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Ironing-Board.

Description: Patent for an ironing board for the particular use of ironing sleeves of garments and other small articles, and can be readily attached detached from a table, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 9, 1912
Creator: Clarke, Marcus S.

Mail Bag Catcher and Deliverer

Description: Patent for a mail bag catcher and deliverer. "This invention relates to mail bag catchers and deliverers and the principle object of the invention is the provision of simple and efficient mechanism of the character which may be readily and conveniently thrown to operative and inoperative position and wherein the saddle bars and their respective guards may be aligned with the track and car" (lines 9-17). Illustrations included.
Date: January 14, 1913
Creator: Freeman, Richard J.

Turning Tool for Bale Band Fasteners.

Description: Patent for "novel construction of turning-tool having simple and efficient means for exerting a powerful leverage upon the turning or winding element of the fastener, whereby all of the slack in the bale-band may be readily taken up and drawn very tight, thus insuring the manipulation of the bale-band fastener in a way to provide for taking up a maximum amount of slack with a minimum movement" (lines 16-25). Includes Illustrations.
Date: January 22, 1901
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.

Insect-Destroyer.

Description: Patent for machine "designed to be carried by a cultivator or mounted upon wheels and adapted to discharge the fumes of sulfur and other insecticides upon cotton and other plants to destroy the cotton-weevil, caterpillar, worms, and various other forms of insect life [and to] provide a construction which will insure a steady feed of the sulfur or other insecticide employed and thereby render the discharge of the fumes regular and of uniform strength" (lines 12-23).
Date: January 9, 1900
Creator: Passmore, Benjamin H. & May, Robert B.

Kitchen Cabinet

Description: Patent for a kitchen cabinet. This invention is equipped with compartments and bins that distribute granular substances via cut-off valves. Illustration included.
Date: June 2, 1908
Creator: Curtice, William H. & Rosser, Virgil O.
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