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Animal-Trap.

Patent for an improved animal trap that can catch a large variety of animals, including fish, and does not injure the animals. Bait is placed in the trap, and the door on one end is spring-activated. A hinged door on the top is where the operator can take out the animal.

Date: July 18, 1893

Creator: Crockett, William E. & McAdams, Richard E.

Canning and Cooking Apparatus

Patent for a canning and cooking apparatus. Illustration included.

Date: April 11, 1905

Creator: Garner, James Charlie

Canning Apparatus.

Patent for Canning Apparatus used to preserve fruits and vegetables in sealed cans. Apparatus also consist of a boiling platform to boil the contents of the can before sealing it.

Date: July 15, 1902

Creator: Garner, John Thomas

Car-Door

Patent for car-door. An attempt to have a door mounted such that when it is moved, it elevates in such a way as to prevent a binding of it.

Date: July 3, 1917

Creator: Smith, Harry

Combination Heel-Sweep Plow.

Patent for an improved plow that can have "either first a whole heel sweep, or a right or left half heel sweep, second a whole solid sweep, or a right or left half solid sweep, third a right and left turn plow, or a right or left half turn plow" (lines 15-19).

Date: February 28, 1893

Creator: Dean, John Rowe

Cotton Scraper and Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton scraper and chopper. This design "consists of an oblong frame composed of a front piece, side beams, and the rear cross-beam, provided with the handles" (lines 29-32).

Date: August 13, 1889

Creator: White, John Calvin

Instrument for Dividing Angles into Equal Parts.

Patent for an instrument for dividing angles into equal parts and is meant to be used with a beam compass. The "invention consists in a member having a point adapted to be placed at the point of the angle to be divided, and having movable thereon a beam extending horizontally and having at one end a transverse head projecting from each side of the beam and carrying at one end an indicating point and at the other end a marking pencil" (lines 22-29).

Date: April 30, 1895

Creator: Cornelius, Francis W.

Machine for Catching Insects

Patent for a machine for catching insects. This invention is designed for use on cotton plants. Illustration included.

Date: December 21, 1909

Creator: Anderson, John M.

Oat-Cutter.

Patent for a type of straw and hay cutter designed especially for cutting sheaf oats that is easily operated, including illustrations.

Date: November 10, 1891

Creator: Laws, John Aderson

Plow

Patent for a plow and particularly "an attachment for securing the heel sweeps to plows and for bracing the said heel sweeps" (lines 10-12), including illustrations.

Date: November 9, 1915

Creator: Williams, Jefferson L.

Vehicle-Coupling

Patent for a vehicle coupling designed to allow vehicles to travel over rough terrain without incurring damage. Illustrations included.

Date: September 28, 1909

Creator: White, Joseph B.