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Foot-Rest

Description: Patent for improvements in foot rests. This particular foot rest was designed to better support the foot and hold the shoe in place with clamps.
Date: October 13, 1913
Creator: Tufts, Gay L.

Foot Scraper for Vehicles.

Description: Patent for foot scrapers for vehicles which allows a person to clean their shoes before entering. The foot scraper can be fastened to the axle of a wheel or other suitable part of a vehicle.
Date: July 13, 1915
Creator: Van Meter Brown, Maud

Foot Steering Device for Automobiles.

Description: Patent for foot steering device as "an attachment to the ordinary steering devices which are operated by handwheels for controlling the steering mechanism by foot, or other parts of the body to relieve the hand" (lines 13-17). The device also provides "a steering device with pedals so connected thereto and so located that the same may be readily reached with the feet" (lines30-32).
Date: February 26, 1918
Creator: Haley, Seabron M.

Foot-Tub.

Description: Patent for a simple foot tub that has a cover with openings for the feet and curved backing as a foot rest to allow the use of the tub while lying down such as in the case of an invalid. The tub also includes a spout for filling the tub that closes to keep heat and steam inside the tub.
Date: March 19, 1907
Creator: Ely, Ella Yelvington

Footing Wells

Description: Patent for Footing Wells. This invention is a specification in production of deep wells to afford access to the pipe by which liquid is being drawn from the well.
Date: January 21, 1919
Creator: Kelley, Ward W.

Force-Pump.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and efficient double action force pump that has one cylinder and one plunger. It also equalizes the opposite strokes of the plunger, and pushes water into the common chamber with both strokes.
Date: October 2, 1894
Creator: Thompson, John W.

Forge-Tray.

Description: Patent for "an improved forge tray, and it has for its object to provide means for preventing the loss or waste of fuel incident to the use of the ordinary forms of forges; and to provide means for concentrating the heat without interfering with the operations of the smith and without intercepting his view of the irons" (lines 8-15).
Date: August 15, 1893
Creator: Burnett, Rufus Samuel

Fork for Handling Cotton and Other Substances.

Description: Patent for a new and improved pitchfork. This design "relates to a hand-fork for handling cotton in the seed and cotton-seed at the gins, as well as for other useful purposes; and it consists in the novel construction of the teeth and tines or head, together with the means for fastening the teeth to the head" (lines 9-15).
Date: August 19, 1884
Creator: Shannon, Joel J.

Fountain Attachment for Inkstands.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fountain attachment for inkstands by using a hollow float, having a central vertical aperture on the bottom, the float is placed in a vessel filled with ink. After ink is being drawn from the hollow opening of the float, the float is forced into an uppermost position thus closing the vessel to prevent the air from passing the ink contained in the vessel. The ink is confined in an air and dust proof stand, which can be easily cleaned. Illustration is included.
Date: February 10, 1891
Creator: Bergen, James V.
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