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Connector for Lamps

Description: Patent for a connector for headlights that allows them to turn and to be operated from one location in the car.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: McKiel, James B.

Compressor.

Description: Patent for a refrigerating machine compressor, which compresses more gas, cools the compressor with the incoming gas, and uses excess heat to dry the gas coming in.
Date: April 19, 1910
Creator: Mayhew, John Daugherty

Baling-Press

Description: Patent for a baling press that has an improved plunger.
Date: September 26, 1911
Creator: Hightower, William M.

Air-Brake

Description: Patent for an air brake for trains that reduces jerking when the brakes are applied.
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: Mead, William E.

Adjustable Pilot.

Description: Patent for Improvements in Adjustable Pilot for locomotives
Date: November 11, 1913
Creator: Sledge, John M.

Angle Cock Device

Description: Patent for "stop cocks for controlling the flow of fluids and more particularly to what are known as angle cocks for use in train pipes of air brake and other fluid pressure systems upon railway cars" (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Ellwood, Thomas B.

Combination Motion-Picture and Sound-Reproducing Mechanism.

Description: Patent for a connecting mechanism between the motion picture and sound reproducing mechanisms. If the two get out of sync, there are manually operable means to halting one until the other has caught up.
Date: June 4, 1918
Creator: Kirkwood, Abraham L.

Valve Mechanism For Steam Engines

Description: Patent for useful improvements to the valve mechanism for steam engines. The invention allows an improved means for actuating the slide valve without the use of eccentrics. The valve can also be operated into closed positions at various degrees, and also to reverse the direction of travel of the valve.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Wright, Ed W.

Locomotive Driving-Box

Description: Patent for a locomotive driving box which provides shoes, wedges, and other train parts for repair. Illustrations included.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: Walsh, Frank A.

Type-Writer Attachment.

Description: Patent for a typewriter attachment that shifts the carriage by foot rather than by hand.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Ward, Mizell Benjamin

Grate

Description: Patent for grate that are applied to the fire box of a boiler.
Date: January 30, 1917
Creator: Brown, Sidney E. & Kain, Harry C.

Measuring Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an improved measuring apparatus. This apparatus improves the measuring of dry goods through a measuring tape that is affixed to the measured goods. The invention allows for goods to be cut to exact lengths.
Date: January 28, 1919
Creator: Garrett, Thomas B.

Grain-Doors for Railroad-Cars.

Description: Patent for the grain doors that will improve better access through the use of double doors.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Loe, James T. W.

Hoe.

Description: Patent for a new and improved garden hoe used for weeding purposes. The improvement is related to, "...the handle of the implement being hollow" (lines 11-12) and able to receive a quantity of seed, and a mechanism that controls the delivery of seed to the hoe.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Etheridge, John B.

Ever-Level Table.

Description: Patent for tables designed for trains or ships where it is important for maintaining the table top constantly level. It allows for the top to be held constantly level and for maintaining its position without sudden movement or causing overbalancing.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Etheridge, Thomas H., Jr.

Expansion Reamer

Description: Patent for expansion reamer provides scope for a better and improved expansion reamer.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Scheuber, William F.

Sandpapering-Machine.

Description: Patent for a compressed air sanding machine to use in finishing surfaces with sandpaper, emery cloth, or other rubbing material.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Morreau, Emile V.

Side Frame for Railroad Trucks

Description: Patent for side frame for railroad trucks to prevent the accidental detachment of the binder or tie bar.
Date: December 22, 1914
Creator: Horton, James M.

Monkey-Wrench.

Description: Patent for a wrench, which can be used as a S wrench or a monkey wrench and is durable.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Post, Parley C.

Headlight for Automobiles

Description: Patent for a headlight for automobiles that turns with the steering rod.
Date: April 23, 1912
Creator: McKiel, James B.

Headlight.

Description: Patent for a headlight that turns with a cars body and will not accidentally turn from bumps.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Bell, Robert A. & McKiel, James B.

Harness-Collar.

Description: Patent for harness collars for horses and mules. This harness collar "is to provide a collar having adjustable fastening mean which preferably are also adjustable as between themselves whereby a better adjustment of the collar is made possible" (lines 22-27)
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Mahone, Edwin W.

Peanut Picker and Pea Huller.

Description: Patent for a new and improved Peanut Picker and Pea Huller, which picks peanuts from the vines and removes them without damaging the peanuts through beating or flailing. The invention also operates at a minimum amount of power while discharging the peanuts or peas free of dust.
Date: May 13, 1913
Creator: Berry, William C.
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