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Animal-Trap.

Description: Patent for an animal trap meant to trap animals that burrow in the ground, such as prairie dogs. The trap catches the animal when it leaves its den and the animal cannot escape the trap.
Date: April 25, 1893
Creator: Manning, James
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Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for a car coupling that "couples automatically and by which a brakeman on a single car can uncouple one or more cars and to provide pipe connections between the cars for this and other purposes" (lines 9-13). It has a pivoted drawhead with lever connections to a piston head and uses steam connections with the cylinder in the piston head to couple.
Date: April 25, 1893
Creator: Gebhardt, William Charles
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Cotton Feeder and Cleaner.

Description: Patent for feeders and cleaners for cotton gins: "provide a combined feeder and cleaner for cotton gins which is not only thoroughly and effectually cleans cotton before it passes to the gin, but at the same time it regularly and positively feeds the cotton to the gin in such cleaned condition" (lines 10-15).
Date: April 25, 1893
Creator: Oliphint, Alfred
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Locomotive-Headlight.

Description: Patent for an independent reservoir lamp for locomotive head lights. "?The conduit by which the reservoir and burner communicate is liable to be obstructed with sediment which not only interferes with the suitable flow of oil but corrodes the metal and necessitates repairs" (lines 13-17). The invention is convenient to use and inexpensive.
Date: April 25, 1893
Creator: Owens, Thomas B.
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Plow Cultivator and Irrigator.

Description: Patent for an underground irrigating plow that consists of a draft bar, crank arms, plow beams that front ends swivel on the crank arms, a ratchet rod with chain spools, a ratchet lever that is attached to the ratchet rod, chains that are attached to the plow beams and the spools, braces that are attached to the crank arms, and a double-tree.
Date: April 25, 1893
Creator: Askew, Joseph W.
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Pumping-Engine.

Description: Patent for a pumping engine that uses a "combined piston rod and plunger acting in the same vertical line and carrying a crank pin box and cross heads for driving the governing fly wheel" (lines 12-15). Mounting and dismounting this engine is simple, and the engine has easily accessible packing ends of the steam and water cylinders. Also, the adjustable yoke is improved in this engine.
Date: April 25, 1893
Creator: Clarkson, William
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Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer.

Description: Patent for improvements in seed planter and fertilizer distributers: "can be readily and easily adapted to planting seed in drills or check rows, or to distributing fertilizer and in which the operator can always tell where the last hill was planted so that he will know where to commence his next row" (lines 18-23).
Date: April 25, 1893
Creator: Kemp, Amos John
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Swinging Gate.

Description: Patent for a swinging gate that consists of a supporting post, a gate, a hinge that connects the gate to the post, a rear bar, a hinge lever that connects the rear gate bar to the supporting post, an operating lever, cords or chains that connect the lever and the hinge lever, and a latching mechanism.
Date: April 25, 1893
Creator: Rohrbach, Gabriel
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