creator: Roots, Preston
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Hoisting Apparatus.

Description: Patent for "an improved hoisting apparatus for use in loading and unloading freight from and upon a wharf, bluff, bank, or other elevated place." (Lines 8-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 23, 1892
Creator: Davis, Benjamin F. & Davis, Matilda L.
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Hoisting Apparatus.

Description: Patent for improvements in hoisting apparatus by “employing two cables and two sheaves that one cable and one sheave operate to elevate the weight or object in an approximately-vertical plane, so as to avoid contact with any side obstruction, while the secondary cable can subsequently be slackened sufficiently to permit the traveling sheave of the hoisting-cable to run off in a lateral direction and carry with it the sheave of the slackened secondary cable, for the purpose of transferring the o… more
Date: March 22, 1892
Creator: Davis, Benjamin F.
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Hoisting-Machine

Description: Patent for a new Hoisting-Machine. The Hoisting Machine has improved arrangement of parts that control the device's braking drum. Improving the Hoisting Machine construction is useful for reducing wear on the machine.
Date: May 21, 1912
Creator: Johnston, Horace
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