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Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "provide[s] a car-coupling, which in the event of a car running off the track and tipping over, will automatically uncouple; also, [it] provide[s] a coupling-pin which will be locked down by reason of the strain thereon when the cars are in motion; also, [it] provide[s] certain improvements in the details of construction of the coupling" (lines 8-15).
Date: January 10, 1882
Creator: Fowler, Joseph C.

Cot.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cot. This design is for a cot that, "[w]hen it is desired to pack the cot for transportation the flexible bottom is first removed from the frame, after which the latter is taken apart and the pieces thereof placed compactly together in a bundle with the flexible bottom. In this cot there are no pivot-joints to become worn or get out of order, and should any of the separable pieces become broken or damaged they can be readily replaced" (lines 47-56).
Date: January 23, 1883
Creator: Martial, Antoine William

Insect-Destroyer.

Description: Patent for "improvement in machines for destroying bugs and worms that infest cotton and other plants" (lines 8-10), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 31, 1888
Creator: Webb, Thomas H.
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