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Abdominal Supporter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved abdominal supporter. This design "consist[s] of the waist-belt, the abdominal sector-shaped pads hung from the waist-belt by elastic straps, the straps buttoned to the belt behind and to the bottom of the abdominal pads in front, the side straps connecting the abdominal pads with the pieces at the back, and the front strap connecting the two abdominal pads together with the shoulder-straps" (lines 70-79).
Date: December 25, 1888
Creator: Gray, Harriet N.
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Adjustable Mosquito-Canopy.

Description: Patent for an adjustable, simple, and easily used mosquito-canopy for beds that fits over any style and size of bed, and is easily removed.
Date: April 25, 1893
Creator: Eva, Addison H.
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Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. With this design, "[w]hen the cars are coupled, the shoulders upon the draw-heads will bear against each other, pressing the spring-bolts forward, which will tilt the free ends of the bails forward over the ends of the opposite draw-heads, thus forming a strong and safe coupling which may be uncoupled in a moment of time" (lines 92-98).
Date: September 25, 1883
Creator: Hathaway, Charles L.
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Child's Bib.

Description: Patent for improvement in children’s bibs, by providing bibs with a pocket at its lower end to catch any food or drink that might be dropped or spilled, thereby preventing soiling of the clothes and the carpet or floor. (Lines 12-16) Illustration is included.
Date: June 25, 1901
Creator: Ziller, Robert L.
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Combination Lock Joint or Device.

Description: Patent for a combination lock joint or device for sectional poles that prevents bending of the pole and allows for sections of the pole to be easily taken on or off.
Date: July 25, 1911
Creator: Carleton, Ernest William
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Fare Box.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fare-box. This design consists in "three resting-places for the fares before they enter the final receptacle or drawer provided at the bottom of the case, and the windows in front are so arranged that the fares may be observed at each change until they enter their final receptacle. All lights of glass employed are held in grooves in the upright sides of the case or in a frame secured in grooves of the said sides, so that by no possibility can they be displaced unle… more
Date: January 25, 1887
Creator: Greer, John William
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Garden-Hose Reel.

Description: Patent for a garden hose reel that allows the hose to be used, while still on the reel and can be easily cleaned.
Date: April 25, 1911
Creator: Newton, Marvin G.
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Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planter.

Description: Patent for a "new and improved corn and cotton planter" (lines 3-4), to plant both cotton and corn seed,including instructions and illustrations. The configuration includes a new combination of parts.
Date: December 25, 1877
Creator: Domschke, Charles
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Safety Stop for Elevators.

Description: Patent for a new and improved safety stop for elevators. This design "consists in a lever pivoted to the bottom of the car, and provided with a spring for throwing it into position transversely to the car-bottom, so that the ends of the lever can catch on horizontal bars secured to the sides of the elevator-shaft. A rope or cable is secured to one end of the lever and to the car-elevating cable, and keeps the spring taut, and prevents it from throwing the lever unless the elevating-cable breaks… more
Date: March 25, 1884
Creator: Saunders, Ellison
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Shoe-Sewing-Machine Attachment.

Description: Patent for sole channel cutting for shoe sole sewing machines in which "the sole will be channeled for the insetting of the stiches, the channel being continuous and the cutting thereof is had when the show is at a standstill." (lines 15-20)
Date: May 25, 1920
Creator: Malmberg, Anders G.
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Steam-Engine

Description: Patent for improvements to be made upon steam engines, with description of parts and use and illustrations.
Date: May 25, 1886
Creator: Cross, David L.
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Stock Food and Method of Preparing the Same

Description: Patent for a new method to produce stock feed at a low cost, by "treating finely divided organic matter containing cellulose with certain acids under pressure, thereby freeing the cellulose and other carbohydrates," to make the feed more easily absorbable by animals (lines 13-23).
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Walker, Thomas Bailey
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