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Sod Cutter.

Patent for a new and improved sod-cutter. This design consists, "with a sod-cutter comprising the frame, the horizontal blade, the beam, the handle-bars, and the brace-rod connecting the said beam with the outer handle-bar . . . of the upwardly and outwardly curved guide-rods secured to the rear of the said blades, the curved cutting-blades secured to said rods for dividing the cut sod into separate portions, and the fender provided with a forwardly-bent flange at its upper edge and secured to … more

Date: July 29, 1890

Creator: White, Maston Timothy

Wind-Wheel

Patent for a new and novel design for a wind wheel.

Date: August 12, 1890

Creator: Gatlin, Lilburn M.

Hand-Stamp.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, simple, and durable hand stamp that uses the minimum number of parts.

Date: November 7, 1893

Creator: Dysart, Marby P.

Animal-Poke.

Patent for an animal-poke that is "placed over the animal's neck and provided with spurs, whereby the animal is pricked when he attempts to pass a fence or other barrier" (lines 9-12). This invention doesn't prick the animal while it is grazing and is more comfortable to wear than similar animal-pokes.

Date: January 14, 1896

Creator: Dickey, John S.

Corn-Grinder

Patent for a grinder of ordinary corn

Date: May 22, 1900

Creator: Zimmerman, Frank W.

Sod-Turning Plow

Patent for a plow to turn prairie sod. On the land side the pow has a longer runner which are attached by a cross bar.

Date: May 12, 1902

Creator: Fletcher, William

Cattle Stanchion

Patent for a cheap and simply constructed cattle stanchions. Illustration included.

Date: July 14, 1903

Creator: Reck, Emile & Reck, John P.

Switch

Patent for a switch. "This invention obviates likelihood of derailment by splitting the switches, so as to thereby secure a means for preventing the rolling stock from being thrown from the tracks." Illustration included.

Date: August 22, 1905

Creator: Hibbets, Charles M.

Guard Rail

Patent for a guard rail. Illustration included.

Date: September 25, 1906

Creator: Hibbets, Charles M.

Cultivator Attachment.

Patent for improvement in cultivator attachments by using “a pair of cutting blades or knives adapted to be adjustably connected to the lister-beam after the plow-blades have been removed and after the planting of the field, and these knives are adapted to straddle the center row and to work down to three inches under the surface of the ground, extending half-way to the adjoining row on both sides of said center row, thus absolutely killing all grass, weeds or the like, and turning up just enou… more

Date: February 5, 1907

Creator: Pope, Henry O.

Variable Speed Mechanism

Patent for a variable speed mechanism. Illustration included.

Date: June 9, 1908

Creator: Doebbeling, Almond J.

Post-Card Stand.

Patent for a post card stand, which turns by a crank mechanism to show all the postcards on the rack.

Date: June 8, 1909

Creator: Bishop, Marvin E.

Folding Receptacle.

Patent for a folding receptacle that has a smooth inside and is stronger than other folding containers.

Date: December 6, 1910

Creator: Thompson, Robert J. & Snodgrass, Eliga C.

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a wheel for vehicles that has springs within the rim which compress when placed under a load or jolted.

Date: July 29, 1913

Creator: Ingram, Joseph D.

Garment-Hanger.

Patent for a garment-hanger that is adjustable which enables it to be used for garments of various sizes, including illustrations. The device enables an entire suit to be supported and prevents wrinkles. This garment-hanger can also be utilized to crease clothing such as trousers, coats, etc. in the proper locations.

Date: October 9, 1917

Creator: McAlister, Ramey

Transmission Mechanism.

Patent for an improved transmission mechanism for changing speed of tractors and other machines, with illustrations. The improvement is in the arrangement and assembly of the component parts to improve efficiency and to provide several different forward speeds as well as a reverse speed.

Date: October 9, 1917

Creator: Ingram, Joseph D.

Drain-Valve for Well-Pipes.

Patent for drain valves used with well pipes that is "adapted to be positioned in the stand pipe of a well below the surface of the ground, and which may be actuated in cold weather so as to permit of the water in the pipe being drained back into the well" (lines 13-18) including illustration.

Date: May 21, 1918

Creator: Lindsey, William Noal

Reproducing Device for Graphophones.

Patent for a reproducing device for graphophones improving the objects that transmit sound to the horn or like element and provide a new means to mount the tone arm. It further improves the means for mounting the needle on the device.

Date: April 22, 1919

Creator: Adams, Henry Rolland