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Automatic Fan Combination Stand.

Description: Patent for a new and improved automatic-fan combination-stand. This design "relates to an improved stand or support for an automatic fan, which said stand shall be portable, so as to be conveniently set up wherever desired, and which shall contain various hooks, brackets, shelves, and other conveniences" (lines 17-22).
Date: November 28, 1882
Creator: McKeehan, Charles Houston
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Hame Fastener.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hame fastener. This design is "to provide a clasp or holder the parts of which are simple in construction; and [the] invention consists in the construction and combination of the parts" (lines 17-20).
Date: March 3, 1885
Creator: Jensen, Ole T.
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Axle Lubricator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved axle-lubricator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the tube having the threaded outer end, of the cap threaded to close said end, and the shank or stem carrying the conical plug at its lower or inner end, and screw-threaded to work through a threaded perforation of the cap, a shoulder being provided on the stem or shank at the base of the threads, operating to cause the unscrewing of the cap by the continued turning of the shank or stem" (lines 80-89… more
Date: April 13, 1886
Creator: Hawkins, Andrew Jackson & Allen, Sam Henry
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Plow.

Description: Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "relates to that type of plows in which a double share is employed, one of which turns the sod or furrow in one direction and the other in the opposite direction, said plow being capable of being brought alternately into action, each to turn a furrow in the same direction in right or left turn plowing. . . . whereby the duplex plows may be alternately raised and lowered, and held in either the non-acting or operative positions. . . . and simple me… more
Date: September 17, 1889
Creator: Leas, James W.
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Sash-Balance.

Description: Patent for improvements in window-sash balances, in which the two sashes are connected, “so that they will not only balance but also either may be raised or lowered without affecting the other.” (Lines 17-20) Illustration is included.
Date: May 26, 1891
Creator: Christian, James F.
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Washing-Machine.

Description: Patent for an improved, simple, and efficient washing machine that consists of a casing, ribbed rollers, a belt with slats that is mounted on the rollers, a rubbing board, cross pieces on the rubbing board, and a counter-acting tension spring that holds a chord that is secured to the end of the board.
Date: February 7, 1893
Creator: Haydon, William Henry
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Washing-Machine.

Description: Patent for a washing machine that has a cylindrical drum with heads, slats, and openings, a door with slats and cross-pieces, a stay that is attached to the bottom of a cross-piece, and a thumb-screw that is countersunk in the stay and holds it in place.
Date: November 12, 1895
Creator: King, Theophless J.
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Derrick.

Description: Patent for a portable derrick "in which the derrick-frame is rotatable, the same being especially adapted for use in handling bales of cotton, baggage, ice, and other heavy articles." (Lines 14-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 9, 1897
Creator: Stallings, George V.
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Bottle.

Description: Patent for "a bottle and stopper whereby the bottle can be filled in the ordinary manner, but after being sealed by the stopper of novel construction it cannot be refilled after once being emptied without breaking or fracturing the bottle." (Lines 12-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 31, 1897
Creator: Stallings, George V.
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Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved car coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 11, 1898
Creator: Sherrill, John G.
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Water-Fence.

Description: Patent for the improved design of a water fence with specifications that allow the passage of a log without fully raising the fence; includes illustrations.
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Walton, John H. & Ball, William M.
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Self-Dumping Cage for Hoisting Coal, & c., from Mines.

Description: Patent for improvements in self-dumping cage for hoisting coal or other minerals by first provide a simple and easily-controlled dumping mechanism which can be set at bottom of shaft; second, to secure a positive action of the dumping mechanism and reduce the shock and strain commonly incident to the operation of self-dumping cages; third, to provide a firmer and more easily operated dog for holding car on cage-platform. (Lines 15-22) Illustration is included.
Date: June 25, 1901
Creator: Burdic, Malvern W.
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Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a "simple form of device for stretching wire, said device being adapted for attachment to a post or other support and to the wire to be stretched" (lines 9-12).
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Brannon, Walter Zebulin
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Gate

Description: Patent for "enabling a gate to be operated at a distance from either side of it by a person on horseback or in a vehicle" (lines 14-16), with details and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1902
Creator: Millican, John M.
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Lock.

Description: Patent for an improvement to combination-locks for doors, safe, and bureaus, "with readily-operated means for holding the combination-disks inactive and in position to permit a locking-bolt to be freely operated by a key when so desired, which means will also permit the combination to be set so that the bolt cannot be moved by a key until the disks of the combination have been brought to proper position." (lines 11-18)
Date: November 25, 1902
Creator: Dalton, Lewis & Cross, Dick
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Fence-Post

Description: Patent for "improvements in fence-posts, telegraph-poles, and the like."(lines 11-12) These improvements include wings what mount into slots at the base of the posts to anchor them firmly into the ground. Including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 30, 1903
Creator: Childress, John W.
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Excavating Apparatus

Description: Patent for an "improved excavating apparatus adopted for use in cleaning out tanks, for excavating cellars, for dredging streams, and for other similar purposes; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices hereinafter fully set forth and claimed." (line 9-14)
Date: June 9, 1903
Creator: Bump, James G.
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Horse Breaking Device

Description: Patent for a horse breaking device. This invention is designed to break the horses without balking. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Bump, James G.
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