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Pedal Attachment.

Patent for an "improved attachment for pianos, organs, or other instruments provided with pedals" (lines 9-10) to protect the openings underneath the pedals from mice, dust, or other unwanted items entering the instrument through such openings.

Date: June 3, 1902

Creator: Gross, Rudolph

Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "consists of a double plow-stock strapped to the beam, having a diamond-shaped point bolted thereto at the lower end, an inclined brace bolted to the beam and stock, and a sweep-stock attached by straps to the beam and brace" (lines 7-15).

Date: June 23, 1885

Creator: Wilhelm, Albert

Cotton and Cotton Seed Press.

Patent for a new and improved press. This design consists in "a suitable frame-work, the follower, two sets of toggle-arms which are operated by a screw, and two sets of toggle-arms which extend at right angles to the two sets which are operated by the screw, and which second set are operated by a rope and tackle . . . The object of [the] invention is to produce a very powerful press in which the follower is operated by four sets of toggle-joints, two of which are operated by a screw and the ot… more

Date: June 14, 1887

Creator: Drew, John Melvin

Trace and Trace Chain Supporter.

Patent for a new and improved trace and trace-chain supporter. This design consists "of the pivoted springy trace or chain keeper, and the hook or loop having its outer branch perforated, whereby the keeper itself is enabled to act as a spring, and after being sprung into its place is retained above the trace or chain by the conjoint agency of a shoulder or offset on the keeper and the outer branch of the loop or hook" (lines 43-50).

Date: June 17, 1890

Creator: Wroe, Missouria E.

Plow.

Patent for "an improved device of this character, which may be readily converted from a turning-plow to a shovelplow, or from a shovel-plow to a turning-plow, by resetting the bar, mold-board, and share, and which may be used either with a steel or wood beam, as desired" (lines 14-20).

Date: June 10, 1890

Creator: Wilhelm, Albert

Improvement In Shoe-Lacings

Patent for relation to device of gaiter-boot's; nature of invention consist in the arrangment of the shoe laces; whereby the shoe laces be properly laced. Proptions of the lace between the eyelet on the left side of the opening be drawn over and placed on hooks or bottons situated on the right side are in like manner placed on hooks or buttons on the left side.

Date: June 6, 1876

Creator: Lindemann, August W. H.

Improvement in Paper-Clips.

Patent for the improvement of paper-clips, made out of a single piece of metal. It includes a description and illustration.

Date: June 4, 1872

Creator: Franklin, Edward A.

Improvement in Fences

Patent for an improvement in fences through the manufacturing of a fence or fence-paneling of hoop-iron, so that it may be sold in sections of any desired length, rolled up in compact form, easily and cheaply transported to any distance, and put up by the farmer with rapidity and facility.

Date: June 4, 1872

Creator: Brown, Floyd G.

Improvement in Fire-Tongs.

Patent for improvement in fire-tongs with legs forked below the joint and riveted together.

Date: June 16, 1874

Creator: Kenney, Martin M.

Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds.

Patent for a "compound for killing the cotton-worm and other insects that infest, eat, and damage the leaves of the cotton-plant," which "consists in combining a poisonous, an adhesive, and a diffusive ingredient in one and the same compound." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: June 17, 1873

Creator: Royall, William B.