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Boll-Weevil or Other Insect Destroyer.

Patent for improvement to the machine set forth in the patent granted to John S. Doak and Alexander G. Farrington on April, 1902, No. 696419. (Page 1, lines 12-14.) The improvements are to use “a pair of troughs connected to a truck and provided with upwardly-projecting wings on their outer edges, spring-arms attached to the truck and pressing normally against the wings and the outside parts of the troughs, spiral springs adjustably mounted on the truck and pressing against the spring-arms, an… more

Date: March 28, 1905

Creator: Doak, John S. & Farrington, Alexander G.

Apparatus for Floating Vessels.

Patent for a mechanism for raising, and hauling into deeper water, a floating vessel that has run aground.

Date: November 12, 1901

Creator: Debose, Albert S.

Window-Frame Attachment

Patent for a window frame attachment of bars that shades can be attached to.

Date: July 9, 1912

Creator: Hillman, Annie M.

Mail Bag Catcher and Deliverer

Patent for a mail bag catcher and deliverer. "This invention relates to mail bag catchers and deliverers and the principle object of the invention is the provision of simple and efficient mechanism of the character which may be readily and conveniently thrown to operative and inoperative position and wherein the saddle bars and their respective guards may be aligned with the track and car" (lines 9-17). Illustrations included.

Date: January 14, 1913

Creator: Freeman, Richard J.

Vechicle-Top Support.

Patent for "supports for the bows of folding vehicle-tops, and has for its object to provide an improved device of this character for application to one end of the shifting rail of the top, so as to receive the bows and cushion them against injury in folding and when the vehicle is passing over a rough roadway." (Lines 8-15) Illustration included.

Date: May 15, 1900

Creator: Buchanan, Sanford McElroy

Indicating Attachment for Tanks

Patent for an indicating attachment for gas tanks on cars.

Date: May 28, 1912

Creator: Turner, Joseph B.

Vehicle Top Support

Patent for vehicle top support. Illustration included.

Date: April 11, 1905

Creator: Buchanan, Sanford McElroy

Steam-Generator

Patent for improvements in the construction and design of steam engines.

Date: April 9, 1901

Creator: Thompson, Samuel F. & Barnes, Robert H.

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for hydrocarbon-burner "adapted to be used in stoves, both heating and cooking" (lines 17-18). The device "may be attached to any stove" (lines 24-25). The "invention consists in the novel construction of the burner and particularly the cap" (lines 27-28) as well as "other novel features" (lines 29-30).

Date: September 8, 1903

Creator: George, Charles Hentz

Lace Fastener

Patent for a lace fastener. Illustration included.

Date: February 23, 1909

Creator: Schwritzer, William Henry

Tongue-Support.

Patent for a new and useful tongue support, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: February 20, 1900

Creator: Wright, George Washington

Washing-Machine.

Patent for a new and useful washing machine, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: February 20, 1900

Creator: Schumacher, Hermann G.

Float for Delinters

Patent for a new float for cotton seed de-linters. Illustrations are included.

Date: June 17, 1910

Creator: Blanchard, George L.

Fertilizer-Distributing Attachment

Patent for an inexpensive attachment for "drilling compost, manure, or other fertilizing material &c., &c" (lines 9-10). It is designed to be attached to any farm-wagon including illustrations.

Date: October 2, 1900

Creator: Schlabach, William

Grinding-Machine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in grinding machines, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: May 2, 1899

Creator: Post, Bernhard

Road-Scraper

Patent for a road grading machine. Illustrations included.

Date: December 24, 1912

Creator: Wallis, John Wesley

Spring

Patent for a spring for footwear that helps facilitate foot movement such as walking, running, jumping, etc. Illustrations included.

Date: September 8, 1908

Creator: Backermann, Henry G.

Float for Linters.

Patent for a float for rapidly removing lint from cotton seeds.

Date: January 25, 1910

Creator: Blanchard, George L.

Horse - Releaser.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in "devices for releasing fractious animals from vehicles" (line 15 -16).

Date: March 8, 1898

Creator: Grossman, Amanda I.

Metal-Shears

Patent for "a machine of this nature specially designed for slotting sheets of metal in the formation of devices for plaiting cloth, a further object of the invention being to provide a machine that will be easy and simple of operation and may be operated with accuracy and into which the plate may be inserted and from which it may be removed with facility" (lines 8-17).

Date: June 25, 1901

Creator: Hackett, Harry J.

Horse-Detacher

Patent for a horse detacher for use on wagons that prevents accidental separation.

Date: July 23, 1912

Creator: Backermann, Henry G.

Duplex Door-Check Holder and Buffer

Patent for door check holder for preventing doors from slamming and holding them in open position. Illustrations included.

Date: April 28, 1908

Creator: Kibbe, Isaac Pease

Baby-Protector.

Patent for a protective device designed to keep an infant from sufficiently bending their arms and reaching their mouth, thereby preventing the child from potentially ingesting dangerous foreign articles.

Date: September 16, 1913

Creator: Dodd, Jacob Everette

Passenger Recorder

Patent for "automatically auditing the number of passengers and the distance traveled by said passengers while en route on a train or other public conveyance." (lines 9-13)

Date: September 26, 1911

Creator: Rudolf Brown, of Cuero, Texas.