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Middle Breaker.
Date: July 7, 1891
Creator: Schoenfelder, August
Description: Patent for improvements in middle breakers is to “combine a middle-breaker plow with a sweep-stock so that it may be made to run at different depths without adjusting the beam-clevis.” (Lines 15-18) Illustration is included.
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Cotton-Chopper.
Date: August 4, 1891
Creator: Baugh, James A.
Description: Patent for improvements in cotton choppers in which “when the machine progresses over the field, the plows or cultivators will stir and agitate the soil and the rotary cutting-hoes will chop out the plants, leaving the stands of cotton any desired distance apart, which may be regulated by so arranging the gearing as to cause the chopping-hoes to be rotated more or less rapidly.” (Page 2, lines 15-22) Illustration is included.
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Clothes-Pounder.
Date: May 2, 1893
Creator: Allgaier, George E.
Description: Patent for improvements in atmospheric clothes pounders: "Dividing the outer section into compartments so that air in escaping is distributed evenly from all sides of the pounder instead of escaping in a body from one side, whenever the pounder strikes a wad or knot of cloths and is tipped sidewise; it also makes the suction better" (lines 49-55).
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Process of and Apparatus for Refining Cotton Seed Oil.
Date: October 20, 1891
Creator: Grant. W. A.
Description: Patent for improving the refining and purifying cotton-seed oil through a series of refining tanks. A quantity of crude cotton-seed oil is first run into the refining tanks and the oil is heated and thoroughly agitated by means of rotary blades. After a period of settling, the oil is drawn through a purifying tank.
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Cotton Picker.
Date: November 10, 1891
Creator: Hyde, Thomas Burke
Description: Patent for machine for picking cotton that is simple in construction and comparatively inexpensive.
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Baling-Press.
Date: September 22, 1891
Creator: Goldthwaite, Joseph G.
Description: Patent for improvements in baling-presses by “simplify and strengthen the frame and operating parts, to secure a better distribution of the strains between the operating parts and the frame, and to increase the speed at which the press may be operated by permitting the platen to rise and fall to a limited extent independent of the power mechanism, so that after the loose fiber is introduced the platen may be dropped instantly a portion of the distance to effect a partial compression of the charge by its weight before bringing the power mechanism into play.” (Lines 17-29) Illustration is included.
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Bed-Drawer Attachment for Bedsteads.
Date: September 22, 1891
Creator: Mabee, Leonia
Description: Patent for improvement in bed-drawer attachments for bedsteads by “having bed-drawer arranged to slide beneath the usual mattress-support.” (Lines 8-10) Illustration is included.
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Weight for Horses' Hoofs.
Date: September 22, 1891
Creator: King, George R.
Description: Patent for improvement in weights for horses’ hoofs by providing “a toe-weight or side weight which will adjust itself to the inclination of the hoof to which it is applied, and further, to provide a weight that will be self-locking, be effectively held against rattling, and be readily attachable and detachable.” (Lines 9-14) Illustration is included.
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Corn-Sheller.
Date: September 22, 1891
Creator: Bander, Charles Bornet
Description: Patent for improvement in corn-shellers; in which “it consists in a perforated casting provided with radial teeth or projections which extend toward its center and which is to be secured to a support having an opening through it, combined with a double-ended handle which has an opening through its center and teeth projecting from the opening.” (Lines 13-20) Illustration is included.
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Trussed Axle for Wheeled Vehicles.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Brown, John Stoddart
Description: Patent for improvements in trussed axle for wheeled vehicles: "The invention relates to that class or type of axles for wheeled vehicles wherein a metal truss rod or bar running longitudinally under the axle body has its end portions extended through the axle skeins and secured by screw nuts which abut the outer ends of the skeins." (lines 9-14).
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