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Car-Coupling.

Description: Patent for a car coupling that safe and can be operated without the operator going between cars. It consists of a car, a draw-head, a pin, a guide, a plate that holds the pin, a spring arm, and handles.
Date: April 4, 1893
Creator: Myers, Joseph L.

Wrench.

Description: Patent for a wrench that can be used as a pipe-wrench or a monkey-wrench. It has a movable jaw, for easy adjusting, and is "of simple and strong construction" (line 9).
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Flye, Murat K.

Farm Gate.

Description: Patent for a new and improved farm gate. This design "has relation to that class of swinging farm-gates operated by an arrangement of levers upon both sides thereof, whereby the gate can be opened and closed by the driver or occupant of the vehicle without getting down from his [or her] seat" (lines 16-21).
Date: August 30, 1881
Creator: Wolfram, John Arnold

Farm Gate.

Description: Patent for a new and improved farm gate. This design "provide[s] the gate with a suitable spring-bolt, in connection with an arrangement of devices or mechanism whereby the bolt is operated as the gate is being opened; also, in providing means whereby the pressure on the gate caused by the wind is equalized, thereby enabling the gate to be more easily operated" (lines 22-29).
Date: December 13, 1881
Creator: Wolfram, John Arnold

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

Boat.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in boats to "increase the speed and insure greater safety and stability in sailing vessels, row-boats, canoes, and the like" (line 12-14).
Date: January 11, 1898
Creator: Evesson, Martin V. B.

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvement in acetylene gas generating and storing apparatus to "provide a simple, compact, and economical means for automatically said gas" (line 10 - 13).
Date: September 19, 1899
Creator: Bryant, Henry

Card Game

Description: Patent for an invention of a new card game to assist with arithmetical computations and outlines of different objects, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Hobbs, James Joseph

Cultivator.

Description: Patent for "a motor driven cultivator adapted to be attached to various types of cultivating devices to draw the latter over the ground to be cultivated". (lines 12-15)
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Hodges, Eugene C.

Bascule-Bridge

Description: Patent for improvements in draw bridges, such as a shiftable weight and supporting guide, particularly for bridges of the rocking bascule type, with illustrations.
Date: February 15, 1915
Creator: McKibben, Columbus
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