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Railroad Tie

Description: Patent for an improved railroad tie. The improved railroad tie will be more resilient, with a housing made of pressed metal.
Date: November 18, 1919
Creator: Autrey, Benjamin P.
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Dipping-Vat.

Description: Patent for dipping vat used on live animals to remove insect infestation with a reduced risk of injury to the animal.
Date: October 18, 1919
Creator: Mullins, Thomas L.
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Train-Order Signal.

Description: Patent for a train order signal, which prevents accidental clear signals from the semaphores by requiring the train order pad to be replaced before a signal can be given.
Date: May 18, 1909
Creator: Gates, William T.
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Car Step

Description: Patent for a car step. This invention is designed to be swung down into position from a fixed under the bottom of the rail car. Illustration included.
Date: September 18, 1906
Creator: Davis, George W. & Hicks, Joseph A.
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Claw-Bar.

Description: Patent for a new and useful claw bar, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 18, 1898
Creator: Wiggs, Zeph
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Padded Underwaist.

Description: Patent for a new and improved padded underwaist. This design "has for its object to provide a waist to be worn by persons who are thin or emaciated, to beautify the appearance, to increase the breadth from shoulder to shoulder, and to make the form look plump and round" (lines 14-18). To this end it is "provided upon its inner surface with pockets extending down the middle of the back, on the breasts, around the lower edge, down the sleeves, and down the sides beneath the arms, the pockets down… more
Date: June 18, 1889
Creator: McDowell, Mary D.
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Horseshoe.

Description: Patent for a new and improved horseshoe. This design "has for its objects, first, to fasten a shoe to the hoof in such a manner that it will be firmly held in place, and in a great measure overcome the jar and concussion incident to traveling on hard roads; second, in so providing a fastening that the shoe can be secured to the hoof and removed at will without the aid of a skilled work[person] and without the use of nails" (lines 18-26).
Date: October 18, 1887
Creator: Robertson, Alexander W.
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Mail Bag Fastening.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fastening for mail bags. This design "consists of a chain fixed to one side of the bag so as to swing on the lower edge, and having hooks, or, it may be, curved or straight studs, which are made to pass through eyes of the two sides of the bag and around or through another chain on the other side of the bag, making a very simple fastening that is equally secure as the staple fastening now in use and much more readily manufactured" (lines 7-16).
Date: March 18, 1884
Creator: Scott, Roy B.
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Draft Equalizer.

Description: Patent for an improved double tree adapted to be used without single-trees designed to equalize the draft in case on horse gets ahead of the other in a draft team.
Date: July 18, 1882
Creator: Jones, Jeremiah C. & Robertson, Alexander W.
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