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Caster.

Description: Patent for a new and improved insect-killing furniture-caster. This design "consists in a cup shaped shell having a bowl or liquid-receptacle at its lower edge and a filling orifice or passage extending through the shell and leading to the bottom of the liquid-receptacle. A socket or inwardly-projecting tube at the top of the shell encircles the shank of the caster and rests upon a shoulder on said shank, which serves to hold the insect guard in position" (lines 17-25).
Date: June 27, 1882
Creator: Tumey, Charles Henry
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Horse Power.

Description: Patent for a new and improved "horse power" (engine). This design "convert[s] the force expended by the horse—in pushing as well as in pulling—into power by the use of a solid shaft turned by the revolving platform and working inside of a sleeve-shaft, which is turned by the lever. . . . by means of which all the force expended by the horse is utilized" (lines 11-18).
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Tumey, Charles Henry
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Bell Cord Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved bell cord coupling. This design consists in "[a] cord connecting and tension device comprising essentially a shell or tube, a spiral spring, and a pair of slotted balls arranged therein, and a flat strip having round ends adapted to slide through said balls . . . [and] a sliding spring-encircled plate provided with screw-threaded and split end portions, and nuts fitted on the latter, in combination with a tube or shell, and balls arranged in said tube" (lines 89-10… more
Date: January 16, 1883
Creator: Tumey, Charles Henry
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Hopple.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hopple. This design consists in the combination of the surcingle, the bands connected to the bottom thereof, the supporting straps secured to one of said bands, and the knee-bands constructed of stiff leather in semi-cylindrical form, attached to said straps and having the securing-straps" (lines 37-42).
Date: November 15, 1887
Creator: Burris, John Albert Wilson
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Car-Coupling

Description: Patent for "a car-coupler which will be automatic in its operation in coupling the cars as they come together on the track, and at the same time to provide a positive uncoupling device which may be operated on any part of any of the cars, as well as by an engineer, when it is desired to uncouple the cars or a car from the engine" (lines 14-21).
Date: October 30, 1888
Creator: Carolan, Eugene P. & Lee, Patrick H.
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Hame Fastener.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hame-fastener. This design "is to provide a fastener . . . which is of simple construction, which can be readily adjusted, and in which all strain is removed from the pivot of the locking-dog, thus obviating any breakage of the pivot, whatever may be the strain" (lines 17-23).
Date: July 9, 1889
Creator: Anderson, Lee
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Nut Lock.

Description: Patent for a new and improved nut-lock. This design "consist[s] of a strip of metal having the looped portion adapted to embrace the bolt, and having the downwardly-bent spring portion or end forming a biting-edge, the rearwardly-extending straight portion bent upward . . . to form a bearing point or edge, which is also adapted, in conjunction with the edge to grip the fish-plate . . . the forwardly-extending straight spring portion overlapping the straight portion, the inner curved edge of whi… more
Date: January 14, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Lee
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Hame Fastener.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hame fastener. This design consists, "with the bar provided with a rack and longitudinal ways, of the housing provided at each end with downwardly and inwardly projecting lugs engaging said ways, and a spring provided with a stop, the link seated in a groove on the housing provided with a finger-hold, and an offset on said link adapted to strike against a projection on the spring for limiting the movement of said link" (lines 64-73).
Date: May 20, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Lee
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Top Prop.

Description: Patent for a new and improved top-props for carriages. This design consists "[i]n combination with an arm having perforations and slot, plate provided with arm, pin, and bolt, and arms . . . secured, respectively, to the arm and the carriage-top" (lines 76-80).
Date: May 20, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Lee
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Newspaper File.

Description: Patent for a new and improved newspaper file. This design "is adapted and designed to be laid upon a table or placed in the usual rack or suspended by a hook, and . . . it may be held in one hand by means of its handle at the base while perusing the paper" (lines 17-22). It consists, "with a standard formed at or near its upper and lower ends . . . with a suitable perforation extending through the same from the back to the front thereof, of springs arranged upon the back of the standard, one ne… more
Date: July 26, 1892
Creator: Jaehnig, Charles H.
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Dish-Cleaner.

Description: Patent for a dish-cleaner that is used in a sink or another container. Its object is to force "air through the water and in contact with the submerged dishes" (lines 17-18). The invention also has "a water-agitator surrounded with supports for holding the dishes or other articles in a vertical position in close proximity to the outlet-ports of the agitator" (lines 20-23).
Date: January 21, 1896
Creator: Bond, William Beebe
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Coach and Car Step.

Description: Patent for an attached coach and car step "to render it unnecessary to carry stools or stepping-boxes, as are now used to facilitate passengers to get on or off the car or coach from an extra height between the ground or depot-floor and the main bottom tread of the step, thus avoiding dangerous and fatal results from overturning of stools and boxes." (Lines 14-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 11, 1896
Creator: Taylor, Frederick A.; Farrell, Patrick W. & Quebe, Wesley S.
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Can-Opener

Description: Patent for a new and improved can opener. This design "consists of can-opener comprising a blade or cutter vertically adjustable to allow it to be forced into a can-head to be cut" (lines 34-36).
Date: August 9, 1898
Creator: Connett, Matthew F.
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Nail-Puller.

Description: Patent for a new and improved nail puller, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1900
Creator: Lubbock, William Lochart
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CAR-COUPLING

Description: Patent for a Car-Coupling. "This invention relates to car-couplings of the Janney type..." (lines 9-10) including illustrations.
Date: August 11, 1903
Creator: Yeiser, John Clarke
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Draft Producing Device

Description: Patent for a draft producing device. This invention is placed under the eye of a kiln or under a boiler to increase air to the furnace. Illustration included.
Date: May 17, 1904
Creator: Miles, Joseph Furnas
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Generating Oil Burner

Description: Patent for generating oil burner. This invention "relates to apparatus by which steam is generated and petroleum or a hydrocarbon reduced to vaporous condition and mixed or combined with the steam" (line 8-12). Illustrations included.
Date: May 23, 1905
Creator: Spiller, Philip Samuel & Haldeman, Horace P.
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Scraper.

Description: Patent for an adjustable road and ditch building scraper.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Edzards, Harm Uden
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Doffer.

Description: Patent for a doffer for removing cotton lint from gin saw blades, which does not harm the saws and is very sturdy.
Date: May 25, 1909
Creator: Vardell, Arthur A.
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Washboiler.

Description: Patent for a wash-boiler, which has a mesh inner lining that allows the continuous introduction of water and steam into the center of the boiler and onto the clothes being washed.
Date: October 12, 1909
Creator: Mozley, Isiah
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Space Block

Description: Patent for a block used to block spacing members upon a shaft, Illustration included.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Vardell, Arthur A.
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