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Automobile Refrigerator

Description: Patent for a refrigerator that can house lunches and bottles inside a compact, small space. Will safely store materials without fear of the items inside being damaged or jostled during the movement of the automobile.
Date: September 19, 1916
Creator: Rilling, Charles G.

Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the combination, with a draw-bar having a socket and buffer-prongs on its ends, of a ball in the socket, coupling-hooks pivoted between jaws connected with the ball, a weighted stem projecting from the ball, and a sliding latch-rod for engaging with the stem and automatically releasing it when the cars come together" (lines 8-15).
Date: May 19, 1885
Creator: Hampl, Joseph & Jacobs, David

Cotton-Gin

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton-gin, where the rollers, feed devices, and blades will be vertically disposed and arranged in groups, and which will also simplify the construction of cotton-gins.
Date: February 19, 1901
Creator: Wentworth, William Henry

Dirigible Automobile-Lamp

Description: Patent for a new automobile lamp that turns in conjunction with the steering wheel and an apparatus that attaches to automobiles to cradle the head lamp and stop it from vibrating.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Freeborn, Sidney Mills

Drier.

Description: Patent for a drier, specifically to dry saturated grounded food items. This device is best used for flour from corn to dry before processing it to a powder form, but can also be used for other types of cereal.
Date: July 19, 1921
Creator: Garza, Pablo Gonzalez

Fastener for Meter-Boxes.

Description: Patent for fasteners (locks) for meter-boxes to prevent tampering by unauthorized users by attaching a cover with rotating bolts that can be locked or unlocked with an accompanying key.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Holmgreen, Julius H.

Faucet and Attachments Therefor.

Description: Patent for "an improved faucet, and attachment, for use in drawing beer, or any other liquid with which it is desirable to prevent the contact of air within the keg." (Lines 8-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 19, 1895
Creator: Wright, Joseph Earl & Grover, Edwin A.

Motor

Description: Patent for "a device which may be used for pumping, sawing, drilling, and other analogous purposes, which will be effective in its operation, and which will not be liable to get out of order, and the parts of which will not be liable to get out of alignment with each other" (lines 24-31).
Date: July 19, 1887
Creator: Holmgreen, Julius H.

Motor-Driven Table

Description: Patent for "improvements in rotatable tables, such as are employed for the display of goods and for general serving purposes in hotels, restaurants and other places" (lines 12-16) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: August 19, 1913
Creator: Goodrich, Luman L., Jr.

Pen or Pencil Holder.

Description: Patent for a new and improved pen or pencil holder. This design obviates "many of the serious objections to the ordinary pen-holder . . . among which may be mentioned cramp and that which is known as 'writer's paralysis.' In addition to this the use of this device will save many tedious hours to the child who is learning to write, as by its use no time will be wasted in teaching the child how to hold his [or her] pen or pencil" (lines 69-77).
Date: April 19, 1887
Creator: Merrick, Sarah J.

Planing-Machine

Description: Patent for a machine for planing lumber with "a very smooth surface, avoiding the undulating marks upon the lumber and holes caused by the occasional lifting or breaking out of incurved portions of the lumber, as caused on surfaces planed by rotary cutters" (lines 22-27).
Date: March 19, 1889
Creator: Davis, William E.

Pump.

Description: Patent for a new and improved pump. This design "has been specially devised for use in pumping gas, air, or vapor — as in ice-machines, for instance — and mainly with reference to attaining circulation with low pressure; but when operated at high speed considerable pressure may be attained therewith, whether operating upon vapors or liquids, as . . . [the] pump involves a novel mode of operation, in that it possesses characteristics partially common to pumps of the rotary system, as well as to … more
Date: July 19, 1881
Creator: Rose, Thomas
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