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Spark-Arrester.

Description: Patent for concepts and designs used to improve performance of Spark-Arresters used in the smoke stacks of locomotives with illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 6, 1880
Creator: Wiggin, John E.
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Valve.

Description: Patent for an improvement in sealing capabilities for water pump valves, including illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Shelp, William B.
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Locking Device for Automobiles

Description: Patent for automobiles to lock the steering shaft so that it is un-driveable and cannot be stolen and driven away without the key.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Kavanaugh, Nelson J.
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Vaporizer for Use with Electric Fans

Description: Patent for an improvement on diffusers used for purifying, cooling and humidifying air.
Date: October 6, 1914
Creator: Stratford, John R. & Ackley, John A.
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Improvement in Rotary Engines.

Description: Patent for rotary engines "driven by steam or other elastic agent, or which may be used for pumping water" (lines 29-32) to obtain "a more direct application of the force applied to drive the engine" (lines 39-40) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1872
Creator: Richardson, John Dun
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Umbrella

Description: Patent for an umbrella. Illustration included.
Date: November 6, 1906
Creator: Mangelsdorf, Gustav A.
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Well-Cleaner.

Description: Patent for improvements for cleaning oil, water, and gas wells that goes into the well and flushes out a clogged screen.
Date: August 6, 1920
Creator: Bashara, Samuel F.
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Vending-Machine.

Description: Patent for improvements in the construction of coin-operated vending machines which automatically lock when coins are not inserted. This device is designed to dispense objects of many shapes and sizes. Illustrations included.
Date: January 6, 1920
Creator: Ogden, Carlton N.
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Improved Mode of Preserving Meat.

Description: Patent for a process that claims to preserve meat. The patent includes only instructions and no illustrations.
Date: October 6, 1868
Creator: Perl, M.
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Mechanism for Converting Motion

Description: Patent for mechanism for converting motion. "The present invention relates to mechanism for converting reciprocatory into rotary motion; and the objects are to provide a practical apparatus of this character in which rotary motion may be imparted to a driven member without occasioning any dead-centers and to provide simple means reversing the direction of motion of the driven member" (line 10-19). Illustrations included.
Date: October 6, 1903
Creator: Griffin, George L.; Griffin, Robert Alonzo; Griffin, Chelsea Beach & Griffin, Herbert Elvia
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Steam-Generating Plant

Description: Patent for improvements in steam-generating plants. The most notable change is that the boiler proper is separate from the furnace proper but still contains the water, steam, and fire tubes.
Date: March 6, 1919
Creator: Connelley, Edward
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Pump.

Description: Patent for a pump for deep wells with a "specially constructed piston capable of a powerful working stroke and which will secure at all times a full volume of liquid at each stroke of the pumping rod." (line 25) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1920
Creator: Humason, Granville Allison
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Nut Locking Device.

Description: Patent for a new and improved nut-locking device to securely lock fish plates to rail ends.
Date: April 6, 1920
Creator: Hales, Wiley J.
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Means for Detachably Securing Chairs to Floors.

Description: Patent for a new device that secures chairs to the floor and is easily detachable so the chairs can be moved when necessary.
Date: April 6, 1920
Creator: Lambert, Joseph A.
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Receptacle.

Description: Patent for a "discharge spout" (line 34) that prevents accidental spills for receptacles that contain liquids, including illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Goodpasture, Thomas B. & Maxwell, Thomas J.
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Polishing-Machine

Description: Patent for improvements in polishing machines for "polishing marble and other similar stones... and giving a smooth surface to any material of like character." Invention provides a "movable abrading member...and comprehends and mechanism whereby said member may be automatically moved back and forth over the surface to be polished."
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Giesberg, John G.
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Cultivator

Description: Patent for a cultivator for cotton and or corn.
Date: January 6, 1891
Creator: Neitsch, Fred T.
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Cotton-Picking Machine

Description: Patent for a cotton picking machine. Illustrations included.
Date: September 6, 1910
Creator: Stoops, Harry James
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Rotary Engine

Description: Patent for a rotary engine. This invention consists of a "stationary jacket and a rotor revoluble therein with a maximum degree of power and a minimum of friction" (lines 11-14). Illustrations included.
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Bosley, William C.
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Improvement in Car-Brakes.

Description: Patent for improved railway car-brakes, including illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1875
Creator: O'Hara, Richard C.
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Dispensing-Vehicle.

Description: Patent for a "portable store or dispensing vehicle" (lines 11-12) designed to carry a small stock of merchandise that can be conveniently displayed & sold to customers, quickly turned to ensure freshness, and refrigerated if necessary. The vehicle is intended to support quick relocation through its portability, save time for both dispenser and customer alike, and be either draft animal- or motor-driven, illustrations included.
Date: January 6, 1920
Creator: Moody, Jason B.
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Device for Taking Samples from Wells.

Description: Patent for the development of a drill bit "specially designed for the purpose of obtaining samples of the formation through which the drill bit is passing" (lines 14-16).
Date: April 6, 1920
Creator: Dodds, Redus D.
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Washing Machine

Description: Patent for a washing machine. Illustration included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Hamilton, Walter Scot & Williams, James Rozier
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Hay and Cotton Press.

Description: Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design is for "[a]n improved device for retaining a compressed bale in its condensed state after the follower is withdrawn, which consists of pawls pivoted in holes in the sides of the press-box and projecting toward the rear end of the press-box . . . [and] [t]he combination, with the follower rack-bar, the pinions, the shafts, having suitable pulleys, adapted to be connected by belts, of two clutches, and a centrally-pivoted lever having [a] ha… more
Date: March 6, 1883
Creator: Hampton, John Andrew
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