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Burial Vault

Description: Patent for novel burial vault to produce an inexpensive sectional receptacle or vault capable of easy assembly and transport that forms an indestructible, air-tight chamber of continuous homogeneous structure.
Date: September 10, 1901
Creator: William Sink Parker

Cable-Power.

Description: Patent for improvements "to cable-power obtained by means of movable windlasses driven by steam or other motive power; and the object is to obtain a powerful draft for use in agricultural purposes, drawing heavy plows and reaping-machines, hauling heavy loads of ore or coal in mining, moving houses, and for drawing heavy loads of any description." (Lines 8-15) Illustration is included.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Eastman, Clyde J.

Candy and Process of Making Same

Description: Patent for a "fruit or nut taffy, comprising two distinct kinds of candy, which are separately manufactured and afterward combined in a single article or piece of confectionery" (lines 11-14), including ingredients and process.
Date: June 18, 1901
Creator: Webb, Jesse B.

Cane-Topper

Description: Patent for "a device which may be readily secured to a wagon or any other suitable vehicle and which may be quickly adjusted so as to cut the tops of cane of different sizes" (lines 11-14).
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: Palm, Oliver

Canopy-Frame.

Description: Patent for a canopy frame for any kind of drapery, including mosquito nets. The design is purported to be inexpensive and strong, using a thin metal support for the crossbeams.
Date: July 13, 1901
Creator: Johnston, Washington T.

Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a device that would make coupling cars together easier and safer. Cars would be able to be coupled automatically, and then detached without having to go in between them. Includes Illustrations.
Date: February 12, 1901
Creator: White, George O.

Car-Couplings

Description: Patent for equipment to improve car-coupling to allow "automatically couple the cars, which can be readily uncoupled with-out going between the cars" (line 14-16).
Date: February 19, 1901
Creator: Lyons, Robert N.

Car-truck.

Description: Patent for trucks for railway-cars "of simple and durable construction the parts of which are connected together without the use of bolts" (lines 10-12).
Date: February 26, 1901
Creator: Rouy, Gustave

Cartridge for Guns.

Description: Patent for "a projectile having an elliptical cross-section and slight longitadinal twist for use in guns provided with a corresponding bore." (lines 8-11), including description and illustrations.
Date: September 24, 1901
Creator: Cole, William F.

Cattle-Guard.

Description: Patent for an improved cattle-guard by using a guard that has a plurality of spurs, should an animal step thereon its foot will be directed against one or more of these spurs, thus causing the animal to withdraw its foot and not attempt to pass over the rail. This will prevent the animal from crossing railway-tracks, but the spurs will not interfere with the free passage of trains. (Lines 10-20) Illustration is included.
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Steinmann, Herman Werner

Center Foot for Cultivators

Description: Patent for "an improved center foot or standard which is adapted to be readily attached to and detached from a beam or beams of a cultivator adjusted thereon and adapted for the attachment of a shovel, plow, or sweep of any kind required" (lines 8-15).
Date: May 21, 1901
Creator: Greathouse, James E.

Changeable Gearing.

Description: Patent for changeable gearing by using an axle, bevel-gears, stub-shafts and a crank-axle to construct the changeable gear, so that the “sprocket is locked to rotate with the crank-axle in one direction, while it may rotate freely of the axle in opposite direction, and, furthermore, that the sprocket may be locked to rotate with the axle or may be caused to rotate at a higher-speed than the axle.” (Lines 8-14.) Illustration is included.
Date: January 8, 1901
Creator: Brady, Alford

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.

Churn.

Description: Patent for an improvement in churns that prevent splashing and extraneous matter from entering the interior, including illustrations.
Date: September 10, 1901
Creator: Mills, John David

Cinder Guard.

Description: Patent for a detachable cinder guard to be used with car panels. This cinder guard prevents cinders and other items that may cause combustion from entering a car window.
Date: December 31, 1901
Creator: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese & Tuggle, Samuel Ritchie
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